Pamela Adams Hirst is a Beatlick. She is a performance poet and also, along with her partner Beatlick Joe, produced many amazing videos and documentaries. Joe and Pamela and sometimes other performance artist and poets were known as The Beatlicks. Getting their start in Nashville, Tennessee, they were responsible for bringing SLAM South of the […]
CLAP YOUR HANDS, STOMP YOUR FEET BY CARLA M. CHERRY AVAILABLE NOW! Cherry’s new chapbook is piercing, alluring and extremely strong. The narrative arc, density, and warmth in this sequence of poems make it one of the most stunning chapbooks we have ever published. Line by line Cherry leads the reader through love, heartbreak, and […]
We are so pleased to announce that we will be publishing the chapbook Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet by Carla M. Cherry. We discovered her work through our poetry journal Cacti Fur. We hope to have this exciting chapbook available for purchase by March, 2023. In the meantime, here’s some info on the poet: […]

CARVING SEASON – MICRO HORROR BY 30 TEENS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO : A HALLOWEEN FLASH ANTHOLOGY brought to you by the ghouls at Grandma Moses Press BROTHER “Haha, yeah it was fun.” “See you tomorrow Josh” “Yeah bet, see ya” I walk to my house. It’s a nice house, not too big nor […]
Our literary journal CACTI FUR has officially opened its submission window!!! Cacti Fur has been a premier online poetry journal since 2015, which makes it one of the oldest onlinepoetry journals of all time. If we are blown away by your Cacti Fur submission we may even invite you to submit a chapbook or full […]
We are pleased to present our next Poet to Notice: AMARIS RESENDIZ They are 17 years old and living in South Central New Mexico. They have basically mastered the lyric poem and we are beyond thrilled to be the first poetry journal to take note of this vital, new voice in the world of modern […]
The 10 Commandmentsof the 2022 Teen Creative Writing Clubof South Central New Mexico 1 anything can be poetry2 encourage others and be yourself3 things aren’t all black and white4 bad writing is better than no writing5 it’s not all about white men6 love your writing because it’s yours7 don’t forget this is a way out8 […]
We are pleased to present our next Poet to Notice: LANCE GAMBRELL He never calls himself a poet and perhaps that’s the best kind. I’ve always been able to tell when reading his work that something special was going on. There’s a palpable longing and an honesty of spirit all spread out before us on […]

We are pleased to announce that PAGE 1 Books in Albuquerque is now carrying Grandma Moses Press chapbooks! We are so happy with this new alliance. If you are in the hood, check it out: PAGE ONE BOOKS 5850 Eubank Blvd Suite B-41 Albuquerque, NM 87111 Mountain Run Center 505-294-2026 Store Hours curbside & instore […]
Adynaton It’s easier to teach Pigs hygiene, Elephants aerobics, Birds jogging lessons, And snakes posture Than make certain racists Realize they only know A rivulet’s worth of people, And that’s what invalidates Their ocean-wide evaluations Of all humanity. by Bob McNeil © 2021 ~ Adynaton is a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole […]