Submission for the Belle Ombre Magazine
To: submissions@belleombre .org From: spurlooc@gmail.com He llo, Mr. Fisher, I am writing to you to submit the poem below, entitled “If my Heart were a Mountain ”. Th is is a concrete poem about the idea o f becoming vulnerable. I had written it because I feel that strength is too often a valued trait, and not often enough is emotional softness. I believe that nature is too often made into a harsh an d indifferent being reducing people to instinct, but really there is an equal part of the earth where tenderness is just as pr evalent. I believe my work would fit in with the rest of your journal’s catalogue because of its reflective look on nature, and personal identity. My name is Owen Spurlock. I attend Butler Community College, and I have not published any works so far. I live in Wichita Kansas, but I am originally from the Ozark mountains, and much of this work is inspired ...