The Second Vision

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Mormon art & literature
beyond strait & narrow paths

— Linda Sillitoe, Mormon journalist and poet who left the LDS Church in the 90s, around the same time she published the collection in which these stanzas appear.

— May Swenson, born in Utah in 1939, she quietly left the LDS Church as an adult and headed off to New York. She became a famous poet, who lived her queer, Post-Mormon life in private. She never returned to Utah.

Submission Call will open soon!

We are still learning how to create a journal, taking notes from poetry endeavors like https://www.the-nomad.org/first-issue – but aren’t ready for primetime just yet. However, we are soon going to be posting poems / reviews on this website to help folks see what kind of work we are looking for!

Poems / Poets doing work we admire:

Trish Hopkinson – Most recent book –> https://www.lithicpress.com/index.php/our-catalog/137-a-godless-ascends
Paul Fericano – poem written in 1980, but most recently published in The Nomad’s first issue –> https://www.the-nomad.org/paul-fericano-still-life-with-mormons