Graffiti is Eugene’s community creative writing and art zine. You write it (or draw it) and send it in. If we accept it (and we accept almost everything), we either post it on this website or print it and distribute it to coffeehouses, pubs, markets, bookstores, and other cool places around town! See the list of locations. That’s all there is to it.
SUBMISSIONS
Email them to: graffitieugene@gmail.com. If you have hardcopy art, please scan it as a jpeg and email it to us. If you don’t have a scanner, go to the public library and ask the nice librarian how to use theirs.
Note that we don’t edit. What we accept we publish as-is, warts and all. The current issue will always be available only in print, but here you can read past issues, as well as work that didn’t make it into the paper (posted below).
Thanks for your support and participation! Donations are always appreciated (it costs $600 to print each issue!). Send us your life savings and love letters via PayPal (graffitieugene@gmail.com), Venmo (@GraffitiEugene), or old-fashioned cash or check (Graffiti, 1292 High St. #129, Eugene, OR 97401). Thanks!
It’s Spring
The crocuses and the daffodils
are already out.
Then tulips shoot up in red and yellow.
Rhododendrons explode in pink and magenta.
Birds sing from the treetops in alto and soprano.
Fresh rains fall and cool breezes blow.
Sun breaks between showers.
A rainbow arches over the horizon.
White cloud masts drift
like brush strokes painting the sky
swirling in patches of blue.
After the last rain the sun comes back out
and the days grow warmer.
Poppies come to life showing off
their fiery orange blooms.
Iris petals unfold in rich deep purple.
It snowed in the mountains a few weeks ago
and it’s time to hit the trail soon.
The forests call and the river runs
strong and swift.
I’m ready to lift off
into the heavens
chase the moon
and float among the stars.
Tom Avery