The Poet for Hire Has Online Clippings
From BlazeVOX
Three of my limericks were published in the Spring 2013 issue , having entered them in a fictitious limerick contest. Read here for more info.
From The Boston and Beyond Website
"Redlined" was published on October 31st, 2012.
"Hollow" debuted on the site on May 9th, 2012.
From Concelebratory Shoehorn Review
"Alumni," "Child At The Pet Store," "Housewarming Tips," "Poem" and "Jealousy" from the March 2008 issue.
From Endicott Review
"Christine," "Arguments," and "Fear of Poets Realized" can now be viewed via issu.
From Every Day Poets
"Zombie Burial Haiku" from October 19, 2012.
"Resolving Faiths" from April 1, 2012.
"The Happy Genius' Housecleaning" from March 15, 2012.
From Fox Chase Review
"Phone Tag" and "Mom's Birthday" from the 2008 Autumn/Winter issue.
"Our Only Dance" from the 2008 Winter/Spring issue.
Oddball Magazine
"Alpha Jesus" appeared on February 4, 2013
"Negative Sex Jesus" appeared on January 17, 2013.
"Anti-Matter Jesus" appeared on January 15, 2013.
From The Out of The Blue Website
"First In A Series," "Gathering," and my "Lonely People Haiku" appeared on the site in August of 2008.
From PoemHunter.com
"First In A Series" and "The Cup" are old standards I decided to post here.
"Drawn Out Haiku" was published once. I may never collect it, but I still liked it.
From Salon.
Another limerick on March 1, 2013.
Another winning limerick on February 3, 2013.
My first winning limerick for 2013, published January 27, 2013.
My winning limerick on the aftermath of the 2012 election, published November 21, 2012.
My winning limerick on the presidential debates, published October 24, 2012.
I was among the first winners of Salon's first limerick contest on August 13, 2012.
From The Scrambler
My poems "Joanie at the Museum Circus" and "Meeting Valerie Loveland" from Issue 40.
From Shampoo
"Coming to" from Issue #39.
"Our Metaphors Are Still From Earth" from Issue #29.
"Sarcastic Haiku, 1-3" from Issue #17.
"They Say I Should Be Used To It" from Issue #14.
From The Somerville News
"Systemic" and "Tomato" appeared on April 17th, 2013.
"Sonnet F'or Ginsburg" posted in January 2005, published in the February 2005 print edition.
From Spoonful
"Jack" from Issue # 6.
"My Father Defies Death to Write Me A Letter..." from Issue # 5.
Also appearing in the same issue is "Thrust," a collaboration between myself ande Michael F. Gill.
"Except" from Issue #4.
"Hail" from Issue #3.
"Poetry Isn't Everything" from Issue #1.
"Rat Poem" from Issue #0.
From U.M.Ph.! Prose
"Southie Sunday" is in issue #10.
"Summer's End" is in Issue #8.
"Teaching Journalism" appears in Issue #6.
"Boston Haiku Cults" and "Celtics Poem" are in Issue #4.
From Verbophobia
"Why I'm Not Zen" from December 2003.
From Wilderness House Literary Review
"Still" from Volume 7, Issue 4.
"Making Rounds" and "Not in Denver" from Volume 7, Issue 2.
"It's A Start" from Volume 4, Issue 3.
"Important Notice" from Volume 2, Issue 3.
"Haiku" from Volume 2, Issue 2.
"Us" from Volume 2, Issue 1.
"Moving In" and "For Lynne..." from Volume 1, Issue 3.
"Charon's Slow Day" is an early version of a poem I've since revised and retitled. It was in Volume 1, Issue 1.
From Working For The Man
Thanks to editor and online friend John L. Roberson My poem "The Cup" appeared in this online anthology created 8 years ago to benefit writer/artist William Messner-Loebs and his wife. Download the anthology in its entirety for free by clicking here. It may take time to download, but it's worth it.
Salon.com held their first limerick contest in August 2010, and I was one of its first winners. You can see it and others here.
I started a column of sorts over at We Got Issues, the comics blog I contribute to, called "Comic Book Haiku." This link takes you the list. If you're interested, click on each one for the accompanying graphic (and possibly links). If you are not into comics, these will likely baffle and annoy you. If you are, these just might be up your alley.
I'm putting a link to my "retired poems" because I just might be adding more to the list before the end of this year.
Poet, musician, and wordplaysmith Michael F. Gill puts out many PDF chapbooks. One of them, Interrupting The Conversation of Sleepwalking Clocks, includes a poetry sequence entitled "Fire In Portrait Self," fifteen responses to my Self-Portait in Fire chapbook. You can read and download the entire chapbook here. The chapbook, if you want to delve into the source of Michael's inspiration, you can purchase my chap here.
"Fighting Stance" was written for Mike Amado, a fellow poet and friend who passed away in 2009.
"Workshop Poem" is a tribute to Ron Goba and Friends of Poetry, which can now be read at Popt Art.
