Afternoon, Hope all’s well. Hope you’re seeing the light at the end of a long winter. I’m squinting and hoping that’s what I see barreling on down the line. Could be a train though… Anyway. I got some new poems out in the very first issue of Curate, curated by Erin Renee Wahl. Get hip; … Continue reading New Poems in the First Issue of Curate
Afternoon, A new poem of mine, The Artist (Vitiated), was published today at Winedrunk Sidewalk. The poem is personal, dealing with life in this dystopian Trump-era, where ties of kin are strained, frayed. How many of our friends and family have become deluded, blinded by blighted ideology? How many have found their closeted hatreds? How … Continue reading “The Artist (Vitiated)” Out Now at Winedrunk Sidewalk
Afternoon, Meow Meow Pow Pow, one of the coolest literary things happening right now, just published by poem, I Wrote This Sober, featuring art by Cassandra Panek. Check it out! Big thanks to Jane-Rebecca Cannarella and the good folks at MMPP. -A.S. Coomer Continue reading “I Wrote This Sober” Published by Meow Meow Pow Pow
Hey! Have I told you lately that you’re beautiful? Well, you are. Yes! You! You’re beautiful. Anyway. Three of my poems, Pinckney, The Eavesdropper & And it was a smooth flight, are out now in Taxicab Magazine. I wrote Pinckney in Pinckney State Recreational Area in Michigan on a weekend getaway with my wife. The … Continue reading 3 Poems Out Now in Taxicab Magazine
Afternoon, I got to pick Jim Ferris‘ brain about poetry. He’s Lucas County’s second (ever) poet laureate and The Ability Center Endowed Chair in Disability Studies at the University of Toledo. It was a lively and entertaining discussion and only a fraction of it made it into an article I wrote for The City Paper. … Continue reading “Demanding and All Around Us: Poetry with Jim Ferris” Article Out Now in The City Paper
Afternoon, Hope y’all have enjoyable weekend plans lined up. If you find yourself with forty-five minutes to spare, I had the privilege of sitting down with two of my favorite people in Toledo, Amanda & Jake Pilewski, to record an episode of Jake’s podcast: The Snake Pit. We talk books, writing, music, John Prine (All … Continue reading The Snake Pit Podcast with the Pilewskis
Morning, I love the headline for this post: Three Poems Anthologized by RASPUTIN. Thank you mystical madman. I’m glad to be included in your book. Big thanks to the “real” madman behind RASPUTIN: A Poetry Thread Joseph Milford for including my poems, Hootie’s Cave, Another Three Lonely Ones & Little Platte Lake, in this wonderful … Continue reading Three Poems Anthologized by RASPUTIN
