Poems, 2005-2020
This is principally about being a cheerleader for literary magazines.
Available on the Web
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"Photograph of Malećon Statue, the Stargazer Whose Binoculars Have Fused with His Face," As Above So Below, Shrewsbury, UK, Issue 6, Autumn 2020, dawn / dusk / liminality
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"'It's All' Blues"
"Fauci / Cerberus Test Conundrum"
"719 E. Pike Street"
"Friday the Thirteenth: 'You Can't Get to Heaven...'"
Sage Cigarettes, Daytona Beach, Florida, Halloween Issue, 2020
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"Last Call," Eunoia Review, Singapore, September 2020
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haiku, Constellate Literary Journal, Birmingham, UK, August 2020
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"Transformations and Other Tails," Galway Review (Ireland, online), July 2020.
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"All-Ages Latin Music at the Famous Spiegeltent"
"Backrub"
"Photograph in the Santa Cruz Mountains"
Communicators League (Nigeria), July 2020.
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"Puerto Vallarta Time Share Blues: Apache"
"Holiday Travel Y2K"
"Layover: Empress Hotel"
"On a Rundle Mall Bench."
The Poet (UK), "On the Road" issue, July 2020. The latter two of these--as well as "All-Ages," above--are off a seven week tour of Western and South Australia I had the great good fortune to go on with Seattle's beloved world-traveling troupe, theater simple.
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"Yellow, Early September, Late Evening, Cherrywood Lane," As Above So Below (UK), Issue 5, “Circles / Cycles / Spirals,” Spring 2020. The poem is reprinted here, and differs slightly from its original publication. It is one of an ongoing series of poems focused on colors; red, blue, orange, white, and green are also covered so far.
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"Restless Online Troubadour: One Dozen Ditties"
"Clus Encounters of an Online Troubadour."
Sublevel Magazine, out of the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, "Issue #4: The Edge" (aka "The Pornography Issue!), February 2020.
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tanka, haiku, The Write Connection, Purple Fire Publications, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2nd Issue, July 2019. The zine has closed up shop, but the archive remains:
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"Cal Anderson Park," winner, Creative Writing Ink monthly contest for March 2019, published April 25, 2019, London, UK. This park was part of the CHAZ/CHOP that arose out of the protests for Black Lives in the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis police. The raw material for the poem, however, was collected in the summer of 2007. https://creativewritingink.co.uk
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"Peltier Road"
"Photograph of Malecón Statue, the Stargazer Whose Binoculars Have Fused with His Face" isacoustic, posted February 2019, “issue sixth”
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"November Storm Break"
"Transformations and Other Tails"
"Red, Mid-August, Cordviva at the Bullitt Cabaret";"
The Plastic Woman"
Liquid Imagination Ezine, Albuquerque, NM, Issues 10 (August 2011), 21 (May 2014), 28 (February 2016), and 39 (November 2018) (audio available on most)
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"Wallpaper and Cat," Galway Review (online), Ireland, November 2017
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"Holiday Travel, Y2K"
"Jazz Phantasia"
"For the Standard Bearer"
"Two Haiku"
Claudius Speaks, Issues 2 ("Song," Summer 2016) and 4 ("Flight," Summer 2017)--sadly, this journal is no longer active. It was founded by Stan Getz's granddaughter, and receiving her personal acceptance note re "Jazz Phantasia" (which is about Chet Baker, with whom her grandfather collaborated) was a huge thrill.
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"As Lovers Will," Quatrain Fish, September 2016--this lively little corner of the web has closed up shop, but the archive remains.
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"Peltier Road" (original publication), ConcÄ«s, posted on site’s “Front Page” February 2016; appeared in Spring seasonal issue. The zine has closed up shop, but the archive remains:
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"Layover: Empress Hotel"
"The Agency"
"Story I Told My Mother on Her Death Bed"
"For The Streetcar Named Desire"
Scarlet Leaf Review, out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, First Issue, January and February 2016
"Ginsberg"
"After Hours"
"But Now I've Gone"
"Last Call"
"Lines of Questioning"
"The New Year"
FRIGG: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry, Issue 44, Fall 2014, and Issue 46, Fall 2015
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"Backrub," Page and Spine, October 2015
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"Red Garland Analogy," Punchnel’s, Indianapolis, IN, December 2014
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"An Appreciation"
"Doljabee"
"The Grace That Others Have"
"Some Ways Your Home Can Help You When Your Lover Calls It Quits"
"To All My One-Date Wonders"
New Reader Magazine, “Multivision,” Voume 1, Issue 1, New York/London/Hong Kong/Phillipines
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"Busy Cafe, Rottnest Island, Western Australia," Southword Journal, The Munster Literature Centre, Cork City, Ireland, Issue 27, January 2015
"November Storm Break," The Far Field, blog of Kathleen Flenniken, WA State Poet Laureate, posted Nov. 3, 2013. She has moved on from that position, but the blog remains:
"Pergolesi / Mayfield--'Live!'" GlassFire Magazine, PegLeg Publishing, Fall 2013
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"All-Ages Latin Music at the Famous Spiegeltent"
"At Sixes and Sevens"
Cirque: A Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, Anchorage, Alaska, Volume 3, Number 2, Summer Solstice, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter Solstice, 2012
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In print and/or digital publishing format:
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—Mizmor Anthology, Poetica Publishing, 2020 Edition, November
—Ocotillo Review, Kallisto Gaia Press in Austin, Texas, Volume 4.2, "The Food Issue."
—Automatic Pilot, Ireland, Issues 1, 3, and 6
—Transcendant Poetry: An Anthology: Volume 1, Cosmographia Books, Pittsford, NY
—Twisted Anthology (March 2018) and Microtext Anthology 4 (July 2019), Medusa's Laugh Press, Wallingford, CT
—The Writers Circle, Prime Press, “Beginnings,” Canada
—Author's Journal of Inventive Literature, "Issue Two: Life of Trees," Vulgaris Press
—Raven Chronicles, Volumes 20 (“Soundtracks” issue, Summer 2014) and 24 (“HOME,” July 2017), Seattle
—The London Reader: Contemporary Voices in Creative Writing, "Wish You Were Here: Writing and Reflections on Travel," Winter 2017
—Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Issues #12, Oct. 2014, and #19, May 2017
—Unrequited: An Anthology of Love Poems about Inanimate Objects, ed. Kelly Ann Jacobson, Falls Church, VA, May 2016
—Latchkey Tales, out of Solarwyrm Press in Wellington, New Zealand, “Clockwise: The Midnight Blues,” Vol. 2, Issue 4: August 2015
—Graze Magazine, out of Chicago, IL, Issues 2 (Fall 2012), 4 (Fall 2013), and 8 (Fall 2015)
—Form Quarterly, out of Local Gems Press, Long Island, NY, Volume 1, Issues 1 (Sonnets) and 2 (Limericks), Summer and Fall 2015
—DoveTales: An International Journal of the Arts, Writing for Peace, Fort Collins, CO, 2015
—Firewords Quarterly, Newcastle, UK (now in Scotland), Issue 4, “Winter,” March 2015
—Clover: A Literary Rag, Volume 8, Winter 2014, The Independent Writers’ Studio, Bellingham, WA
—50 Haikus, March 2010
—Floating Bridge Review, Floating Bridge Press, Seattle, WA, Number 7, 2014
—Magma Poetry 59, Dinefwr Press Ltd., Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, June 2014—“Break” issue
—The Germ, West Carrollton, OH, Volume One, Issue Four, Winter 2013
—The Worcester Review, Worcester, MA, Volume 35, Fall 2014
—Constellations: A Journal of Poetry and Fiction, Cambridge/Boston, MA, Volume 3, “Life Revisions,” Fall 2013
—Child of Words, Issue 1, and Thirst, Issue 1, both Big Pulp publications, March and July 2014 respectively
—Bottle Rockets, Bottle Rockets Press, Windsor, CT, Issue #29, August 2013
—Longest Hours: Thoughts While Waiting, Silver Boomer Books Anthology, 2013
—The Centirfugal Eye, Spring/Summer 2013, “Punchline First”
—Palimpsest, A Creative Journal of the Humanities, 2012, Colorado University Literaria Society, Boulder, CO
—Words and Images, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, 2012
—Ellipsis…Literature & Art, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, Volume 48, 2012
—The Lyric, Jericho Corners, VT, Volume 91, Number 4, Fall 2011
—Barnwood International Poetry Magazine, Barnwood Press, Seattle, (February 2009, April 2011), and the "Great Finds" e-chapbook series (April 2011)
—Brown Bag Mag, Episode 1, October 2010, Canoe Social Club, Seattle
—Soul Fountain, Queens Village, NY, Volume 36, Spring 2009 and Volume 40, Fall 2010
—Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry, University of Evansville Press, Evansville, IN, Volume III, Issue 2, 2008
—Rio Grande Review, University of Texas at El Paso, Volume 28, Fall 2006, “Humor” Issue
—Epicenter, Riverside, CA, Volume 11, 2007
—Waterways, Ten Penny Players, Staten Island, Volume 26, Issue 7, 2005
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Near-Misses and Shenanigans
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—Finalist, 2018 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards
—Longlist, 2017 Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition, Munster Literature Centre, Cork City, Ireland
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Readings: Events sponsored (in Seattle, WA unless otherwise noted) by:
—Poetry Ireland and Ireland's storytelling collective Moth and Butterfly, "Path to the Poem," live Zoom event, April 2021
—Floating Bridge Press (Seattle Public Library, Fremont Branch, 2017; Jack Straw Cultural Center, 2015)
—The Raven Chronicles (Jack Straw, 2014)
—Cirque: A Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim (TSUGA Fine Art, Bothell, WA, 2016; A Contemporary Theatre’s Bullitt Cabaret, 2014 and 2012)
—“12 Minutes Max” at On the Boards (2009)
—Seattle Poetry Festival (2007)
—“Homeland” reading series at On the House (2007-10)
—Annex Theatre’s “Spin the Bottle” (variety show, 2005-16)
—“Carlotta’s Late Night Wing Ding” (variety show, mid-2000’s)
—Seattle Poetry Slam (mid 1990’s)
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Image: Ferry to Inis Mór (Leggett)
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