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With the deepest thanks to very fine folks at Pangyrus LitMag www.pangyrus.com/poetry/anthr...

Today's Feature: What Sparks Poetry: Wang Jiaxin on "In the Native Place of Laozi" from At the Same Time: New and Selected Poems published by @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/in-the-...

"The kindness of one human being to another in times of mass hatred and violence deserves more respect than the preaching of all the churches since the beginning of time." - Charles Simic

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In the midst of the most chaotic and stressful Xmas/new year period of my life, it’s a welcome boost that the very fine folks at Anacapa Review saw fit to publish a recent poem in their excellent journal. It’s an honor to get published alongside such fine company. anacapareview.com/jon-lavieri-...

But it’s only heartbeats that allow the wind to stir the branches in their greening frenzy. —Bruce Weigl

Happy to have some photos published by the ravens perch. theravensperch.com/2-by-jon-lav...

“Writing is a way of saying you and the world have a chance. All art is failure.” Richard Hugo

Rock on, Senator Booker!

A huge thanks to the folks at The RavensPerch for putting up three of my poems. At the Center of the Center of Everything was the prose poem of the bunch, something I keep getting more interested in over time. theravensperch.com/at-the-cente...

Nice surprise this morning to see the new issue of Stone Poetry Journal including my poem, Language Barrier. It's a great looking issue, and an extra honor to see an old friend, David Dodd Lee in the same issue. Much thanks if you get a moment to take a look. stonepoetryjournal.com/jon-lavieri/

Writing is fun except that it's hard and no one cares and if you're good at this, you'll torturously be the last one to know