My poem “Wish” was published today in online literary journal Beatnik Cowboy for outlaw writing. You can read it here.
Poem published in Beatnik Cowboy
literary journals
“Location, Location, Location” published in Mad Swirl
Today my poem “Location, Location, Location” was published in online literary journal Mad Swirl‘s Poetry Forum. You can read the full piece here.
10 poems, video stills and video published in Var 2(x)
January 6, 2026–Today, a portfolio of my video and text work was published in Var 2(x), an online literary journal for extreme experimentation. Included are 5 video stills with asemic language elements pulled from the raw footage for my music video “New Brain Imprint,” as well as a link to the source video on YouTube. The main feature is a selection of 10 text pieces: “dole plot,” “badge of dolor,” “Arriba malfunction,” “regular quill,” “scrap grind hotel,” “taps patent fait enter,” “wailing watcher weight,” “game life atoll,” “change delinquent,” and “anti-rule characterized.”
The editors put all this under the headline “The Glitch Poetics of Jeff Bagato,” which seems a pretty good descriptor of this period of my written work. I’ll have to start using that tag myself!
“Reality Programmer” video released in Ranger #13
Ranger is an online literary journal of avant garde literature, music, video and visual art; the 13th issue was released recently containing the usual smorgasbord of weird and wonderful challenging works. I’m pleased to be represented in this issue with the glitch music video “Reality Programmer,” which includes difficult music from Hearasay in Paradox Lust.
You can view the video in Ranger here.
Six poems published in Ranger #12
Online literary magazine Ranger recently released its 12th issue, another smorgasbord of experimental artifacts in textual, video, musical and visual forms. I’m pleased to be represented by six poems: “wiggy sip,” “pilled blame,” “prattle burn misc,” “About Calls,” “bastion fire crag,” and “mog turner.” You can read them here.
Five poems published in Utriculi
Utriculi is an online literary journal for experimental writing, and something of a “sequel” to Otoliths, both journals being published by Sandy Press in Australia. The second issue of Utriculi was released recently in print and digital formats, and it seems similarly encyclopedic in scope to the earlier journal, comprising another who’s who of the international literary avant garde. I’m pleased to be represented by five poems (starting on page 150 of Issue 2, Part 1): “guidelines,” “If those aren’t the reasons, what,” “jade slick,” “bezel delight,” and “blade lout parse.”
You can view the complete online issue, both Parts 1 and 2, here. The print issues are available via Amazon here.
“The Grapefruit Hits the Grinder” published in Mad Swirl
My poem “The Grapefruit Hits the Grinder” was published in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum on October 14. You can read the full piece here.
“Singing through the Flats” published in Rat’s Ass Review
My poem “Singing through the Flats” was published last week in the online journal Rat’s Ass Review Fall/Winter 2025 issue. It’s been a while, so I’m pleased to appear on the pages of this fine journal for outlaw poetry. You can read the full poem here.
Poem published in Mad Swirl
My poem “Tortilla Mockingbird” appeared in Mad Swirl‘s online Poetry Form on May 27. You can read the full poem here.
Poem published in Chiron Review
The latest Chiron Review for Winter 2024m Issue #135 arrived recently. I’m very pleased to be represented with one poem “Are You There Cosmos?”
Chiron Review is a great read especially for those into “outlaw poetry.”
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