Fill Up on Phil Lit

 

Phil Lit  has published a poem of mine, The Surreal Craftsman in their spring issue. Fill up on it. 

The Garden Is Open

 

The poem is about a patch of Grass

The ones behind The Ones Behind the Bookshelves have published a poem of mine. It is called The Garden Is Open and may or may not have been inspired by a joke in the film Love and Death. 

Poems that Shine

 

In SHINE read them here

Getting Blasphemous in January

 

Blasphemous published a poem of mine called The Broach Indeed. Scroll down past the Turkish(?) picture to read it.

Assemble for a Poem

The first issue of Palette literary magazine is out, with a poem of mine, Assembled in the Forum stuffed into it.

The River of Light

 

Empyrean has published a poem of mine in their latest issue. It is called "Working Around the Policy." You can read it here. Or here. Or here.

Hanging on to the End of the Issue

 

Spare Parts Lit has generously allowed my poem "Flirting with Smoke," to act like a caboose for their latest issue.

Don't Be Partially Shy

 

Partially Shy published a poem of mine here click on the corner of the image to review the PDF at your leisure!

Labor Omnia Vincit

 

"Work Conquers All," is the translation for the title of this new poem of mine in Farewell Transmission. I guess I had either Oklahoma or James Wright on the mind when I wrote it. 

Iceblink and You Might Miss It

 

An Iceblink is a visual effect caused by light reflecting off a mass of ice in the distance near the horizon. It is also the name of a literary publication. A poem of mine, "Floating in the Hive" heads up Issue 8.

Back to the Square for a Feral Poet

 

Feral Poetry published a poem of mine called Back to the Square. It's based on the aftermath of all the recent failed uprisings of the human spirit the CIA didn't back.

Come to My Beacon

 

The Poetry Lighthouse published two poems of mine: In the Western World and Deamortization. 

Synchronize with My Chaos

 

Synchronized Chaos has published poems by me. Pictured above is a garnet, in honor of one of them: Garnet Harbor. It was inspired by a Max Ernst painting but I can't remember which one it was, so enjoy this rock.

Two Poems in the Bitter Melon Review

 

Hello all, here are two poems to read on a Sunday summer evening:

After Fantastic Obsessions

And

Medium Trouble in Chinese Cottage, about an old Chinese place I used to visit on the Upper West of America's greatest island, Manhattan

From the Mouth of an Underdog

 

Pessoa approves

Azarão lit journal has published a poem of mine: Grave Silhouettes

"Don't Worry About the Background. Just Go for the Tonal Values"

Metphrastics a publication based on poems inspired by the art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art  has come out with its Summer 2025 issue

And wouldn't you know it, one of my poems is in it, called The Tonal Values. It's influenced by a painting from Edouard "Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?" Manet, pictured here.

The Freak Hope of an Infinite Rise

 

Step right up, step right up, here are two poems by Ben Nardolilli in the first issue of Ascendancy Magazine

Links from the Literary Underground

 

The Literary Underground has published a poem by me Exile, Dystopia, etc.  

Without a Horizon

 

The Third Issue of Lodestar Lit has my poem "Remaking Our Everyday World," inspired by seeing Northern Virginia pass by at night.

Getting Ambrosial

 Ambrosial Literary Garland based in Manipur, India published a poem of mine in their new issue,