Forever in Love: A Poetry Celebration of Love and Marriage will make a perfect wedding or anniversary gift. This book will have the poetic tone of Mothers and Daughters except the poems will focus on married relationships. Selections will generally be a positive reflection of love and marriage, but will also cover tough passages such as struggles, sickness, and death. Chapters include: The Search, Attraction, Longing, Courtship, Merging, Commitment,

Struggles, Mature Love, Reflections, Partings, and Inspiration. Submissions are open.

NOTE: Before sending a submission, please follow all guidelines below

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Please limit your submissions to no more than 3 per book.

For all of my books, I find that short submissions, no more than 24 lines, work best and those that don’t lecture, but rather, enlighten. Prayers submitted to any of the books should be interfaith. Poetry submitted does not have to be religious or spiritual, but the poems should be insightful, encouraging, or inspirational. Previously published work will be considered. For all submissions, please refer to my nine previous anthologies for the desired spiritual tone. Any dedications or personalization should be removed before submitting your work in order to make it appeal to a wider audience.

All submissions should be typed, double-spaced, titled, and submitted one per page. The contributor’s name (the way it should appear in the book), address, and phone number should be listed at the top of each page. (If you have an email address or a fax number, please include it with your submissions. While I don’t accept regular submissions via email or fax, I sometimes send an "alert" via email if I need poems for a particular chapter in a current book—or if a proposed project sells quickly and I have a tight deadline to meet.)

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient return postage. All those submitting work with an SASE will eventually receive a reply. Response time is approximately 4 months. The books receive major publicity. I market my books strongly and strive to find additional recognition for contributors, such as publication in national magazines and newspapers. Poems and prayers from my books have appeared in USA Today, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, New Age Journal, the "Dear Abby" column, and many newspapers. Many poets have been contacted by card companies to have their poems featured on a card as a result of exposure of their poem in one of my anthologies. Poems are used on a non-exclusive basis: You retain all rights. My books feature poetry from approximately 20% classic and famous authors and 80% contemporary writers.