“The first Literary Journal to be published on the Internet,” Ygdrasil started in 1994 and is still going strong. Their new September issue (Vol XXV, Issue 9, Number 293) was released a bit early. It contains three of my poems: “Breech Birth of Democracy,”
“These visions have a human reference point,” and “Out of House, Out of Home.” You can read them here.
Today, poetry blog In Between Hangovers published my poem “When is Enough Is Enough Is Enough?” You can read the full text here.
Black Poppy Review posted my poem “This World is Ash” today. The poem takes the volcanic destruction of Herculanum and Pompei as it’s starting point. You can read the full piece here.
Up the Staircase Quarterly #38 is a special issue collecting audio and visual poetry. It includes my video poem “Fake History,” along with a note about the inspiration and making of the piece. You can check it out here.
Poetry blog Rusty Truck posted my poem “Work Hurts” today in company with a batch of outlaw writing. This piece refers to a short-lived temp work assignment I had at the main USPS office in DC many years ago. You can read it here.
Otoliths #46, the southern autumn issue, is finally live on the web. A massive collection of visual, textual and video works, the issue includes my text poem “Hashing the Input” along with a link to the “Succubus Highway” video poem, and six stills from that video piece. The stills and video incorporate a section of the text piece: “lies like flames dance across time.” You can check out the whole package here.
Early this morning, three of my poems went live on Midnight Lane Boutique: “Margin Flowers,” “Eat this History,” and “Tame Me Baudelaire.” You can read them here. As a bonus, a link to my music video “Fire Dance” is included.
Midnight Lane Boutique features outlaw poetry with a dark tone, with great visual design. Well worth exploring.
Yesterday Full of Crow published four of my poems in its huge Spring/Summer double issue: “Imaginary Mind,” “The People Next Door,” “Lure of the 70s,” and “The Day of Dreams and Awakenings.” You can read them here.
A couple new publications went live today.
My text poem “Last Nickle Phone Call” appeared in the literary blog Your One Phone Call. This one features a recurring character in my poetry–Ouija, basically a living “mystifying oracle.” You can read it here.
Four visual poems appeared in the weblog The New Post-literate, which “explores asemic writing in relation to post-literate culture.” Asemic writing includes any kind of marks that seem like they might be writing, or suggest some intent to convey meaning. You can view the images here. All four pieces are stills taken from my video poem “Earth Remains Flat,” which can be seen on my Bionic Eyes YouTube channel here.
This morning my poem “Some New Wizard at the Wheel” went live in Streetcake magazine, Issue 53. You can read it here.
The poem is one of a series inspired by lost civilizations around the world. Under the current American regime, it seems important to examine the fragility of languages, cultures and nations.
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