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Poem: "Laptop" and Two Others at "Unlikely Stories"
This villanelle and two other poems ("Apocalypse" and "On the Matter of Vincent Price") are working towards two new poetry collections.
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Apr 142 min read


Poem: "Sonnet i" at Vermont Studio Center
I wondered how I might transform this poem into an objet d'art in its own right.
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Mar 132 min read


Poem: "Bromine" at Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation's YouTube Channel
Steven Burton's short film spotlights my poem "Bromine" from "Periodic Boyfriends."
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Feb 262 min read


Poem: "Eight Hours Are Not a Day" at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal"
This poem inspired by Rainer Werner Fassbinder's five part miniseries is republished again at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal."
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Dec 21, 20252 min read


Poem: "Bedspread" at "Ovunque Siamo"
One of five villanelles originally published by "Ovunque Siamo."
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Nov 5, 20252 min read


Poem: 3 Haiku at "Haiku Pause"
Here's one of a trio of my summer-themed haiga, an artform that combines haiku with visual images
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Aug 14, 20251 min read


Poem: "The Coffee House" at "Highland Park Poetry"
Before my collection "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems" came out via Anxiety Press, "The Coffee House" found a home at "Coffee People Zine."
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Jun 21, 20252 min read


Poem: "Paean to the Paperclip" at "Doubleback Review"
In DR's latest issue, they've resurfaced my "Paean to the Paperclip," a poem which is -- small surprise here -- part of a larger work-in-progress reflecting my time in Corporate America.
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Jun 1, 20251 min read


Poem: "Room 666" at "Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY"
This poem from "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems" has appeared in "Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY," "Academy of the Heart and Mind" and "Red Fez."
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Mar 30, 20252 min read


Poem: "Pillow Talk" at "Live Nude Poems"
Whatever the sickness, there's definitely some feverish logic at work in this villanelle.
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Feb 19, 20252 min read


Poems: "In Truth" and "Footwork" at "Grand Little Things"
As 2024 comes to a close, I thought I'd resurface one of the two villanelles published earlier this year at Grand Little Things . This...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read


Poem: "Abstinence" at "Eunoia Review"
I don't have a lengthy list of publications that have published me repeatedly over the years. (I often feel shy about going back!) The...
mistermysterio
Jul 5, 20241 min read


Poems: "Four Gay Men" at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal"
The first book I ever had published -- if you consider a chapbook a book and self-published as published -- was Untitled and other poems....
mistermysterio
Feb 23, 20243 min read


Poem: "Skyfall" at "Ovunque Siamo"
Having had two books of sonnets published since 2019, I thought I'd try my hand at another form. So late last year, I began writing...
mistermysterio
Nov 6, 20232 min read


Poem: "Missing the boat" at "Eunoia Review"
My first chapbook was a self-published one that I did back in the 1990s when I was living in Portland, Oregon: Untitled and other poems....
mistermysterio
Oct 25, 20232 min read


Poem: "Gay Street" at "Grand Little Things"
Some poems take a long time to create but every once in awhile, I can pen one in my head. This particular one, "Gay Street," was written...
mistermysterio
Sep 17, 20232 min read


Poem of the Week at Just Buffalo Literary Center
In anticipation of my participation at ArtPark next weekend, poet-curator R.D. Pohl has selected a pair of sonnets as Poem of the Week at...
mistermysterio
Jul 3, 20231 min read


Poem: "A Psychological Asana" at "Bourgeon"
Getting multiple poems placed in a single publication is rare for me. Usually, the magazine or website takes one piece and I'm happy...
mistermysterio
Jun 2, 20232 min read


Poem: "Mendelevium" at "Red Tree Review"
The final poem from Periodic Boyfriends to find a home prior to the book's publication is the sonnet "Mendelevium." This poem concerns...
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May 20, 20231 min read


Poem: "Capital Philosophy" at "Dispatches from Quarantine"
In 2020, poetry entrepreneur Lisa Ann Markuson a.k.a. LA Marks launched the timely, big-hearted project Poems for a World on Pause in...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
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