
Happy New Year Everyone!
Last minute publication announcements before the ball drops:
Poetrybay Winter 2018/19
Kudos to George Wallace for accepting my jazz poem, “All I Could Do Was Cry” for the latest edition of Poetrybay.
http://www.poetrybay.com/winter2018-9/carragon-10.html
Poetrybay 2019, an online literary journal in the 21rst century, Consisting of Poetrybay, Polarity and Long Island Quarterly.
www.poetrybay.com
Included in this issue:
POETRYBAY: Tozan Alkan, Fred Alsberg, Wendy Barker, Meagan Brothers, Nathan Brown, Milenko Budamir, Patricia Carragon, Linda Sharbat Cleary, Craig Czury, Holly Day, Josephine Dickinson, Cornelius Eady, Dragan Evtimova, Elizabeth Grech, Gladys Henderson, Aimee Herman, Scott Rex Hightower, Cynthia Hogue, Kathleen Ann Hudson, Ron Kolm, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, ML Liebler, Jesus-Papoleto Melendez, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Peake, Octavio Quintanilla, Kevin Rabas, Bertha Rogers, Nicholas Samaras, Penelope Shuttle, Steven M Smith, Thomas R Smith, Dionysios Solomos, Susan Terris, Natalia Trevino, Martin Willits Jr., Viktoria Valenzeula, Edward Vidaurre, and Anton Yakovlev; plus flash fiction and a featured poem from Martin Espada.POLARITY: Youssef Alaoui, Bree, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Carradini, Andy Clausen, Neeli Cherkovski, Cathyann Cusimano, Jim D Deuchars, John Dorsey, Howie Faerstein, Jose Faush, Jack Foley, Chatham Grey, Ian Griffiths, S.A. Griffin, Ngoma Hill, Matthew Hupert, Jennifer Juneau, Craig Kite, Paul Koniecki, Ptr Kozlowski, Ron Lampi, Jenn Lane, Jessica Loos, Steve Luttrell, Marta Markoska, Ellyn Maybe, Jesus-Papoleto Melendez, Thurston Moore, Frank Murphy,Valery Oisteanu, Annie Petrie, Puma Perl, Mike Platsky, Vincent Quatroche, Karl Roulston, Meg Smith, William Taylor Jr., Tommy Twilight, Scott Wannberg, Jeff Wright, and Daniel Yaryan.LONG ISLAND QUARTERLY: Lloyd Abrams, Donald Allen, Liz Axelrod-Olson, Antonio Bellia, Cliff Bleidner, Barbara Ann Branca, Richard Bronson, Adam Fisher, Tammy Green, Vicki Iorio, Kate Kelly, Joan Payne Kincaid, Maria Kranidis, Brendan McCurdy, Wayne Mennecke, Marsha M Nelson, Barbara Novack, Ellen Pober Rittberg, Ruth Sabath Rosenthal, Robert Savino, Barbara Southard, Dd Spungin, Ed Stever, Mary Jane Tenerelli, Pramila Venkateswaran, Herb Wahlsteen, Lois Walker.
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Krytyka Lieracka ISSN 2084-1124 Nr 3-4•2018

Happy to be part of this fine Polish publication, Krytyka Literacka and to be among these writers:
• Steve Dalachinsky • David Day • Isabella Degen Niels Hav • William Heyen • Peter Thabit Jones
Adrian Ligęza • Erica Mapp • Harry Nudel • Yuko Otomo * Erik La Prade • Tomasz Marek Sobieraj • Jacek Świerk
Joanna Turek • Barry Wallenstein • Jeffrey Wright.Thank you Tomasz Marek Sobieraj and Erik LaPradahttps://krytykaliteracka.blogspot.com/2018/12/krytyka-literacka-3-42018-english-issue.html?fbclid=IwAR366MtQ4GIZNILCgPyJY0JSFYEydPcQL-LK5Y5b9MgWBr-iOrH2OYGx8q0
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Bear Creek Haiku, Saturday December 29, 2018

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Niesen and your furry team members Tama, Frosty, and Kitty Kali for including me in your latest issue:
window candlelight
snowflake illumination
on glass
under the chandelier
words turn
to crystal
sleeping cat
her calm
before the storm
Kudos to Paula Yup, t.kilgore, Peggy Dugan French, A.A. Milne, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Angelee, Deodhor, E. Martin Petersoen, Steve Ausherman
Thank you Ayaz Daryl Niesen and your furry team members Tama, Frosty, and Kitty Kali for including me in your latest issue:
https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2018/12/melting-into-poetry-paula-yup-t-kilgore.html
window candlelight
snowflake illumination
on glass
under the chandelier
words turn
to crystal
sleeping cat
her calm
before the storm
Kudos to Paula Yup, t.kilgore, Peggy Dugan French, A.A. Milne, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Angelee, Deodhor, E. Martin Petersoen, Steve Ausherman
Bear Creek Haiku, Saturday December 12, 2018
Thank you Ayaz Daryl Niesen and your furry team members Tama, Frosty, and Kitty Kali for including me in your latest issue:
https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooklyns-patricia-carragon-torontos.html
snow angels
turn gray
urban grief
under the chandelier
words turn
to crystal
morning shadows
on sidewalk
a cat crosses
nature’s litter box
outside my building
yellow eyes behind bushes
Kudos to Suparna Ghosh, Marion McGauhy, The Barakat Gallery, Celine Mariotti, Kelly Sauvage Angel.
Bear Creek Haiku, Issue #145, November 2018
Thank you Ayaz Daryl Niesen and your furry team members Tama, Frosty, and Kitty Kali for including my piece, “Roller Coaster Train” in your latest issue. Kudos to Peggy Dugan French, Judith Patin-Nielsen, t. kilgore splake, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, and more.
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Mankh’s Haiku Calendar 2019, Allbook Books Press
Thanks Mankh for taking my haiku and my photo, “Haiku Blossoms.”
undefeated the crocus wins over snow
past the open doors of a stalled trainbirdsong enters
moth lands on my arms makes swift exitsummer solstice

Kudos to Mankh, Cliff Bleidner, Edgar Carlson, Steve Dalachinsky, Betsey Dickerson, Geraldine Green, Bill Kenney, Yuko Otomo, Robert Savino, Patti Tana, J R Turek, Margarette Wahl, and more.