More Publication News for 2022

Jerry Jazz Musician, Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Some happy news on this grim and cold day. Thank you so much Joe Maita for publishing “All the Way,” in Jerry Jazz Musician.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/all-the-way-a-poem-inspired-by-billie-holiday-by-patricia-carragon/

Jerry Jazz Musician, Tuesday, December 9, 2022

What a nice surprise that “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” is part of Two poets…inspired by Sinatra:

Two poets…inspired by Sinatra

Jerry Jazz Musician A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Fall/Winter, 2022-23 Edition, December 16, 2022

Thank you Joe Maita for accepting “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “The Blues Haiku” in the Fall/ Winter edition of Jerry Jazz Musician. Kudos to Russell DuPont Ronald P. Bremner Phil Linz Amy Barone Geer Austin Moe Seager Carrie Magness Radna Marilyn Mohr

A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Fall/Winter, 2022-23 Edition

The Red Wheelbarrow #15 Anthology

Thank you The Red Wheelbarrow Poets Gang of Six:

Moira OBrien Frank Rubino Arthur Russell Claudia Serea Anton Yakovlev Don Zirilli for publishing my pantoum, “Tomorrow Is My Turn” in The Red Wheelbarrow 15 anthology. Kudos to my friends, Roxanne HoffmanRonald P. BremnerAustin AlexisAmy BaroneMark F FogartyDavidson GarrettPatrick Thomas HammerBarbara HallChristopher BogartRon KolmDon KriegerSusanna Lorber LeeErmira MitreZorida MohammedRick MullinDimitri ReyesClaudia SereaArthur RussellAnton YakovlevDon ZirilliDanny ShotFrank RubinoJennifer Poteet John Jay Trause George Wallace etc.

The Avocet Summer and Fall editions

Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano and Editor Emeritis, Peter Leverich

for publishing these haiku:

in the Summer Issue:

Monarch butterflies

find wisteria refuge

from attentive cats

Saturday sunshine

escape to Coney Island

hot sand in sneakers

cicadas return

serenade this quiet street

crickets sing-a-long

in the Fall issue:

harvest moon

summer’s hot breath

refuses to leave

racoon climbs tree

squirrels in danger

acorns bounce off cars

early October

like the temperature

I wait for change

leaves crunch

melodies meander

into the mist

CCNY’s Poetry In Performance 50th Anniversary Issue 2022

Thank you Pamela LaskinGregory CrosbyBarry Wallenstein for publishing my haiku series, “Babyn Yar in Tears”in CCNY’s Poetry in Performance 50th Anniversary Anthology.

Congrats to Pamela LaskinGregory CrosbyBarry WallensteinRobert GibbonsMaryam S Alikhani Estha Weiner Charles J. ButlerJan Castro

Bob HolmanSteven Koenig Richard Levine Ellen LytleRichard Jeffrey Newman Alicia Ostriker Eve PackerThaddeus Rutkowski Ilka Scobie Sparrow X. CarterJeff Wright

‘Spillwords Halloween’ #SpillwordsHalloween – Thursday, October 27, 2022

Thank you Dagmara K. of Spillwords for posting my Halloween Catku:

Halloween Catku II

Brevitas 19 2022, Anthology of the Short Poem

Happy to share my work in Brevitas anthology. Thx Brevitas team Amy Barone Esther Cohen Flash Rosenberg Steve Zeitlin Ron Kolm Carolyn Wells.

Mankh’s Haiku Calendar 2023

Thank you Mankh for the honor of publishing my haiku and photo. Kudos to the following contributors:

    2023 Haiku Calendar (Allbook Books)

Nancy Abraham, Greg Alexander, Bill Batcher, Dean Blehert, Cliff Bleidner, Elena Botts,
v.j.calone (Vincent J. Calone), Paula Camacho, Chris Clendenin, Jeanne Clendenin,
Dr. Nicole Noles Collins, Lynn Cooper, Betsey Dickerson, A.i. Firefly, Adam D. Fisher,
Lynn M. Fornuff, David Fox, tiokasin ghosthorse, Nowick Gray, Geneva L. Hagar,
Barbara Harris, Mankh (Walter E. Harris III), Patrice Hasbrook, Linda Marie Hilton,
J Holgado, Bill Kenney, Maria Manobianco, Sheila Mardenfeld, Roberta A. McQueen,
Linda Ranieri Melodia, A. Molotkov, Onan Musoy, Pir, Seth Pollock, Evan Pritchard,
Tony Quagliano, James Thomas Romano, Narges Rothermel, Laura Ruby, Will Ryder,
Robert Savino, Stuart Schaeffer, Lisa M. Scuderi-Burkimsher, Barbara Segal, Patti Tana,
Anne Marie Tognella, J R (Judy) Turek, JR Vork, Margarette Wahl, Kay J. Wight,
Max Wilbert, Dakota Yazzie, Jack Zaffos

Bear Creek Haiku, #185 November 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen of Bear Creek Haiku. Kudos to James Penha and Mary Jo Balistreri.

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot December 18, 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen of Bear Creek Haiku for publishing my haiku. Kudos to Kelley Jean White’s Hannah, Mo, and Sassy!, Cathy Porter, John McDonald, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Picasso, Peggy Dugan French, and t. kilgore splake!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/12/poets-patricia-carragon-kelley-jean.html

Bear Creak Haiku , #186, December 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen of Bear Creek Haiku for publishing my haiku. Kudos to Mary Jo Balistreri

When Women Speak Poetry Anthology: Volume 1 Paperback – November 22, 2022

Honored to have my poems, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” and “Smooth Operator,” in this new anthology edited by Ameerah Shabazz.-Bilal. Shout outs to Ameerah Shabazz.-Bilal, Roxanne Hoffman, Carrie Magness Radna, Julie Bolt, Crystal Davis, Megha Sood, Susan Justiniano, Talena Lachelle Queen, Amy Barone, Hilary Sideris Dorothy Friedman August, Lindsay Holeman, et al.

Oddball Magazine The Christmas Wars, December 21, 2022

Excited that my “Un-Christmas Kittyku” is part of Oddball Magazine’s The Christmas Wars for December 21, 2022. Thank you Chad Parenteau and Jason Wright.

Poem by Patricia Carragon

Libretto Magazine, Issue 8, December 30, 2022

Thank you editors for publishing my poem, “I Got You Under My Skin,” in Libretto Issue 8, Departure.

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN |PATRICIA CARRAGON

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Publication News Summer July through September 2022

Out Loud, An LGBTQ Literary Art Anthology, July 2022

Thank you Marissa Prada and Elizabeth Sophia Strauss of Read or Green Books for publishing my poems. Happy to receive my fabulous copy. Congrats to Roxanne Hoffman Jacob R. Moses Marissa Prada Elizabeth Sophia Strauss Generalissimo Bryan Franco Rusty Rose Edith Blackbird Candice Louisa Daquin and more.

Bear Creek Haiku, Issue #183 July 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my Catku. Congrats to Mary Jo Balistreri, Peggy Dugan French, Michael Lee Johnson, Judith Partin Nielsen, and more.

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, July 8, 2022

Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, much gratitude for you publishing my catku. Kudos to Cathy Porter, Peggy Dugan French, Mona Bedi, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Dennis Rhodes, r. soos, and Judith Partin Nielsen

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/07/poets-cathy-porter-peggy-dugan-french.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, July 27, 2022

Again, thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my catku Cheers to Melanie Alberts, t. kilgore splake, Diane Webster, Jane Stuart, Kris Law, Judith Partin-Nielsen, and Nancy Dahl.

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/07/poets-melanie-alberts-t-kilgore-splake.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, September 24, 2022

And lastly, thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my catku Cheers to Dennis Rhodes, La-Tasha Gardener, Mary Jo Balistreri, Pawel Markiewicz, Amy Hrynchuk, Carl Mayfield, Judith Partin Nielsen, and John McDonald

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/09/poets-dennis-rhodes-la-tasha-gardener.html

The Cupcake Chronicles Jools UK Voice Over, July 28, 2022

More from Jools Voice Over on July 28. Thank you again. From The Cupcake Chronicles. Enjoy!

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Otoliths issue 66, southern winter, 2022

Nice surprise to see my Dada poem “man’s glass tears” in the latest issue of Otoliths. Thank you Mark Young. Congrats to Amy Barone and Peter Cherches JD Nelson. And thank you Cindy Sostchen-Hochman for suggesting this publication.

https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2022/05/patricia-carragon.html?fbclid=IwAR0Rb_2VzEDdxaP9ET2ztJ_mNsyhNlJGFeb9HG2MMIJQhkfFEp24HHzbOUk

arriving at a shore anthology (great weather for MEDIA) August 2022

Look what arrived today! I’m so honored that my poem “For All We Know” is in the latest great weather for MEDIA anthology arriving at a shore. Thank you Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, David Lawton, George Wallace, Mary Slechta, and Lyndsey Ellis.Kudos to the poets: Robert Gibbons Steve Dalachinsky(Yuko) E.j. Antonio Kat Georges Linda Lerner Kofi Fosu Forson Aimee Herman Richard Loranger Puma Perl Ron Price Susan Rich Francine Witte Jack Foley Craig Kite Mario J Pagán Morales and more.

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Summer, 2022 Edition- August 14, 2022

Thank you Joe Maita for publishing “Solitude” and “Blue Moon” in the Summer edition of Jerry Jazz Musician. Kudos to Carrie Magness Radna, Prince A McNally Phil Linz George Held Russell DuPontClaire Andreani, et al. A wonderful assortment of Jazzy Poetry.

“Born Blue” is by the North Carolina-based artist Marsha Hammel, 

Read this amazing collection at this link below:

A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Summer, 2022 Edition

The Weekly Avocet, #508, August 28, 2022

Thank you Charles Portolano, Vivian, and Valerie for publishing my haiku. Kudos to Greer L. Fox, Theresa A. Cancro, Eva Marie Willis, Lynne D. Soulagnet, A. Rose Hill, Wilma Lentz, Emily-Sue Sloane, Patricia Hope, Wesley Sims, and more.

cicadas return

serenade a quiet street

crickets sing-along

cat out in left field

interrupts the game  

licking herself

mother and son

dodge park sprinkler

shadows in mist

Moonstone Press – Haiku 2022

Thank you Larry Robin for publishing my haiku. Congrats to Elizabeth Cohen and Generalissimo Bryan Franco.

Moonstone Press -Moonstone Arts The Struggle For Liberty Part 1, 2022

Thank you Larry Robin of Moonstone Press for publishing my haiku. Congrats to Ronald P. Bremner Robert Gibbons David Dephy David Lawton

New Generation Beats 2022 Anthology

Happy to be in the latest New Generation Beats Anthology. Than you Debbie Tosun Kilday. With so many friends.

Congrats to all. Julie Bolt Megha Sood Chris Bodor John Burroughs Michael Ceraolo Pilar Aranda Jane spoken poetry Dane Ince Tish Ince Poet Writer Joe Kidd Prince A McNally Generalissimo Bryan Franco Bob McNeil Larry Jaffe and more.

Clockwise Cat Re-Meow 2022

Thank you with a 1000 meows Alison Ross for publishing “2” and “eyes” in Clockwise Cat.

Meows to Cindy Sostchen-Hochman Karen Neuberg Bob Heman Heller Levinson Marie C Lecrivain Giorgia Pavlidou Jack Henry Heath Brougher Mary Newell Jeff Wright Sheila Murphy Rob Roth et al.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67212311/clockwise-cat-re-meow

Publications for Spring 2022: April through June

Djelloul Marbrook’s Prism- Invasion of Ukraine Edition, Saturday, April 2, 2022

Sad way to start Nation Poetry Month with poetry to describe the tragedy going on in my ancestral country. Thank you Richard Levine and Michael T. Young for publishing “Russians” and my haiku, “bombs cannot destroy the tiniest sunflower blue Ukrainian sky. Congrats to Beth Levin, Richard Levine, Michael T. Young, Patricia Spears Jones, Djelloul Marbrook, Al Ortolani, Bertha Rogers, Stephanie Rauschenbusch, Liz Rosenberg, Michael Simms, Joe Weil, David Vincenti, Jan Barry, Hanna Komar, Adele Kenny, Gerald Wagoner.

https://djelloulmarbrook.substack.com/p/invasion-of-ukraine-2022-poems?s=w

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry, Spring 2022 Edition

Happy to have jazz during National Poetry Month with Jerry Jazz Musician. Check out my poems, “The Way You Look Tonight” and “A Cool Cat in Town” (dedicated to the late steve dalachinsky).

Congrats to the poets in this edition:

Alan Yount, Amy Barone, Anthony Ward, Antoinette Winstead, Arlene Corwin, Aurora M. Lewis, Bernard Saint, Byron Beynon, Carrie Magness Radna, Catherine Perkins, Corey Barksdale, Dan Brown, Dan Franch, Dana Hunter, DH Jenkins, Douglas Cole, Ed Coletti, emory jones, Ermira Mitre Kokomani, Erren Kelly, Freddington, gene hyde, george held, Gerald Ryan, Gloria Krolak, Hardarshan Singh Valia, Harriet Ribot, Isabel White, jazz poetry, Jean Fineberg, Jeffrey Holman, Jessica Lee McMillan, Joel Jacob Todd, Laura Trigg, M.G. Stephens, Marianne Peel, Mark Fogarty, martha patterson, Mary K O’Melveny, Meisha Synnott, Michael L. Newell, Michel Krug, Mike Jurkovic, Moe Seager, Molly Larson Cook, Namaya, Nesha Henderson, Panagiotis Papanikolaou, Paul Brown, Paul Juhasz, Phil Linz, R. Bremner, Robert Milby, Rodney Wood, Roger Singer, Russell Dupont, Sean DesVignes, Susan Anmuth, Susan Yung, T.W. Parrish, Terrance Underwood

A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Spring, 2022 Edition

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Thursday, April 14, 2022

Happy to have my Catku to be part of Bear Creek Haiku. Thanks to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen. Salutations to James B. Peters, Bijay Kant Dubey, Dennis Rhodes, Mary Jo Balistreri, Patricia Carragon, Cathy Porter, r. soos, Judith Partin-Nielsen, poem inspired by a Navaho Mountain Chant,

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/04/poets-james-b-peters-bijay-kant-dubey.html

Bear Creek Haiku Issue #181, April 2022

More good news! Happy to have my Catku to be part of Bear Creek Haiku Issue #181. Thanks to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen. Congrats to Mary Jo Balistreri, George Held.

Bear Creek Haiku Issue #182, May 2022

Nice pre-birthday gift! Happy to have my Ukrainian haiku and poem is part of Bear Creek Haiku Issue #182. Thanks to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen.

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot Saturday, May 14, 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting my Ukrainian Haiku. Congrats to Oaxacan, Rochelle S. Cohen, Mona Bedi, Linda Amos, Sarah Mahina Calvello, marsupial p., James B. Peters, Robert Beveridge, r. soos, and dancing Dakar poets!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/05/poets-patricia-carragon-oaxacan.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot Friday, May 20, 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting my catku again. Cheers to Anthony Ward, Sarah Mahina Calvello, t. kilgore splake, Linda Amos, James B. Peters, Mary Jo Balistreri, r. soos, Marsupial P., and Judith Nielsen!.

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/05/poets-anthony-ward-sarah-mahina.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Sunday June 5, 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting my catku again. Cheers to Dennis Rhodes, Pablo Picasso, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Mary Jo Balistreri, Stephen Jarrell Williams, Anthony Durham, Peggy Dugan French, t. kilgore splake, and r. soos!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/06/poets-dennis-rhodes-pablo-picasso.html

Al-Khemica Poetica Blogspot, Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Happy National Poetry Month! Thank you Marie Lecrevain for publishing my jazz-inspired poem for Marlene Dietrich, “Solitude.

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2022/04/tuesday-april-19-2022-patricia.html?showComment=1650388416683#c132065423153783016

Poetry Super Highway’s 24th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue

Thank you Rick Lupert for accepting my haiku sequence piece, “Babyn Yar in Tears.” Congrats to Carrie Magness Radna, Betsy Mars, and Don Krieger, et al.

24th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue

Waymark #18, Voices of the Valley “Peace with Honor” Spring 2022

Thanks Roger Aplon for publishing “The Barn,” in Waymark #18.

Congrats to George Wallace, Mike Jurkovic, Marina Mati, et al.

The Cupcake Chronicles Jools UK voice over May 25 @ 7 p.m. GMT and June 1 @ 7 p.m. GMT

Thank you ,Jools, UK voice over actress Is reading more from The Cupcake Chronicles and it will be up on her YouTube channel on May 25, June 1, 12, 19.

May 25th reading:

June 1st reading:

June 12 reading:

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Oddball Magazine, June 28, 2022

photo credit: Bloomberg.com

Thank you Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau for publishing my Roe v. Wade poem, “We Walk.” It also touches what may happen if we don’t stick together and fight for everyone’s rights!

Poem by Patricia Carragon https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-patricia-carragon-6/

January – March 2022 Publications

Another year of publications for the first quarter of 2022:

Un Bordado de Voces (An Embroidery of Voices) The Alternative New Year’s Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza 2022 Anthology (Rogue Scholars Press 2022)

Happy to start the year off right with the publication of my poems “If I Could Write a Book” and “Caution”

Thank you Pete Dolack, Madeline Artenberg, Lydia Cortés, C.D. Johnson, Linda Kleinbub, Ptr Kozlowski, Tsaurah Litzky, Ellen Lytle, Su Polo, Robert Roth, Thad Rutkowski, Merissa Anderson. Congrats to the over 150 poets.

First Literary Review-East Winter 2022

Much appreciation to Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg for publishing my Winter haiku:

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Congrats to George Northrup, Mona Bedi, Chuck Joy, Thomas Fucaloro, James Owens, John Tustin, Lynn White, Stephen Mead, D. Beveridge, Clarissa Jakobsons, Ivan de Monbrison, D.R. James, Joshua Martin, Alison Ross, Alex Caldiero, Ace Boggess, Michael Ruby, Sheila E. Murphy, Juan Pablo Mobili, Lorraine Caputo, Ken Gosse, Darrell Petska, Yuan Hongri  

Bear Creek Haiku #179 February 2022

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for accepting my Catku. Congrats to Mary Jo Balistreri, and more.

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot Saturday, February 12, 2022

Thank you Ayaz Darryl Nielsen for publishing my Catku.

Congrats to Cathy Porter, Mary Jo Balistreri, Robert Ligerman, r. soos, John Parsons, Tsaurah Litzky, Minal Sarosh, Judith Nielsen, and Jack Kornfield!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/02/poets-cathy-porter-mary-jo-balistreri.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot Sunday, February 27, 2022

Thanks Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my Catku

Congrats to Ram Chandran, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Dennis Rhodes, Anthony Ward, Joe Sebastian, Stephen Jarrell Williams, Mary Jo Balistreri, and, t. kilgore splake!..

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/02/poets-ram-chandran-sarah-mahina.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot Saturday, March 12, 2022

Thanks again Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing more Catku. Kudos to Pat St. Pierre, Dennis Rhodes, Nancy L. Dahl, Mary Jo Balistreri, t. kilgore splake, Thomas Merton, Senegal, John McDonald, and Judith Nielsen!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/03/poets-pat-st-pierre-dennis-rhodes-nancy.html

Bear Creek Haiku #180 March 2022

Happy to see my Catku again with Mary Jo Balistreri, Tsaurah Litzky, Rachael Ikins, and George Held

I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems for Marilyn Monroe (Milk and Cake Press, 2022)

Thank you Susana H. Case and Margo Taft Stever for publishing my poem, Bookworm Goddess.

Jerry Jazz Musician Spotlight Poem, Thursday, February 17, 2022

Always an honor to be in Jerry Jazz Musician again, and with Michael J. Newell. Thanks again, Joe Maita.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/poems-by-patricia-carragon-and-michael-l-newell/

The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry– Winter 2021-2022

Honored to have my haiku in this issue. Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano, and Peter Leverich.

sparkling lights

dazzle Christmas tree

cat spins into action

Christmas tree

becomes the cat tree

timberrr!

Frosty the Snowman

body parts scatter on lawn

cat blames dog

The Weekly Avocet #486 Sunday March 27, 2022

Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano for publishing my haiku and congrats to Gordon Gilbert:

daffodils emerge 

yellow defiance competes 

with tulip red

clouds cover city 

trees wait for storm’s arrival

young leaves wind dance

passengers on train 

don’t notice Gaia’s rebirth 

or her sky at dusk

The Cupcake Chronicles on Youtube!

Thank you Jools Voice Over for reciting from my chapbook, The Cupcake Chronicles Poets Wear Prada #stories #narration A shout out to my publishers Roxanne Hoffman and Jack Cooper at Poets Wear Prada

#recording #fiction #cupcakes Roxanne Hoffman Jack Cooper

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The Cupcake Chronicles by Patricia Carragon

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Happy New Year! Late November-December Publications 2021

Wishing you a happy and creative 2022!

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot November 26, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my 3 catku. Kudos to Ram Chandran, John McDonald, Mary Jo Balistreri, Julie A. Dickson, t. kilgore splake, Adrian Bouter, Judith Nielsen, and Pawel Markiewicz!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/11/poets-ram-chandran-john-mcdonald-mary.html

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Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot December 13, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my cat holiday haiku. Kudos to Mary Jo Balistreri, Minal Sarosh, Nancy L. Dahl, Mary Oliver and Peggy Dugan French, Mona Bedi, Karen O’Leary, Pawel Markiewicz, Cathy Porter, and, Susan Cooper!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/12/poets-patricia-carragon-mary-jo.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot December 26, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my cat holiday haiku. Kudos to Minal Sarosh, Ram Chandran, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Darrell Petska, ayaz daryl nielsen, Peggy Dugan French, and Judith Nielsen!

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Jerry Jazz Musician A Collection of Jazz Poetry – Fall/Winter, 2021-22 Edition-December 10, 2021

Pleased to see my two poems, “Just Say I Love Him” and “Someone To Watch Over Me” in the latest edition of Jerry Jazz Musician. Much appreciated, Joe Maita. Happy to share the joy with these other great poets, George Held, Amy Barone, Carrie Magness Radna, Russell Dupont, Ermira Mitre, et al.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-fall-winter-2021-22-edition/

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Mankh’s 2022 Halku Calendar

Excited that my three haiku and photo will be in Mankh’s 2022 Haiku Calendar – list of poets, artists, photographers – published by Allbook Books:

Gary Barton Bill Batcher Dean Blehert Cliff Bleidner Maddie Boese Elena Botts Paula Camacho Patricia Carragon Chris Clendenin Jeanne Clendenin Lynn CooperIoana Cosma Betsey Dickerson Linda Trott Dickman Carmela Dolce  A.i. Firefly Adam D. Fisher Lynn M. Fornuff David Fox Glenn P. Garamellatiokasin ghosthorse Geraldine Green Geneva L. Hagar Barbara Harris Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) Patrice Hasbrook Kristine Henderson Linda Marie Hilton Julio Holgado J Holgado Jim Kacian Bill Kenney Jeff Logan Maria Manobianco Sheila Mardenfeld Roberta A. McQueen Cindy Medina Linda Ranieri Melodia A. Molotkov Madison Muehl Onan Musoy Marcela Ossa Pir Evan Pritchard Tony Quagliano James Thomas Romano Narges Rothermel Will Ryder Robert Savino Lisa M. Scuderi-Burkimsher Barbara Segal Emily-Sue Sloane Patti Tana Anne Marie Tognella J R (Judy) Turek JR Vork Margarette Wahl Lynne Weixel, PhD Kay J. Wight 

My haiku:

if your voice

can’t carry your words

the wind will

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bodega cat

sleeps by fan

dog days of summer

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southpaw kitty

ornaments go down

for the count

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My photo:

Zen Pebbles by Patricia Carragon

to purchase: https://www.allbook-books.com/html/2022_haiku_calendar.html

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MER VOX Quarterly – Winter 2021

Happy to have my poem, “i’ve put on my mother’s shoes,” a workshop poem created at Women Writer’s in Bloom, in the MER VOX Quarterly – Winter 2021. Thank you Marjorie Tesser, J.P. Howard, Jennifer Martelli, and Cindy Veach.

Kudos to:

Karren Alenier – Granddaughter Clara Spera explores Bubbie Ruth’s big heart
Sarah W. Bartlett – Linen Hankies
Jessica Feder-Birnbaum – If the Shoe Fits
Linda Lamenza – My Inheritance
Deborah LeFalle – Haiku
José Edmundo Ocampo Reyes – Poem with the Yellow Pages and Rotary Phone
Martha Webster – The Mourner’s Office

https://momeggreview.com/2021/12/14/patricia-carragon-ive-put-on-my-mothers-shoes/

Oddball Magazine, Monday, December 20, 2021

Thank you Chad Parenteau and Jason Wright for publishing my “Fox Fire Haiku” on Oddball Magazine’s “The Christmas Wars.”

https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-patricia-carragon-5/

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The Weekly Avocet, Friday, December 24, 2021

Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie  Portolano for posting my haiku:

Santa Kitty

makes Grumpy Cat

look angelic

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Publication News Late Summer – Fall 2021, plus a May Publication





Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry, Summer 2021 Edition, August 19, 2021

Thank you Joe Maita for selecting “Body & Soul” and ” Little Things Mean a Lot” for the Jerry Jazz Summer Issue. Kudos to Amy Barone, Dan Brown, David Dephy, Mike Jurkovic, Phil Linz, Russell Dupont, et all.

A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Summer, 2021 Edition

Poetry in Performance 49 Annual Spring Poetry Festival, The City College of New York, May 7, 2021

Thank you Barry Wallenstein and Pam Laskin for publishing “Paved Paradise.”



Muddy River Poetry Review, Issue #25, Fall 2021



Thanks  Zvi A. Sesling for accepting “Good Morning Heartache” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is.” Happy that Megha Sood, David P. Miller, Tim Suermondt, Ace Boggess, Bob Heman, Carrie Magness Radna, Rachel Ikins, and more.

https://www.muddyriverpoetryreview.com/



Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, October 8, 2021

Cats rule again! Thanks Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for thinking of me. Kudos to Peggy Dugan French, r. soos, t. kilgore splake, Mary Jo Balistreri, S. Liaqath Peeran, Kelley Jean White, and Mona Bedi

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot October 8, 2021https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/10/poets-hafiz-c-1320-1389-peggy-dugan.html



Bear Creek Haiku #177, October 2021

Again, thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for these publications below. Cheers to George Held and Mary Jo Balistreri.



The Weekly Avocet #465, October 31, 2021

Happy to see my Halloween Catku in this issue. With gratitude to Charles Portolano and to Vicki and Vivian.



The 18th Annual Brevitas Anthology of the Short Poem, November 2021

Proud to be part of this group: Amy Barone, Ron Kolm, Austin Alexis, Dorothy Friedman August, Anton Yakovlev, Don Yorty, Jeff Wright, Bob Heman, Marjorie Hanft, Cindy Hochman, Karen Neuberg, Bill Constantine, Bonny Finberg, Kit Kennedy, Mindy Levokove, Maria Liseela, Tsaurah Litzky, Steve Luttrell, Mindy Matijasevic, David Lawton, Christian Garaud, Jan Catro, Jan Emersen, et al.

“Just Say I love Him.” ” Halloween Catku,” ” Hanukkah Catku,” “Christmas Catku,” ” Misty (erasure)”

The Red Wheel Barrow 14 Anthology 2021

Look what came in the mail today! So happy the my poems,”Caution” and ” If I CouldWrite a Book” in The Red Wheel Barrow 14 Anthology. It’s beautiful! Thank you editors, Moira O’Brien, Frank Rubino, Arthur Russell, Claudia Serea, Anton Yakovlev, Don Zirilli Shout outs to Amy Barone Ron Kolm Ronald P. Bremner Austin Alexis Zorida Mohammed Davidson Garrett Patrick Thomas Hammer Susanna Rich John J. Trause Barbara Hall Yuyutsu Sharma Indran Amirthanayagam Ermira Mitre Susana H. Case Don Krieger Preeti Shah Maria Lisella Jennifer Poteet Mark F Fogarty Gordon Gilbert et al

I hope as many as possible will check out The Red Wheelbarrow Magazine and order this or other issues. Here’s a link for the website.https://redwheelbarrowpoets.org/

April – July 2021 Publication News

Bear Creek Haiku:

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, April 14, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to 

John Grey, Don Ryan, Lisa Reynolds, Angelee Deodhar, Peggy Dugan French and Toni Morrison, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Rachael Ikins and Cato, Judith Nielsen

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/04/poets-john-grey-don-ryan-lisa-reynolds.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, May 23, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to

Keiko Izawa, Amy Hrynchuk, Kelley Jean White, Jimmy Pappas, Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, Judith Partin Nielsen, Rachael Ikins, and, Lin and Yuki…!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/05/poets-keiko-izawa-amy-hrynchuk-patricia.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, May 25, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to

Cynthia Sidrane, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Joe Sebastian, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Alan Watts, Rochelle S. Cohen, and, Cathy Porter…!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/05/poets-cynthia-sidrane-sarah-mahina.html

Bear Creek Issue #174 June 2021
Much appreciation, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my work. Shout outs to Rachael Ikins, and Michael Ceraolo.

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The Weekly Avocet:

The Weekly Avocet #440 May 9. 2021

Thank you Charles Portolano, Vivi, and Valerie for publishing my haiku

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Jerry Jazz Musician:

Miles Davis during Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else” session, Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 9, 1958.

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Poetry Collection Inspired by Miles Davis, May 27, 2021

Please that Joseph Maita published “Blue in Green” and If I Could Write A Book.

Happy to share the space with:

Alan Yount, Amy Barone, Andres Chaparro, Anthony Ward, Antoinette Winstead, Arlene Corwin, Aurora M. Lewis, Bob Walters, Byron Beynon, Carrie Magness Radna, Catherine Lee, Charles Joseph Albert, Charlie Brice, Christel Roelandt, Christopher D. Sims, Claire Andreani, Craig Smith, D.R. James, David Cooke, David Dephy, David Lohrey, DH Jenkins, Ed Coletti, Edward Sheehy, Erren Kelly, francis wolff, Frank Wilkes, Fred Jourdain, Fred Shaw, Freddington, Gary Jude, Henry Denander, jazz poetry, Joel Jacob Todd, John Kendall Hawkins, John L. Stanizzi, John Riley, John Stupp, Judith Vaughn, Kathryn MacDonald, Kristofer Collins, Mark Fogarty, Martel Chapman, Michael D. Amitin, Michael L. Newell, miles davis, Miles Davis poetry collection, P.W. Bridgman,  Paul Lovering, Phyllis Wax, R. Bremner, Roger Singer, Russell Dupont, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Paul, Susandale, Terrance Underwood, Vakseen, Victor Enns

A Poetry Collection — inspired by Miles Davis

Jerry Jazz Musician, July 3, 2021

Thank you Joe Maita for taking “At Last ” as a spotlight poem.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2021/07/poems-by-patricia-carragon-and-josie-rozell/

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Danse Macabre

Pleased that my poem “Caution,” is in the June Issue 135 of Danse Macabre.  Happy to see Peter Cherches here as well.

DM 135 ~ https://dansemacabreonline.wixsite.com/neudm/copy-of-entr%C3%A9e-dm-131-1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acoustic Levitation, June 2021:

Happy to have my poems “Almost Blue” and “The Handekerchief” in this journal with friends, and thanks again Steve:

Dear Friends,Thanks for your patience.Your work is posted now, and here are the live URL links.Please spread this as far and wide as possible.Yours,Steve Koenig
Poems by1/Austin Alexishttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/alexis.html
2/Patricia Carragonhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/carrogan.html
3/Pamela Laskinhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/laskin.html

4/David Messineohttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/messineo.html
5/Barry Wallensteinhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/wallenstein.html

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Surviving Suicide A Collection of Poems that may Save a Life– Nirala Press

Honored to be in “Surviving Suicide,” an anthology compiled by  Dean Stalham
My poem, “Just Say I Love Him,” was selected. Available now in July!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/8195191517?ref=myi_title_dp&fbclid=IwAR1McPAEWiWsdLzYBkjcumgmrMxuMfVVuZ53zf-ufsEWiABSLzrmhQz8GHc

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#300 Backstory of the Poem: Patricia Carragon’s “At Last” July, 10, 2021:

Thank you Crystal A. Cooper for this wonderful interview and insight.
http://chrisricecooper.com/300-backstory-of-the-poem-patricia-carragons-at-last/

More Publication News 2021 through March

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, February 28, 2021

Thank You Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my catku.  Congrats to Dennis Rhodes, Art Elser, Linda Amos, Julie A. Dickson, t. kilgore splake, r soos, Rochelle S. Cohen, Judith Partin Nielsen, and Mary Jo Balistreri!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/02/poets-dennis-rhodes-art-elser-linda.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, March 6, 2021

Thank You Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my catku.  Congrats to Steve Ausherman, Julie A. Dickson, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Franz Kafka, Jeanne Shannon, Rumi, Mary Jo Balistreri, Carl Mayfield, and, t. kilgore splake!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/03/poets-steve-ausherman-julie-dickson.html

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting my catku. Congrats to John R Parsons, Jeanne Shannon, Nancy L. Dahl, Judith Partin Nielsen, Julie A. Dickson, James Penha, t. kilgore splake, and Mary Jo Balistreri!
https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/03/poets-john-r-parsons-jeanne-shannon.html

After The Clouds, The Sun, the Alternative New Year’s Deferred Spoken Word/ Performance Extravaganza 2021 Anthology (Rogues Scholars Press)Pleased to have my poems “Paved Paradise” and Strange Fruit” in this beautiful anthology with so many stellar writers.

Al-Khemia-Poetica

Thank you Marie C. Lecrivain for honoring me for Women’s History Month: Tuesday, March 16, 2021: my poem “These Foolish Things Remind Me of You”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2021/03/womens-history-month-tuesday-march-16.html?fbclid=IwAR3sQMzDobdXTqsvw01WKl54L5vlnruPDxq_YHEGtrPWk0_Kn5KwZPN5VNA
Angel Fire Review by Charles Rammelkamp, Into The Void, Issue 17, Quarter Year 2020
contact Into The Void for back issues.
https://intothevoidmagazine.com/previous-issues/
Pleased to see my first review for my debut novel “Angel Fire.” Thank you Charles Rammelkamp for your excellent review in “Into The Void, Issue 17.” Thank you Heath Brougher for sending me that issue along with issue 18 and “We Are Antifa” in the FedEx box.

$12 on Amazon.com

• Language : English
• Paperback : 243 pages
• ISBN-10 : 1706761376
• ISBN-13 : 978-1706761372
• Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
• Dimensions : 6 x 0.61 x 9 inches

https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Fire-Patricia-Carragon/dp/1706761376/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=angel+fire+by+patricia+carragon&qid=1616013920&sr=8-1

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/03/poets-steve-ausherman-julie-dickson.html

Winter Publication News

Rimes of the Ancient Mariner Silver Tongue Devil Anthology, 2020

Pleased to be in this anthology with a gazillion of friends:

Shout outs to Phillip Giambri, Linda Kleinbub, and Anthony C. Murphy. 

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The Weekly Avocet #422, January 3, 2021
Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano for publishing my catku:
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They’re Conspiring Against the Alien Buddha, Alien Buddha Press, January 13, 2021

So pleased that “A Capital Offense,” was published in Alien Buddha’s “They’re Conspiring Against the Alien Buddha.” Thanks Red Focks.  Kudos to Carrie Magness Radna, John Stickney, LB Sedlacek, et al.
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Pratik: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing, Vol. XVI, #2 Fall 2020 (published January 1, 2021)
Nomaste Yuyutsu Sharma for publishing “Someone to Watch Over Me,” The Look of Love,” and “Feeling Good. Congrats to the contributors listed on the cover:

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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Journal of Jazz Poetry:”A Capital Offense” by Patricia Carragon, January 8, 2021
Thank you, Joe Maita for spotlighting my work.

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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Journal of Jazz Poetry:Poetry in the era of COVID, Black Lives Matter, and a heated political season, Vol. 5

Thank you, Joe Maita for publishing my work, “send me an angel.”  Cheers to Alan Yount, Allison Whittenberg, Antoinette Winstead, Arlene Corwin, Aurora M. Lewis, Bhuwan Thapaliya, Carrie Magness Radna, Catherine Lee, Cris Logan, Damian Hey, Dana Hunter, DH Jenkins, Diane Elayne Dees, Ed Werstein, Erren Kelly, Jerrice Baptiste, Joseph R. Stellin, Marianne Peel, Martin Elster, Matthew Borrelli, Michael Keshigian, Michael L. Newell, Michael Lee Johnson, Mike Jurkovic, Millicent Borges Accardi,  Peter Gregg Slater, Ralph La Rosa, Russell Dupont, Sean Murphy, Steve Paul, Susie Gharib, Terrance Underwood, Theresa Gaynord
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2021/01/poetry-in-the-era-of-covid-black-lives-matter-and-a-heated-political-season-vol-5/
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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Journal of Jazz Poetry:Winter 2021 Edition, February 25, 2021
Thank you Joe Maita for publishing “My Funny Valentine.” Kudos to:
Allison Whittenberg, Anggo Genorga, Antoinette Winstead, Arlene Corwin, Aurora M. Lewis, Barry Peters, Bill Siegel, Carrie Magness Radna, Catherine Lee, Christopher Sims, Claire Andreani, Dana Hunter, DH Jenkins, Ed Coletti, emory jones, Ermira Mitre Kokomani, Erren Kelly, Felicia Chernesky, francis wolff, Frank Wilkes, Gary Jude, jazz poetry, Jerrice Baptiste, Joel Glickman, Joel Jacob Todd, John Hawkins, John L. Stanizzi, John Riley, John Stupp, Joseph Stellin, Josie Rozell, jr., Kate MacDonald, Lisa Fishman, Mark Fogarty, michael cuscuna, Michael Keshigian, Michael L. Newell, Michael Vander Does, Mike Jurkovic, Millicent Borges Accardi, Paul Brown, R. Bremner, Ralph La Rosa, Robert Kokan, Roger Singer, Russell Dupont, Sean Howard, Sean Murphy, Sebastian Matthews, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Paul, Susan Yung, Susandale, Tam Francis, Terrance Underwood, Wayne Miller
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2021/02/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-winter-2021-edition/

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Bear Creek Haiku, Monday, January 25, 2021

Thank you Ayaza Daryl Nielsen for the catku publications.  Kudos to

Mary Jo Balistreri, r. soos, Rochelle Cohen, Robert Penn Warren, Rachael Ikins, Chris Helvey, Kitty Kali, Linda Amos, Judith Partin-Nielsen, and Carl Mayfield!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/01/poets-mary-jo-balistreri-r-soos.html

Bear Creek Haiku, #169, January 2021
Grateful to have a batch of haiku published in this issue. Shout outs to Jo Balistreri and Rachel Ikins, and more.

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First Literary Review-East, January 2021
Thanks to Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg for accepting “a sparrow sings.”
Kudos to Jim Pignetti, Jon Wesick, Jeff Santosuosso, Jan Garden Castro, Mike Graves, Bill Yarrow, et al. 
http://www.rulrul.4mg.com/
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Mankh’s Haiku du Jour, January 27, 2021
Thanks Mankh for honoring my haiku:January mistthe snowplowgathers rust~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Right Hand Pointing Haiku- On the Nail, Haiku 2021

Thank you Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco and Dale Wisely for publishing my haiku in Right Hand Pointing
Congrats to  Anannya Dasgupta, Andrée Gendron, Cherie Hunter Day, David Gale, Erica Goss, James Eric Watkins, Jennifer Hambrick, kjmunro, Margaret Tau, Marianne Paul, Mel Goldberg, Michael Galko, Miriam Sagan, Noel Sloboda, Olivier Schopfer,Peter Newton, Randy Brown, Rich Schilling, Michael J. Galko, Roberta Beary, Engin Gülez, Scott Metz, Scott Wiggerman Sean J. White, Shloka Shankar, Stella Pierides, Tom Bierovic, William Cullen.
https://www.issues.righthandpointing.net/haiku2021?fbclid=IwAR1AZW0hKidwK6TjjWg40zcjqL7l4tFv0bJQFuPwP5pdFmGlgnHWUBhAYOg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Cupcake Chronicles News:

The Cupcake Chronicles Episodes I and II are listed for your entertainment on Poets Unplugged. com.  Thank you Sophia Behal.https://anchor.fm/poetsunplugged/episodes/THE-CUPCAKE-CHRONICLES-is-available-on-Amazon-I-eotg9g/a-a4bb4o8?fbclid=IwAR05YvZdqFTbama7x7JcY4KbweLfWzGgQMf5PMy8wN6qoLrIR0GmmgkuZPQ

https://anchor.fm/poetsunplugged/episodes/THE-CUPCAKE-CHRONICLES-is-available-on-Amazon-II-eotg69
Like the podcasts?  Order your copy here:
https://www.amazon.com/Cupcake-Chronicles-Patricia-Carragon/dp/0997981172/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=patricia+carragon&qid=1612646162&sr=8-6

November – December Publication News 2020

Redheaded Stepchild, Fall 2020 Issue

                         Art by  Kate Fetherston

Thank you Malaika King Albrecht for publishing “I Only Have Eyes for You” in the Fall 2020 Issue of Redheaded Stepchild.

Honored to share this space with Susana H. Case.

http://redheadedmag.com/poetry/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=707:i-only-have-eyes-for-you-by-patricia-carragon&catid=36:poetry&Itemid=59

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Fall 2020

Much gratitude to Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano and Editor Emeritus, Peter Leverich for accepting my two haiku. 

pumpkin patch

more haunted

at Halloween

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like fallen leaves

yesterday’s trash

travels with the wind

The Weekly Avocet,  #421, December 27, 2020

Thank you Charles Portolano, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano for accepting my three haiku. 

gingerbread people

cooling off on a tray

impatience can’t wait

bright lights   shiny balls

beckon curious cats

to attack the tree

southpaw kitty

ornaments go down 

for the count

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Bear Creek Haiku Pushcart Nomination

    Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, publisher of Bear Creek Haiku

What a nice surprise being nominated for a pushcart prize for my Catku from issue #166 of Bear Creek Haiku. Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen. Such an honor.

PUSHCART Prize nominees!… from print issue #162, Cathy Porter!, and, Judith Partin-Nielsen! from #163, r. soos! from #164, Peggy Dugan French! from #165, t. kilgore splake!, and, from #166, Patricia Carragon!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/11/poets-our-pushcart-prize-nominees-from.html

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Happy Fukkadays 2 U Anthology from Alien Buddha Press, 2020

Hey Red, thanks again for taking my holiday Catku and special shout outs to Carrie Magness Radna, Chris Boder, and Red Focks.

Hanukkah-Christmas Catku

Hanukkah kitty

looks for catnip

8 days of MEOW

Hanukkah lights

shadow of the cat

nibbling on latkes

kosher kitty

spins the dreidel

wins more treats

cattiude

escalates on Hanukkah

oy vey iz mir

more fun

than a scratching post

Christmas tree

bright lights   shiny balls

beckon the curious cat

Christmas tree attack

southpaw kitty

ornaments go down

for the count

the cat leaves a present

in the litterbox

the scent of shit happening

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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry–Autumn 2020 Edition

Thank you Joe Maita for publishing my poems, EARLY AUTUMN (first published in Poets Wear Prada’s The Rainbow Project) and I PUT A SPELL ON YOU in the Autumn 2020 edition of Jerry Jazz Musician.

Kudos to Carrie Magness Radna,  Prince A McNally, David Dephy, Ronald P. Bremner, Russell DuPont,

Jack Cooper, Mark F Fogarty

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/12/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-autumn-2020-edition/

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry–

“What one song best represents your experience with 2020?” December 29th, 2020

Thank you Joe Maita for taking “the trapper & the furrier.”  
Kudos to Alan Yount, Antoinette Winstead, Aurora M. Lewis, Bill Minor, Bob Hecht, Bob Walters, Brian Greene, carol friedman, Charles Albert, Charles Ingham, Christel Roelandt, CJ Muchhala, Claire Andreani, Dan Morey, DH Jenkins, Diane Dees, Ed Ruzicka, Ed Werstein, Erren Kelly, Frank De Canio, gary giddins, gerald horne, howard mandel, joe hagan, John Hawkins, John Jack Cooper, John L. Stanizzi, Josie Rozell, Julianne Di Nenna, K. Roberts, Kathryn MacDonald, Kevin Nichols, Lee Gary Shamberg, m. cooper harriss, Maria Golia, mary schmidt campbell, maxine gordon, Michael L. Newell, Millicent Borges Accardi, Moe Seager, Paul Brophy, paul morris, Paul Perilli, Phil Linz, philip clark, R. Bremner, reminiscing in tempo, Ricky Riccardi, Robert Harris, Russell Dupont, Susie Gharib, Theresa Gaynord, thomas brothers, Victor Enns, Zandra Renwick

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/12/what-one-song-best-represents-your-experience-with-2020/

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Mankh’s 2021 Haiku Calendar

Thank you Mankh for publishing my haiku and photo in your 2021 Haiku Calendar published by Allbook Books – list of artists:https://www.allbook-books.com/html/2021_haiku_calendar.htmSharon AndersonGary BartonDean BlehertCliff BleidnerMaddie BoeseElena BottsPaula CamachoPatricia CarragonDiane ChapitisChris ClendeninJeanne ClendeninLynn Coopersteve dalachinskyBetsey DickersonLinda Trott DickmanCarmela DolceAdam D. FisherLynn M. FornuffDavid FoxGlenn P. GaramellaTiokasin GhosthorsGeraldine GreenGeneva L. HagarBarbara HarrisMankh (Walter E. Harris III)Patrice HasbrookKristine HendersonLinda Marie HiltonJ HolgadoJim KacianBill KenneyJeanette KlimszewskiJeff LoganMaria ManobiancoSheila MardenfeldRoberta A. McQueenCristian MartinezCindy MedinaLinda Ranieri MelodiaA. MolotkovMariJo MooreOnan MusoyChristopher A. Nicola.Yuko OtomoEvan PritchardTony QuaglianoBev RobertsonSophia RokhlinNarges RothermelWill RyderRobert SavinoLisa M. Scuderi-BurkimsherBarbara SegalSteve SiegelwaksBarbara SouthardTom StockPatti TanaAnne Marie TognellaJ R (Judy) TurekJR VorkMargarette WahlLynne WeixelKay J. Wight
My haiku:
stealing a momentto smell the hyacinthsI lower my mask– Patricia CarragonSilver Birch Press, Wearing A Mask Series, 6/14/2020.distant sirensrain beats harderthan ever– Patricia Carragon

“City Shadows” – Patricia Carragon

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Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Friday, December 11, 2020

Happy to announce that Bear Creek Haiku took 3 recent haiku. Thanks Ayaz Daryl Nielsen

Kudos to Jo Balistreri, Ed Markowski, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Peggy Dugan French and Rumi, Linda Amos, normal, James B. Peters, and Judith Partin-Nielsen!
Enjoy the poems at:
https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/12/poets-that-brooklyn-girl-patricia.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting 2 catku in Bear Creek Haiku
Kudos to pl. wick, James B. Peters, Jane Stuart, t. kilgore splake, Robert Ligerman, Jo Balistreri,  Judith Partin-Nielsen, and Dzogchen Ponlop!https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/12/poets-pl-wick-james-b-peters-jane.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Sunday, December 20, 2020
Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting 3 catku in Bear Creek Haiku
Kudos to Cathy Porter, Khalil Gibran, Don A Ryan, Rochelle S. Cohen, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Mary Jo Balistreri, Peggy Dugan French and Leonard Nimoy, John McDonaldhttps://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/12/poets-cathy-porter-khalil-gibran-don.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Sunday, December 27, 2020
Kudos to Kelley Jean White, Claudia Keelan, John Parsons, Wayne F Burke, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Jane Stuart, Ed Markowski, Mary Jo Balistreri, and r soos!https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/12/poets-kelley-jean-white-claudia-keelan.html