David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 153
August 7, 2018
August 2, 2018
Great art inspires more art
”…it was just that really, really good work makes me want to go to work.” John Kander
My poem “Hypotonia” has gone live at The Voices Project.
My poem “Hypotonia” has gone live at The Voices Project.
This is one of the poems I wrote dealing with the loss of my mother.
Plum Tree Tavern has accepted my poem “The Sky Ungainly” for online publication.
Plum Tree Tavern has accepted my poem “The Sky Ungainly” for online publication.
July 22, 2018
The Magnolia Review just accepted 6 of my poems for publication in their Volume 5 Issue 1 early in 2019.
Thank you Magnolia Review for accepting 6 of my poems for publication in Volume 5 Issue 1 early in 2019.
Those of us descended from past generations of “wretched refuse”
Those of us descended from past generations of “wretched refuse” must not totally close the harbor to thos3 who seek refuge today.
The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus, 1849 – 1887
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
This poem is in the public domain.
July 21, 2018
July 20, 2018
Issue 4.2 of the Magnolia Review is out including 3 of my poems.
Issue 4.2 of the Magnolia Review is out including 3 of my poems. The theme was “comics.”
“Superhero at Work” is a parody based loosely on my life wearing a suit. (p. 29)
Plus 2 collage poems:
“It’s a Stupid Game, Isn’t It?” melds lines from the great Calvin and Hobbes comic to continue its critique of war. (p. 42)
‘Chain-Smoked Monkeys” assembles some of the greatest lines from The Simpsons into a surreal poem. (p. 98)
July 19, 2018
Two of my poems have been published by Dual Coast Magazine
Two of my poems have been published online by Dual Coast Magazine:
You can also purchase a print copy HERE.
