Eulogy

mound of the earth, the funeral pyre,

sermons of fire, infernos of oak.

burning of briars, spiraling higher,

chorus expired and softly I spoke:

nothing is left, but cinders remain,

warm to the touch, as memories fade.

look to the thrashing showers of rain,

mourn with the hissing coils arrayed.

pound for the taking, body of ash,

weight of the flame, transmuted to wind.

thundering void, in symbols that flash,

scavenging clouds, futures descend.

weep with the water, falling to feet,

honor your father, drink of his heat.

• August 2025

Submission History

Date	Publication	Status
August 15, 2025	Baltimore Review	Rejected
August 16, 2025	American Poetry Review	Rejected
August 16, 2025	Missouri Review	Rejected
August 22, 2025	Palette Poetry	Pending
August 22, 2025	Willows Wept Review	Pending
August 22, 2025	Macrame Literary Journal	Rejected
August 22, 2025	Glass	Pending
August 25, 2025	Oxford Poetry Prize	Rejected
August 25, 2025	Plougshares	Rejected
August 25, 2025	Midsummer Dream House Context	Pending
August 26, 2025	Gavialidae	Rejected
August 27, 2025	Sligo Creek Publishing	Pending
August 29, 2025	Raleigh Review	Pending
August 29, 2025	Banyan Review Poetry Contest	Rejected
September 5, 2025	Amethyst Review	Rejected
September 9, 2025	Garfield Lake Review	Accepted
October 6th, 2025	Skummel Magazine	Rejected
October 7th, 2025	DASH Literay Journal	Pending
November 24, 2025	Artists from Maryland	Acceptance

Acceptance

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

Rejection

Hi Grant,

Thank you for sending Landscapes/Cathedral/Ode to Death/Eulogy to SKUMMEL. Your piece stayed with us, haunting the room in the best way. While we decided not to accept it this time, it came close. We kept returning to it during our final reads. If you know what a personal rejection is, this is that.

We’d love to see more from you in the future. Consider this an open invitation to send us your next work.

Our pages are shaped by the voices that linger. Yours is one we hope will return.

—The Editors, SKUMMEL