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JuxtaProse Vol. 28 Arrives … at last!
JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, long one of the best online journals of poetry and prose (fiction and essays), went dark many months ago, and speculation was that it had folded for good. The editors didn’t say boo for many months, and now—voila! Volume 28 has appeared without fanfare or explanation. Since I have work in its pages, I’m especially glad for it.Read More
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“Thread of the Real” — Celebrating George McWhirter’s Griffin Prize
I wanted to celebrate my friend and mentor, George McWhirter, with a post on the Griffin Prize Facebook page. But the site limits the number of line returns to 100, and my tribute poem has too many to post there. SO … I’m posting it here and linking to it from the Griffin Prize Facebook page. I should say that this is the title poem of my collection Thread of the Real, but it is, above all, a tribute to George.Read More
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Two New Shorties in Abandoned Mine
Thanks to Abandoned Mine for offering up a couple of my short poems in their November issue. See here and here. But don’t miss reading around in the issue and in the Abandoned Mine archive. In the November selection I’d point especially to Thomas R.Read More
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Two New Poems in Heimat Review
See https://heimatreview.weebly.com/issue-2-winter.html Heimat Review is a well-curated, beautifully designed new online journal.Read More
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New Poem in Pedestal Magazine
Check out “Mindfulness” in Pedestal 90, just released.Read More
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Exciting News about Under Sleep’s New Moon
Thanks to the judges at the Colorado Authors League for choosing Under Sleep’s New Moon for the 2022 Book Award for poetry. Very exciting! And more than a little surprising, given the puzzlement some folks have registered upon reading the title. More than one person has asked me a simple question: “What does it mean?”—my somewhat mysterious title. I get it.Read More
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Poetry Reading @ 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 17th, at R Gallery + Art Bar in Boulder
I’ll be reading from my new collection, Under Sleep’s New Moon, as part of the R Gallery Poetry Nights series organized by the Colorado Poets Center. The reading starts at 6:30 pm, hosted by the extraordinary poet, performer, and tech wiz Uche Ogbuji, and my appearance will be followed by an open mike session. R Gallery + Art Bar is located at 2027 Broadway, Boulder CO 80302.Read More
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A Man with a Slant Rhyme: Contemplating Ted Kooser
Among my early memories are verses from Mother Goose. The perfect rhymes stick with me, sometimes within lines (“Hay-foot, straw-foot”) and sometimes nailed down at the ends of lines (“Hickory, dickory, dock, / The mouse ran up the clock”). Sometimes the rhymes did not quite align: “This little piggy went to market, / This little piggy stayed home, / This little piggy had roast beef, / This little piggy had none.” I was told that I said to my mother, “‘home” and ‘none’ don’t rhyme.” “But look,” she said. “‘This little piggy’ repeats.Read More
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The Under Sleep’s New Moon Launch (pix & video)
Gathered Around the Fire in the BookBar Garden (https://www.bookbardenver.com/): A histrionic moment: Lexicomania (and All that Jazz) for Joe Nigg We labor with language, our pointed wits flashing like sewing needles in a sweatshop. But it’s no sweat. We like it. It keeps us keen and intensely busy. Of course, it’s not the cloth—which fits or doesn’t, lasts or frays, flows out in patterns already dated or slavishly in fashion—no, not the cloth, but the cadence.Read More
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Full Cover — Under Sleep’s New Moon
Just submitted what I hope is the last of my edits to my new collection, which is now with the proofreader.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
