J.M. Summers

You would not pay to apply for a job, you should not be asked to pay to submit to a magazine. But it is their prerogative, as it is mine not to submit.

Today the Fall 2025 Issue of the New Croton Review is out, including my poem Sea Fishing. Carrying on where the Croton Review left off, it includes a great selection of work, plus a cover and other artwork by Romare Bearden. Do give it a look!
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Out today is Made from Midnight: a requiem, the latest anthology from Poets in the Pines, in which I have a couple of poems. Just the thing to pass these dark evenings and long nights. You can grab a copy here: tinyurl.com/y7tv5nay

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**Silas ’ Mackerel Paddle – Ep. 62** In which we use Silas’ Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won’t, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense. === If you might know which station to stop at, please click play: […] https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/10/26/silas-mackerel-paddle-ep-62/

Latest #OffGridPod stares deep inside some words, and visits Whicker’s World, if I’ve got that right. https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/10/26/silas-mackerel-paddle-ep-62/

It's safe to say I'm very excited about having a poem featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Poetry Wales- Home & Resilience. Wales' foremost poetry magazine, published since 1965, I'm both humbled and surprised in equal measure to be included. Out shortly @poetrywales.bsky.social

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OK, it's safe to say I'm very excited about having a poem featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Poetry Wales- Home & Resilience. Wales' foremost poetry magazine, published since 1965, I'm both humbled and surprised in equal measure to be included. Out shortly...

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Silas' Mackerel Paddle – Ep. 62 - Off-Grid In which we use Silas' Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won't, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense.

Getcher freshly-caught #OffGidPod here!
Where did we go? It might be Llanfair, it might be-Neath or it might be Summerisle; whichever, we went via St. John's Wood.
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/10/26/s...

Silas' Mackerel Paddle – Ep. 62 - Off-Grid In which we use Silas' Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won't, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense.

Oh look, it's Off-Grid's latest podcast, featuring the latest incarnation of The General, in which I may have played some small part, discussing things vaguely related to crosswords and other general nonsense. Enjoy! #OffGridPod offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/10/26/s...

In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1928: Dyno-Rod by Triton; Solution 1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social

Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Awards title for limo-hire business? (6) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social

And so this winged its way from across the waters this morning. So pleased to be part of Prudence Dispatch's debut issue!

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In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1927: Line Management by Phi; Solution 1925: Long Division by Check @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social

Free to solve at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti..., sample from today's Nimrod @the-independent.com xword: Slimmed manner, not so round? (8) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social

It might not feel very summery, but out now is the Summer 2025 issue of Prudence Dispatch in which I have a couple of poems. Printed copies are available, or a version you can read online. Do give it a look!

www.prudencedispatch.com/issues/pdfir...

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In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1926:
Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov; Solution 1924: Sausage Competition by eXternal @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social
@mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social

Prize crossword No 29,805 Prize crossword No 29,805

Sample from today's @theguardian.com Enigmatist Prize Xword (no spoilers please): He makes a hole in one tree (4) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social

It’s down to the wire!
Deadline Sept 22!
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Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie: He experimented with light Jiffy bag (5) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
@knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social

He's a very naughty boy. ;-)

Last week's full moon.