Published Poems

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PUBLISHED (print journals, webzines and anthologies)

August 2021

‘Hitchhiker, Autoroute du Soleil 1982’ – Eunoia Review

July 2021

‘The Summer In Question’ – Dreich ‘Summer Anywhere’ anthology

‘Edgar’ – Sledgehammer Lit

‘New Mornings’ – Poetry Wivenhoe ‘Caged Blossoms’ anthology

‘Mona Lisa Moaning’ – Dreich ‘Fire & Water’ anthology

‘Weeds’ – Dreich ‘Fire & Water’ anthology

‘Urban Myth: Fruit Bowl Fracas’ – Dreich ‘Fire & Water’ anthology

‘Mussel Shell Secrets’ – Dreich ‘Fire & Water’ anthology

‘Not Quite 8½‘ – Dreich ‘Burn & Rave’ anthology

‘Off-Peak Crush’ – Dreich ‘Burn & Rave’ anthology

‘How To Climb A Tree’ – Dreich ‘Burn & Rave’ anthology

‘People Watching’ – Dreich ‘Burn & Rave’ anthology

‘When This Is Over’ – Dreich ‘Afterwards’ anthology

‘Terminal’ – Dreich ‘Afterwards’ anthology

‘After Her’ – Dreich ‘Afterwards’ anthology

‘Clearing Grandma’s House’ – Dreich ‘Afterwards’ anthology

June 2021

‘Small Worlds’ – Atrium Poetry

May 2021

‘Pizza & Trumpets’ – Fragmented Voices Online Magazine

‘Turning Point’ – Fragmented Voices Online Magazine

‘Henry Raeburn: The Reverend Robert Walker Skating On Duddingston Loch c.1790’ – 192 Magazine Issue 3

‘Dylan Thomas At Breakfast In Café Delancey’ – 192 Magazine Issue 3

‘On Bedsits’ – Ben Banyard ‘Finest’

‘Sequoias’ – Red Eft Review

‘Ritual’ – Red Eft Review

April 2021

‘life in lower case’ – Dreich ‘The Wee Book of Wee Poems’ anthology 1 (Aon)

‘Oysters, First Time’ – Dreich ‘The Wee Book of Wee Poems’ anthology 1 (Aon)

‘Dust’ – Dreich ‘The Wee Book of Wee Poems’ anthology 1 (Aon)

‘Night Swimming On Windermere’ – The Lake

‘Shedbound’ – The Lake

March 2021

‘Out There’ – One Hand Clapping Online Magazine

December 2020

‘A Flock Of Seagulls’ – The Broken Spine Artist Collective 2

November 2020

‘My Imaginary Mother’ – Atrium Poetry

‘The One About Flying’ – Obsessed With Pipework No. 92

‘Proverbially Unfinished’ – Obsessed With Pipework No. 92

October 2020

‘Melt’ – Fragmented Voices ‘The Language Of Salt’ anthology

‘I Marry Tony Soprano’ – Runcible Spoon

‘Postcard From A Stationary Tourist’ – Runcible Spoon

‘Moonwatching’ – Amethyst Review

September 2020

‘Substance’ – 192 Magazine Issue 1

‘Edgeless’ – One Hand Clapping Online Magazine

‘Swallowing Sunsets’ – The Poetry Shed

‘Water Stories’ – Eunoia Review

August 2020

‘Nature Boy’ – Neologism Poetry Journal Issue 38

‘Skylark In Suspense’ – Slice Of The Moon, Earth anthology

‘Urban Decay’ – Slice Of The Moon, Earth anthology

‘Mouth’ – Slice Of The Moon, Earth anthology

‘Flood’ – Slice Of The Moon, Earth anthology

‘After Her’ – Slice Of The Moon, Mountains anthology

‘Time To Go’ – Slice Of The Moon, Mountains anthology

‘Unspoken’ – Slice Of The Moon, Mountains anthology

‘A Big Something and Nothing’ – Slice Of The Moon, Mountains anthology

July 2020

‘Fishing For Stars’ – Dodging The Rain

‘Sofa Olympics 2020’ – Half-Moon Books ‘The View From Olympia’ anthology

‘Lunch On Audenstrasse, 1971’ – The Lyrical Aye

‘When All This Is Over’ – The Lyrical Aye

‘What Silence Knows’ – Nine Muses Poetry

‘Conscience’ – Nine Muses Poetry

‘First Eyes’ – Grand Little Things (USA)

‘Lisbon Spring’ – Grand Little Things (USA)

June 2020

‘Let Us Be Lit’ – Atrium Poetry

‘New Mornings’ – Poetry Wivenhoe 100 Anti-Covid-19 poems

‘The Invisible Man’ – Prole Issue 30

‘No Prizes’ – Prole Issue 30

‘In The Age Before Beige’ – Dear Reader

‘Everything And Nothing’ – Dreich Magazine 6

‘Maybes’ – Dreich Magazine 6

‘Flying Squad’ – Dreich Magazine 6

May 2020

‘Technically Absent’ – The Blue Nib

‘Blue Notes’ – The Blue Nib

‘The Summer In Question’ – The Blue Nib

‘All Because’ – Amethyst Review

‘Mother Tongue’ – Eunoia Review

‘The Girl Who Knew The Moon’ – As Above, So Below Issue 5

‘Where I’m Heading’ – As Above, So Below Issue 5

Apr 2020

‘Hetty Sorrel Waits’ – Yaffle Press ‘An Insubstantial Universe’

‘When This Is Over’ – Pendemic

Mar 2020

‘Bus Stop Etiquette’ – Ink, Sweat & Tears

‘Unfinished’ – London Grip

‘Marsden Blue Notes’ – The Poetry Village ‘Green Fields’ anthology

‘Raven At Solstice’ – The Poetry Village ‘Green Fields‘ anthology

‘Detention’ – CoronaVerses – poems for the pandemic

Jan 2020

‘A Conference Of Crows’ – The Beach Hut

Nov 2019

‘Love In The Time Of Power Cuts’ – Prole Issue 29

‘What Lies Beneath’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 17: “Masks”

Oct 2019

‘Otherworlds’ – Well, Dam Anthology – Beautiful Dragons

May 2019

‘Nature Boy’ – Commended in Welshpool Poetry Competition

‘Water Stories’ – Shortlisted in Welshpool Poetry Competition

‘Melt’ – Whirlagust Anthology (Yaffle Press) – ‘Melt’ was awarded 2nd Prize, 2019 Yaffle Prize Competition.

April 2019

‘Une Petite Mort’ – Prole Issue 28

March 2019

‘Roots Of Obsession’ – Arfur 04, Hedgehog Press

‘After Her’ – Arfur 04, Hedgehog Press

‘Knockoff’ – Atrium Poetry

February 2019

‘Every Day Is Race Day’ – Here Comes Everyone “Rituals” issue

January 2019

‘Fox’ – Foxglove Journal

‘Terminal’ – Nine Muses Poetry 

‘Lost Property’ – Marble Poetry: Issue 3

December 2018

‘Of All The Things’ – Amaryllis Poetry

‘Seventeen Minutes Of Solstice Sun’ – Three Drops From A Cauldron Midwinter Special

‘Winter’s Teeth’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 14: “Frost And Dew”

‘Death And Resurrection’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 14: “Frost And Dew”

‘Houseproud’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 14 Winter 2018

‘Mouth’ – The Curlew: Volume III, Issue 1 “Betula”

‘Shedbound’ – The High Window Issue 12 Winter 2018

‘Lies’ – Prole Issue 27

‘Disbelief’ – As Above So Below Issue 1

November 2018

‘Neighbourhood Watch’ – Atrium Poetry

‘Skylark In Suspense’ – Beautiful Dragons Watch The Birdie Anthology

‘In Summer 1973’ – Strix #5

‘Hedgehog Season’ – Arfur 03, Hedgehog Press

‘Egret’ – Plum Tree Tavern

‘Want’ – Eunoia Review

October 2018

‘The Owl and The Rose’ – Three Drops From A Cauldron Samhain 2018 Special

‘Flood’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 13: “Elements”

‘It’s Easier To Add Than Subtract’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine: “Elements”

‘A Pack Of Lies’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 13: “Elements”

‘When You’re A Boy’ – Eunoia Review

‘Sequoias And Storms’ – Foxglove Journal

‘life in lower case’ – Domestic Cherry 6

September 2018

‘A Long Walk’ – The Quality Of The Mersey Anthology

‘Sleeplessness Costs’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 13

‘Mythomania’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 12: “Truth and Lies”

‘Bob Hope Saved Me’ – Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis

August 2018

‘How To Climb A Tree’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 11: “Into The Trees”

‘Oysters, First Time’ – Eunoia Review

‘The Lady Next Door Is Lost’ – Prole Issue 26

July 2018

‘Lada Boys’ – Ofi Press 59

‘Mona Lisa Musing’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 10: “Portraits”

June 2018

‘Shoes’ – Atrium Poetry

‘Nan Was My Nigella’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 12

‘Largin’ It In Later Life’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 12

‘Bitchin’ In The Kitchen’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 12

‘A Table Unset’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 9: “Our National Health”

May 2018

‘Lizard For Company’ – Now Then Manchester WordLife Issue 54

‘Nightwandering’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 8: “Corridors & Passageways”

‘A Bonnie Fighter’ – Bonnie’s Crew Anthology

April 2018

‘Not Quite 8½’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 7: “Shoes”

‘Fishing for Stars’ – Riggwelter #8

March 2018

‘On The Cards’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 6: “The Art Of Divination”

February 2018

‘When The Music Stops’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 5: “Love and Music”

January 2018

‘It’s All Over’ – Algebra of Owls

‘Blue Haze’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 05 – Chapter 03

‘Hedgehog Cycle’ – Northampton Poetry Review Issue 2

‘Dust’ – Writers’ Cafe Magazine Issue 4: “Time and Space”

‘Squirrel’ – Plum Tree Tavern

December 2017

‘What Will Helen Mort Make Of This?’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 10

‘Sofa Olympics’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 10

‘Up A Tree’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 10

‘Eggoo’s Return’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 05 – Chapter 02

‘One Day’ – The Ekphrastic Review

‘A Conference Of Crows’ – Rats Ass Review, Winter 2017

‘Man On A Train’ – Prole Issue 24

‘Inevitabilities’ – Reach Poetry 231

‘Raven at Solstice’ – Three Drops from a Cauldron, Midwinter Special

‘this friday afternoon’ – The Lampeter Review, Issue 15

‘People Watching’ – Lighten Up Online

November 2017

‘Night Showings’ – Poetry Breakfast‘Sleeptalker’ – Eunoia Review

‘A Big Something and Nothing’ – Eunoia Review

‘Going For A Song’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 05 – Chapter 01

‘On Bedsits’ – Amaryllis

October 2017

‘No Hiding Place’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 04 – Chapter 12

‘The Selkie’s Revenge’ – Anapest/The Paragon Journal

‘Pencils On A Table’ – Anapest/The Paragon Journal

‘Urban Decay’ – Anapest/The Paragon Journal

‘The Taste of Lisbon’ – Anapest/The Paragon Journal

‘saving a shell’ – Foxglove Journal

September 2017

‘Cézanne’s Fruit Bowl Fracas’ – Amble Magazine

‘Prickly Pear Stare’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 04 – Chapter 11

‘Marsden Blue Notes’ – Poster Poem Accepted for Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

‘Sequoias’ – Scrittura Magazine, Issue 9

‘the other side of nowhere’ – Foxglove Journal

‘A Dog’s Life’ – Peeking Cat, Issue 29

‘Dog Senryu’ – Failed Haiku, Issue 21

August 2017

‘Days Lie In Wait’ – Foxglove Journal

‘Monochrome Maze’ – Visual Verse, Vol. 04 – Chapter 10

‘In Cities At Night’ – Clear Poetry

‘Time To Go’ – Clear Poetry

‘Not Quite 8½’ – Northampton Poetry Review Issue 1

‘Edward Burra: The Snack Bar (1930)’ – Anapest/The Paragon Journal

‘1 What Every Child Needs (4)’ – Wildflower Muse

‘Fear That Can’t Speak’ – Wildflower Muse

‘Still Life Of A Toad’ – The Weekly Avocet #243

July 2017

‘Mona Lisa Musing’ – The Ekphrastic Review

‘A Long Walk’ – The Open Mouse

‘Inspired by Sonnet 129’ – Poets Online

June 2017

‘the girl who knew the moon’ – Eunoia Review

‘Clearing Grandma’s House’ – Optimum Poetry

‘Memory Thief’ – The Red Ceilings

‘On Nights’ – The Red Ceilings

‘Minds Under Arrest’ – The Red Ceilings

‘A Tale of Two Sandals’ – Reach Poetry 225

Big thanks to Write Out Loud, a community of poets. I posted my first 100 poems there: https://www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/paulwaring