Short attention span? Busy Sunday? Love poetry? The good people at One Sentence Poems have got you covered. They published my short poem, Passive (Aggression), today. Give it a read here. Thanks to editors Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, Dale Wisely, & Tony Press. -A.S. Coomer Continue reading “Passive (Aggression)” Out Now in One Sentence Poems
I had the pleasure of being on Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram’s BlogTalk Radio show Quintessential Listening: Poetry yesterday evening. We talked poems and empathy. Dr. Ingram was even kind enough to let me read a whole slew of my poems. Give it a listen here. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ql_p/2018/08/28/quintessential-listening-poetry–as-coomer Continue reading Quintessential Listening: Poetry
My poem, Third Fig (A Letter to Edna), was recently published by the good folks of Triggerfish Critical Review in Issue 20. It is a letter-in-verse to Edna St. Vincent Millay. There is an audio-clip of the poem on the site as well. A neat aspect of Triggerfish is that contributors are given the chance to … Continue reading “Third Fig (A Letter to Edna)” Out Now in Triggerfish Critical Review
Morning, y’all, The August Issue of Ghost City Review is out now. I was lucky enough to have a poem included alongside excellent work by Justin Hamm, Kat Giordano, and many others. Here’s the link to Peculiar. Big thanks to Justin Karcher, Editor-in-Chief, and the rest of the staff at Ghost City Press. Go give … Continue reading “Peculiar” Out Now in Ghost City Review
Afternoon, I’ve got three new, music-inspired poems up over at The Song Is… The first one, What an unlikely duo…, was written when Tom Petty died. You’ll see several song titles and lyrics from Mr. Petty in that one. The second poem, Flirting with Disaster, was originally published by Juliet Cook over at Thirteen Myna … Continue reading Three New Poems in The Song Is…
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
