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'Herring Run' is up at Journal of Expressive Writing. www.journalofexpressivewriting.com/post/herring... www.journalofexpressivewriting.com/post/elf-and... www.journalofexpressivewriting.com/post/privilege

​'Cut-class Gypsies' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/cut-glass-gy... ​

'Last Day' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/last-day-cra...

'Verona' is up in Yellow Mama's Halloween issue. www.yellowmama.online/verona-craig...

'Hermitage' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/hermitage-cr...

'Procrastination' is up at The Five-Two. poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/10/crai... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeiu...

The poem 'Wait' is up at Stick Figure Quarterly. stickfigurepoetry.com/issue-23/#wa...

Wilderness House Literary Review, an American online quarterly literary magazine launched in 2006 is a publication devoted to excellence in literature and the arts, formed by a collaboration of writers and poets who call themselves the Bagel Bards. www.whlreview.com/no-21.3/poet...

The poem 'Algorithm' is up at Spillwords spillwords.com/algorithm/?u... spillwords.com/spotlight-on...

'This always ends in a question' is up at Cacti Fur. cactifur.com/2026/09/23/c...

On the porch with Pound' is up at Orenaug Mountain Poetry. www.orenaugmountainpoetry.net/2026/09/on-p...

'Dusk' is up at Sage Cigarettes. sagecigarettes.com/dusk/

He said it better than I could...

Academy of the Heart and Mind just put up 'Asphalt Cancer'. academyoftheheartandmind.com/2026/09/11/a... academyoftheheartandmind.com/2026/01/16/e... academyoftheheartandmind.com/2026/08/12/d...

The light is on for Craig Kirchner! @craigkiirchner.bsky.social 💡 Craig has previously shared his amazing poetry with us, but today, we have a haunting and contemplative prose piece from him. Read Craig’s “Worst Fear” over at the site!

'Intermission' is up at Fixator Press. fixatorpress.home.blog/2026/09/06/i...

'Chronicle of Nod' and 'Maybe like others' are up at The Seattle Star. www.seattlestar.net/2026/09/two-...

"The Seattle Star is an online journal that seeks to open up the world." www.seattlestar.net/2025/05/404-... www.seattlestar.net/2026/07/the-... www.seattlestar.net/2025/12/hobo... www.seattlestar.net/2026/02/anni... www.seattlestar.net/2025/08/thre... www.seattlestar.net/2026/01/fear...

Congress is responsible for the president driving the country over a cliff. We need 1000 people, everyday at the capital screaming in shifts that “I am mad as hell, I’m not going to take it anymore.” When Donald pulls voting machines is not the time to tell Republicans they have no moral courage.

'Good Friday and LSD' is up at Book of Matches. online.fliphtml5.com/qoqiq/Issue-...

'Salad Days' and 'Dad's Watch' are up at Verse Virtual. Both these pieces harken back to High School days. www.verse-virtual.org/2026/Septemb...

'Incense' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/evil-simon-m...

'Library Before Dawn' is a favorite I wrote about 50 years ago. dearbooze.com/cocktales/f/...

'Asleep in pomegranate and pastel' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/sawn-in-two-...

The piece 'Kind of a drag' is up at Cocktales. dearbooze.com/cocktales/f/...

The poem 'A Part' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/so-you-never...

'K.O.' is up at Yellow Mama. www.yellowmama.online/being-transp...

The poem 'Dejeuner' is up at the Academy of the Heart and Mind. academyoftheheartandmind.com/2026/08/12/d...

I was really glad to see this site publish 'Everything' last January. academyoftheheartandmind.com/2026/01/16/e...

'Clue' is up at Cocktales. dearbooze.com/cocktales/f/...

'Amtrak' is up at Minimag. minimag.press/gallery/mini...

'Wound us all' is up at The Five-Two. There is a YouTube reading at the bottom of the text. poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/08/crai...

The Wise Owl, August issue is up. This link is to 'Pristine by Candlelight'. The whole issue is worth a look, they do a nice job. www.thewiseowl.art/craig-kirchner

Dark Winter is a literary magazine out of Ontario that published 'Algorithm' back in August of '24. More and more lately I see articles about how our appliances are spying on us. www.darkwinterlit.com/post/algorit...

'The Cloud' is up at The Seattle Star. www.seattlestar.net/2026/07/the-... Happy 250th Anniversary www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjM... image.png

'Standing just to the left' is up at Breathe Magazine. www.breatheeveryone.net/posts/x28w55...

'Common Ground' is up at Black Petal. www.blackpetalsmagazine.com/dolls-poem-b...

'We met at the beach' is up at Trashlight. trashlightpress.com/we-met-at-th... --

'The Cloud' is up at The Seattle Star. www.seattlestar.net/2026/07/the-... Happy 250th Anniversary www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjM... image.png

The poem 'Next' is up at Bulb Culture Collective. www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/next-cr...

'Lost in Wheatfield' is up at Spillwords. spillwords.com/lost-in-whea...

'Letter to the Gittin Place' is up at The Argyle. www.theargylelitmag.com/poetry-8/let...

I do not think I hated anyone more than I hate Trump

'Goddamn' is up at Shoegaze. heyzine.com/flip-book/c6...

Three poems - 'Same', 'Schadenfreude' and 'Roomful of Navels' - up at Alternate Route. www.patreon.com/alternaterou...

Three poems including 'Adieu' are up at Sybil. www.sybiljournal.com/work-2/2026/...

Three poems including 'Morning Encounters' put up by Sybil a year ago. www.sybiljournal.com/work-2/2025/...

'Lunar Talk' and two other poems up at Unlikely Stories. www.unlikelystories.org/content/luna...

The Poem 'Tuesday Afternoon' is up at Tap into Poetry. tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/t...

The poem 'Goddamn' is up at Dear Booze. dearbooze.com/cocktales/f/...