Joyce E. Young

Publication News

March 12, 2018

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

I’m happy to share that my poem “Return” has been published in the current issue of WORDPEACE You can view it here: https://wordpeace.co/issue-2-2-winter-spring-2018/poetry/joyce-young/

The Gauntlet

January 31, 2018

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

Since I wasn’t up on this story or the rest of Jennifer’s business, I was intrigued about the scoop and the commentary. My stylist, Sam (not his real name), is a man, too and it seemed as if both men were taking sides. The decision for both of them was that Jennifer was wrong. She…

Director of Talent for the Electorate

January 14, 2018

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

And I would go so far as to say that many who contributed to social media discussions and others who saw Oprah’s speech on the Golden Globe Awards last week were blown away by the power of her delivery and of her words but they can’t consciously articulate what that being blown away has evoked…

Thank You and Happy New Year

January 1, 2018

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

The one step at a time approach can help to allay the impact of the spinning mind that can so easily whip up panic, fear, dread, desire to give up as all is lost, etc. Thank goodness for the breath and the patience we can develop to work with it.

Protected: The Friend Zone

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Protected: Saying Goodbye, or Something Like That

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

The Break up

October 21, 2017

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

When you tune in this evening, you begin to feel dizzy. You can’t keep up. What is happening with these people? Why is Wanda all of a sudden at the airport waiting for a plane to Sioux Falls? Who goes to Sioux Falls, anyway?

Bullet Journal Anxiety

June 19, 2017

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

My feeling anxious today arose out of my experiment with the bullet journal I started creating a few weeks ago. I have had the journal itself for about a month and have been more seriously considering starting one for the past 6 months. What drew me to the concept and practice was that it is…

Gatekeepers

March 15, 2017

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

Although I thought the effort was a good thing, I hesitated to attend due to the gate-keeping and profiling that are often expressed at neighborhood meetings.

Stepping Out

March 7, 2017

This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

I discovered that I was angry with myself for holding back, despite the fact that I had done so in order to survive. It has taken me years to appreciate my strong survival instincts, which I believe are due to the excellent genes I’ve inherited.