Larksong

at least the larks remember songs

each morning rise you’re gone again.

the mourning veils of scattered throngs

depart your wake without amen.

the men who take your parts away

forget to take my silent heart.

they leave a lily black bouquet

whose petals fingers tear apart.

and when i stand, the thoughts remain,

the stems are bare and nothing’s changed.

the birds begin their last refrain

as though they knew and prearranged.

if nothing else, their voice belongs;

at least the larks remember songs.

• August 2025

Submission History

Date	Publication	Status
August 13, 2025	Tabula Rasa	Rejected
August 13, 2025	Loch Raven Review	Rejected
August 15, 2025	Baltimore Review	Rejected
August 15, 2025	Little Patuxent Review	Pending
August 15, 2025	Smartish Pace	Rejected
August 16, 2025	American Poetry Review	Rejected
August 16, 2025	Missouri Review	Rejected
August 22, 2025	Willows Wept Review	Pending
August 25, 2025	Midsummer Dream House Context	Pending
August 25, 2025	The Celestial Glossary	Rejected
August 26, 2025	The Plentitudes	Pending
August 26, 2025	Gavialidae	Rejected
August 27, 2025	Sligo Creek Publishing	Pending
August 29, 2025	Raleigh Review	Pending
August 29, 2025	Arcturus	Pending
August 29, 2025	AC DC: Journal for the Bent	Rejected
August 29, 2025	Banyan Review Poetry Contest	Rejected
September 3, 2025	Hopkins Review	Pending
September 9, 2025	Garfield Lake Review	Accepted
October 7th, 2025	DASH Literay Journal	Pending
November 24, 2025	Artists from Maryland	Pending

Responses

Dear Grant,

Thank you for taking the time to submit to Artists from Maryland. We would love to feature you as February’s Maryland Artist of the Month, with “Eulogy” and “Larksong”!

We’re grateful for being able to enjoy your work. Please respond as soon as possible to confirm that this selection is still available, so we can start preparing for your feature!

—Aldrin Badiola, Editor-in-chief of Artists from Maryland

Dear Grant Moore,

On behalf of the editorial board of the Garfield Lake Review, I am happy to write that we have accepted Eulogy/Larksong/The Pantoums of Dementia/Ode to Death/The Origin of Lies for publication in our 2026 edition!

Thank you for your contribution to our growing journal. We are pleased to publish your work in this years edition.

If you require any further edits to your piece, please reach out directly to our Editor in Chief, Logan Schreiber, at lschreiber@uolivet.edu. If we should need any edits to your piece, a team member will be in touch with you after acceptance. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please let me know.

—Logan Schreiber, Editor in Chief