Poems & Paraboles is a collaborative literary publication devoted to poetry, storytelling, and fables that transfigure the ordinary.
The title draws on the old french parabole from the latin parabola and the greek parabolē…to cast beside. A parabole is a symbolic story that uses everyday images, scenes, and experiences to reveal deeper meaning.
We publish poetry that illuminates, awakens, or opens a small window toward wonder. Some pieces are quiet. Some are bold. Some carry a moral thread, while others wander into the mysterious and ethereal.
Poets and storytellers are invited to submit their work—selected pieces will be posted throughout the year.
At its core poetry is a creative and expressive art form. We publish original work made by real people; for this reason we have an Anti-A.I. policy.
Publishing Rights
By submitting your work:
You affirm you are the sole author and maintain all rights for your work
And, you affirm your poem is not made with the help of A.I. or ChatGPT
If your poem is posted on Poems & Paraboles’ Substack, your poem will be published in the anthology under the publisher name Parabole Press.
We request first serial rights and also non-exclusive anthology rights. This grants the publisher the opportunity to publish a poem first, before it goes out elsewhere. All individual rights revert back to you, the author, upon publication of the anthology.
Submission window closes Tuesday, September 15th at 12:00PM (EST)
Submission Guidelines
Submit unpublished work that hasn’t been published elsewhere
Give your poem a good title: a poem’s title will be the title of its post
Submit 1-3 poems in a single document
Use doc or docx format
Title your document with your first & last name
