Silkworm

 Silkworm is currently closed for submissions
Thank you to all the poets who submitted your work 
to be considered for Silkworm 18: Cycle! 
The issue will have a fall release.
 
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Silkworm 17: Bird is here!
**Congratulations to all Silkworm poets and thank you!**

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Silkworm 16: Wide Open is here! 
Thank you to all of our contributors and readers. Please visit the Events page for video from our Zoom reading on November 19, 2023.


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Florence Poets Society is pleased to announce the release of 
Silkworm 15: Vision
 
Florence Poets Society is proud to announce that Silkworm 15: Vision is ready for prime time. We will hold our release party/reading live in the Lilly Library community room on Thurs Dec 8, 2022 at 7 pm. Contributors attending will be invited to read their poem and pick up their contributor copy of the book. Additional copies will be available for purchase. (Makes a great gift!) 
 
 Thank you to our poets and to everyone who submitted poems for consideration.
 
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Silkworm 14: Rise is released!
 
Copies are available for $15 each. 
Send a check made out to Florence Poets Society 
to Florence Poets Society c/o Tom Clark, 30 Berkshire Terrace, Florence MA 01062. 

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Silkworm 13: Luck is here!


 
 Thank you to all of our contributors from around the globe! 
Silkworm 13 was produced in a pandemic, and we like to think
reading these poems may be a small antidote. Enjoy!
 
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Silkworm 12 is dedicated to the memory
of fierce poets and friends,

 Martina Robinson and Teri O'Shea

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Silkworm 11: The Eleventh Hour
is here!


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Silkworm 10 is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you to each and every contributor to this wonderful tenth anniversary edition. For those contributing poets scattered far and wide, watch for your copy in the coming weeks. We appreciate and thank you!



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To purchase copies of Silkworm, please write to: florencepoets@gmail.com

"I want freedom, the right to self-expression,
everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things."

                                      -- Emma Goldman




 



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