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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 141 min read
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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 212 min read
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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 11 min read
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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 302 min read
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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 192 min read
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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 312 min read
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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...
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
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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....
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Feb 23, 20243 min read
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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...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
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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....
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Oct 25, 20232 min read
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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...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read
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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...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
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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...
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Jun 2, 20232 min read
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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...
mistermysterio
May 20, 20231 min read
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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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Poem: "Beckett's 88th Psalm" at "The Raven Review"
As someone who keeps meaning to re-read Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable (and who has seen multiple productions of everything from...
mistermysterio
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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Poem: "Strontium" at "The Oakland Review"
The sonnet "Strontium" is likely the last of my periodic table sonnets to surface before the arrival of my poetry collection Periodic...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
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