Brook Bhagat’s narrative poem, “The Homes of Birds,” was a first-round winner in the 2022 Colorado Hearts and Minds Poetry Contest, a statewide competition that featured entries from 46 different counties. The poem, originally published in 2020 in the anthology A Walk with Nature, also won the 2020 nature writing contest at A Story in … More Another Accolade for “The Homes of Birds”
Brook Bhagat is happy to share that her work has been included in a new anthology from Alien Buddha Press–The Alien Buddha Goes Pop. This is her first humor writing to be published in a while. Brook’s two poems, “Creed” and “Phyllis,” are (very) nontraditional haiku odes to characters from the TV show The Office.
Brook Bhagat is thrilled to share the news that her poetry collection, Only Flying, due for release in November of this year, is now available for preorder. From the publisher’s website: “Only Flying is a collection of surreal free verse and prose poetry that celebrates transformation and paradox, exploring both the silence of the seeker and the outrageous wilderness … More Publication Announcement by Nearby Universe Founder Brook Bhagat
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