Dogslandia

 To receive your sonnet freshly squeezed Please deposit fourteen quarters in the slot And extra features come for those want hot Fresh poems...

Tragedeigh Joe M McDermott It was too soon since my dog’s death. I couldn’t stand hearing my family yell at each other about a hypothetic...

 If feet could explain the work they do To hands who explain the work they do To elbows who explain the work they do To livers who explain t...

 Thrilled to be working with the fine folks at Aqueduct! Wind of Earth, Wind of Tau Ceti by Joe M. McDermott (2026) ISBN: 978-1-61976-286-2 ...

 There is no money in the arts, so surrender To all the people who tell you there is no money In the arts, and isn’t it better to be rich an...

Whole passages of the Bible are just sons A list of sons after sons, a lineage of boys I know the women were ignored or just toys But that’s...

 If I can lose a part and not lose myself, That part must not be part of me, just shells And machinery, the illuminations of the kells Were ...

I heard a rumor poets made a liv- ing once upon a time from writing po- ems from an adjunct at the univers- ity who drove me to the airport ...

 Take all your clever children teach them Math and make them read the greatest books And tell them that the future is their story, look At a...

 Give a man a fish and let him eat for a day Don't believe the lie of a lifetime of fishing This is an excuse for the rich to keep richi...

 The frost on the grass won’t kill the grass The soft moon curls of deer hooves do not kill The damp leaves might if they stay damp and stil...

 Working in the arts while the world is *gestures at all that* means you sort of wish the arts wasn't eating itself, too.  We are tasked...

  I can’t remember the last time I spoke with someone in person. I don’t know why I thought about it today. It was a lovely day, simply the ...