Halcyon Days

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Halcyon Days news

Issue #3 is online. Check the "2016" tab.

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Check it out!

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Calling for Summer Submissions

I am searching for escape artists—writers who can calm and quiet someone with words. Writers who can soak the reader’s mind with tranquil thoughts. If you are up to the challenge, please submit poems, short stories, haiku, essays, studies, and any other form. It can relate to summer or peaceful concepts in general.

I look forward to the calm.

Note: Two weeks until the June deadline (I extended it to June 8).

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Scheduled arrival for Halcyon Days

Halcyon Days is almost online!

UPDATE: The first issue of Halcyon Days is online (2016 tab). Feedback is most welcomed.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

A Halcyon Greeting

For you have brought me peace
the peace of great tranquil waters, and the quiet of the summer sea.

--Eunice Tietjens

“Love elevates the beauty of life.”
― Farshad Asl

Love is like an hour glass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. – By Jules Renord

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Welcome

Welcome to Halcyon Days, the expanded version of Halcyon which focused on just the seasons. I was pleased with the magazine and received lots of positive feedback. The only drawback was having to reject publication-worthy submissions because of my own guidelines--I required a seasonal theme. Despite getting manuscripts that strayed from the guidelines, their literary beauty impressed me. So, I expanded the magazine to include more generalized topics.

Halcyon Days will still have the same uplifting content, images, and message. It's a publication to help you discover the peaceful things in life. It compliments the phrase “Keep Calm.” Themes will focus on comfortable circumstances, fun, good things, times of plenty, prosperity, and content that quiets you down.
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Frequency: Quarterly
Paying: Not yet
Reprints: Yes, mention from where
Reading schedule: Continuous
Deadlines: 10th of March, June, Sept, and Dec

Reviews

In this world of rush, rush, Halcyon Days is an exquisite rest stop, a log inviting a reader to sit, take a breath, watch the sun set. It’s not just a magazine, it’s an essential part of life! Enchantment growing, evolving, expressing is Halcyon Days. Words couples with snapshots create powerful feelings of calm and serene, whether you're in a temple or reading it in the subway. It's an effective reminder to take life easy, getting through each moment at a time. We could all use a page each day, reread a poem, get lost in the stunning red flowers or golden orange leaves. This magazine is powerful in the way it offers some bliss as we move through chaotic days. We can always return to the bosom of Halcyon Days!

From Jerrice J. Baptiste

Contributor and Subscriber

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It is simply one of the most beautiful magazines anywhere. The pictures are always eye candy showstoppers. They instantly bring a feeling of peace, especially in this torn-apart world. Just looking at them reduces my stress level and makes me realize there still is beauty to be found and enjoyed. I love receiving it and immediately stop and look through it, even before I take time to read the poetry. Thank you for providing me with a tiny bit of much needed tranquility.

From Patricia Goodman

Contributor and Subscriber

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I first noticed a copy of "Halcyon Days" at a friend's home. I was struck by the stunning cover and couldn't wait to open the magazine. The images within were also exceptionally lovely and so appropriate to the poetry represented. The writing was varied in style and subject but one thing was certain. Examining and reading each page left me with a feeling of affirmation and wellness. I was hooked! I simply had to have my own subscription! In this time of fear and depressing news, any time a newspaper is opened or a device turned on, I am grateful for the sanctuary "Halcyon Days" provides.

From Gaiyle J. Connolly

Contributor and Subscriber

- Hamilton, ON area writer and artist

- Retired art teacher and consultant

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When you really, really like something, you have to be careful not to get carried away, or otherwise you risk 'overselling' it; but that my be a problem with my admiration for both Halcyon Days and Founder's Favourites.

First, and most important, is the quality of the writing: it is clear, accessible, poignant as it touches the heart and sometimes even rubs the soul--the antithesis to so much so called poetry today, so recondite and idiosyncratic that is is much like reading a concrete wall and looking for clues as to the meaning of life. But it is the 'basin', the physical magazine, that holds the poems and stories that amplifies their beauty many times over. And here the editor shows an almost uncanny ability to pick the most apropos image, as in the Sept 2020 issue of Founder's Favourites where my poem, 'A Passing Glance" is matched with an old man driving a car. It's mostly his arms on the steering wheel that show but I did a double take when I first saw it because they look like my arms! Long and then with wrinkled skin--for a split second I wondered, 'How did Monique get my photo? No wait, that's not my car, it's got a 5 speed.' Okay. Joking a bit here but you get the point.

Finally, kudos on the quality of the photos and their sheer beauty. It really is a pleasure for mind, eye and hand to hold these fine magazines.

From Nolo Segundo

Contributor

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Halcyon Days epitomizes its title: past, present and future. The poetry, glorious illustrations and the idealized layout transport the reader, ameliorating the most stressful times and transforming them into Halcyon Days.

From Bruce Levine

Contributor and Subscriber

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When you want to relax and retreat from daily turmoil, just pick up a copy of Halcyon Days. The poems, stories and graphics celebrate the joys of nature and human kindness. For a dose of gratitude, a measure of peace, a lesson in hope, open up the magazine and read.

From Ingrid Bruck

Contributor

Pages

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Halcyon Days news

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Calling for Summer Submissions

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Scheduled arrival for Halcyon Days

Sunday, February 14, 2016

A Halcyon Greeting

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Welcome