VULNERARY
adjective - of use in the healing of wounds
noun - a medicine used in the healing of wounds
vulnerary magazine is a rolling, weekly publication featuring one poet (or sometimes artist / photographer) each week as opposed to issues published quarterly or monthly allowing for everyone to get their own spotlight. everyone needs their own spotlight; the work i publish here requires ample time for digestion. i hope to at some point also release tangible things like anthologies, zines, and perhaps someday even chapbooks.
one poet will be featured every week, and every fifth feature will be an art or photography post. featured contributors will be announced the day before their feature goes live, if need be giving someone the time to reach out to me if this person for any reason should not be platformed. i take the safety and peace of my contributors and their readers very seriously.
i started vulnerary magazine to showcase the work of friends and poets i admire for writing bloody and raw. here, it doesn't matter what degrees you have, how many pieces or books you've had published, or what residencies you've attended - what matters is the extremely visceral and cathartic nature of your work. it is my belief that being open and honest about the ugly and awful helps everyone feel less alone - maybe even understood, if you're lucky. that is the only goal here. a stitch and a salve for your wounds. does it feel more like a blade to the spine, than a poem? perfect. i'd love to read it.
one poet will be featured every week, and every fifth feature will be an art or photography post. featured contributors will be announced the day before their feature goes live, if need be giving someone the time to reach out to me if this person for any reason should not be platformed. i take the safety and peace of my contributors and their readers very seriously.
i started vulnerary magazine to showcase the work of friends and poets i admire for writing bloody and raw. here, it doesn't matter what degrees you have, how many pieces or books you've had published, or what residencies you've attended - what matters is the extremely visceral and cathartic nature of your work. it is my belief that being open and honest about the ugly and awful helps everyone feel less alone - maybe even understood, if you're lucky. that is the only goal here. a stitch and a salve for your wounds. does it feel more like a blade to the spine, than a poem? perfect. i'd love to read it.