Syncopation Literary Journal
@SyncopationLIT
A literary journal for musicians, and for writers inspired by music. Founding Editor: @nataliewelsh285 Website: https://syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com
Volume 4, Issue 2: The ‘80s Issue is now live! Don’t you love this cover image of Michael Jackson by Elisha Alladina? It’s totally rad! Read the full issue on our website: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/volume-4-issue… #80smusic #michaeljackson #WritingCommunity #writerslift #authors #music
Poet/Teacher Marianne Tefft was chaperoning a school trip when her students broke out into a song born long before them. To revive the ‘80s with us, read her poem below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #MusicMonday #80s #poetry #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity
In his poem Love Symbol #2, John Barton pays tribute to Prince, a legendary artist we lost far too soon. Read the full poem below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #Prince #purplerain #music #poetry #PoemOfTheDay #poetrylovers #WritingCommunity #artist
Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76. More on his life and legacy 🖤 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…
John Drudge’s poem Synthwave recalls the sounds and spaces of the #1980s. Read it below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #music #electronicmusic #poetry #PoetryLovers #WritingCommunity
At the pub, you meet Britain’s greatest could have been pop star. His brief career took him from the New Romantics to power-pop, and his story will take you along with him. Read “Starstruck” by @TimLees2 now: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #music #fiction #WritingCommunity
1985 marked a liminal period in Dorothy Chin’s life. Everything seemed uncertain, but Whitney Houston’s music helped her get by. Read about it in her moving essay below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #Whitneyhouston #music #WritingCommunity #writersandpoets #HealingSupport
An actor’s life is full of surprises as @dylanbrody can attest. His essay Glory Days is about that time he filmed a video with @springsteen and the E Street Band. Read it below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #springsteen #music #actors #WritingCommunity #writerslife #nonfiction
I would be so happy, writer friends, if you read this! #WritingCommunity
As a college student in the early ‘80s, @andrewcareaga met the members of R.E.M. and may have made music history. Read about it in his essay “All Happy Now” here: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #MusicMonday #music #nonfiction #WritingCommunity #writers #History
As a college student in the early ‘80s, @andrewcareaga met the members of R.E.M. and may have made music history. Read about it in his essay “All Happy Now” here: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #MusicMonday #music #nonfiction #WritingCommunity #writers #History
July 13, 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, a day when music united people. Rituparna Mukherjee’s short story celebrates an unforgettable performance from that day. Read it here: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #LiveAid #Queen #WritingCommunity #shortstory #Writer
Read our editor interview with Syncopation Literary Journal @SyncopationLIT: duotrope.com/interview/edit… #amwriting
Making The Kick Inside, Kate followed a lovely routine: “I’d get up in the morning, practise scales at my piano, go off dancing, and then in the evening I’d come back and play the piano all night” Art flowing through her every day, for the love of art, turned in beauty #KateBush
In the Summer of ‘89, a Deadhead took to the road selling lasagna along the way. But was it really lasagna? Read Mike Sluchinski’s flash fiction and decide for yourself: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #GratefulDead #music #WritingCommunity #flashfiction #readingcommunity #Writer
In Deborah Douglas Wilbrink’s short story Feel Like a Stranger, a single mother considers taking to the road as a Deadhead. Read it below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #MusicMonday #gratefuldead #music #shortstory #WritingCommunity
Poet Mike Sluchinski still likes to seek out the old dives just so he can hear all the ‘80s hits on the jukebox. You can read two of his ‘80s-themed poems now. Add them to your weekend reads: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #music #poetry #poetrylovers #80s #80smusic #weekendmood
Herb Hagell’s poem Echoes of the Eighties is a reassertion of a nation’s sovereignty told through titles of Canadian ‘80s songs. Read two of Herb’s poems here: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #Canada #CanadaDay #poetry #poetrycommunity #musicmondays #WritingLife
Luz has never had a place to belong…until another girl at school introduces her to metal. Read Z.D. Dochterman’s short story A Streak of Tigers below: …copationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… #metal #music #MetalMusic #shortstory #WritingCommunity #80srock #summerreading
