Writing update 2022 (1/4)

Last year was my most active year when it came to having poetry appear in print. I was not sure whether I was going to keep up the pace this year, given the many distractions the world has been throwing at me, but as I look back at January through March, I can see that the results are actually coming in even faster. I have 28 pieces either online or in print which is more than half of my total for last year (51). So, instead of waiting until the end of the year like I did then, I thought I’d start putting up a post every quarter with links to where these things can be found. Again, I’ve marked the items which would be eligible for a Rhysling Award next year with a little star for those who might be interested in nominating them for SFPA awards.

January

• Still they burn – Star*Line 45.1 (print)

• "[one stick]" – Star*Line 45.1 (print)

• Baikonur – Star*Line 45.1 (print)

• The fields of Elohim – Eye to the Telescope 43

• "[stinging, biting,]" – haikuniverse 16 January 2022

• "[from the glade]" – Chrome Baby Bairn #107

• "[beneath the sea]" – Heliosparrow Poetry Journal 17 January 2022

• "[towards oxygen depths]" – Heliosparrow Poetry Journal 17 January 2022

• "[riffling]" – Heliosparrow Poetry Journal 17 January 2022
  
  

• fed babies (with John W Sexton) – otoliths issue sixty-four – Also In Print

• body kebabs (with John W Sexton) – otoliths issue sixty-four – Also In Print

• a liver roof (with John W Sexton) – otoliths issue sixty-four – Also In Print

• columbine blue with John W Sexton) – otoliths issue sixty-four – Also [In Print]https://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-young/otoliths-issue-sixty-four-part-one/paperback/product-zq5dkw.html?page=1&pageSize=44)

• piganoid word (with John W Sexton) – otoliths issue sixty-four – Also In Print

February

• "[the voice in the whirlwind!]" – Failed Haiku Issue 74
• Littlejim – Bewildering Stories issue 937, Feb. 7
• Refuse – Ygdrasil June 2022
• down the quay – Ygdrasil June 2022
• Positively curved – Ygdrasil June 2022
• The true and accurate history we have been given to understand – Ygdrasil June 2022
• "[soup]" – Heliosparrow Poetry Journal 27 February 2022
• "[two tickets -]" – – Heliosparrow Poetry Journal 27 February 2022

March

• Born to shed fire – Simultaneous Times newsletter #23, March 2022
  
  

• All go somewhere – Star*Line 45.2

• "[the same energy]" – Uppagus Issue 50

• live rounds – Chrome Baby Bairn 109

• Silicon Mare – Chrome Baby Bairn 109

• Mendel’s hammer – Chrome Baby Bairn 109

My 2021 poem "[shedding photons]" listed in my last writing post was nominated for a 2022 Rhysling Award in the short category by members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. This is my second nomination, with the previous one ten years ago, and I am as pleased as can be.