Thanks to editors Dale Wisely and Laura M Kaminsky for including my poem “Thunderclouds” in the current issue of Right Hand Pointing. My poem is in section 2 (remember to scroll down using the hand icons).
http://www.righthandpointing.net/102-part-b
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Thanks to the editor at Silver Birch Press for posting my poem “Collateral Damage” as part of their WHEN I MOVED poetry and prose series.
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(note: the photo as part of the posting is from 1998)
Glad to announce that my poem entitled: “Last Night the Dead Returned” has been published in the Spring 2016 issue of Nebo, a print journal produced by Arkansas Tech University.
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“I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.”
–William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, Act V Scene iii
My poem entitled “The Dogs of Persia” appears in the August 2016 issue of Verse-Virtual. Give it a look and be sure to check out the other fine poets. Thanks to editor Firestone Feinberg. This poem dedicated to my Uncle Jack Karapetian who wrote under the pen name Hakob Karapents first appeared in the Comstock Review in 2015.
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Thanks to editor David Nilsen and the folks at Fourth and Sycamore for publishing three of my poems (August 2016).
*4th and Sycamore is no longer publishing
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Here is the “The Arboriculturist” – the title poem from my 2010 Chapbook of the same name. Copies of the chapbook are available on Amazon:
by Michael Minassian
THE ARBORICULTURIST
Wanting shade
I made a tree;
first, an old step
ladder, wooden
with one missing slat.
For leaves, I took
pages of books
I found discarded
next to the washing machine.
Pictures from magazines
stood for blossoms;
a torn photograph
I forgot to burn
hung like ripened fruit.
But what shall I use
for roots to anchor
my surrogate sapling
this artifice of bark,
sap, and heartwood?
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“I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.”
–William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, Act V Scene iii
Glad to announce my poem “Blue Bodies Litter the Beach” has been posted by Silver Birch Press as part of their Beach and Pool Memories Series. The poem also appeared in Verse-Virtual (Feb. 2016)
https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/blue-bodies-litter-the-beach-poem-by-michael-minassian-beach-and-pool-memories-poetry-and-prose-series/
Thanks to Editor Tom Holmes for including my poem “Under the Umbrella” in the latest issue of Redactions!
Redactions issue 20 features poetry from Maya Jewell Zeller, Noel Sloboda, Steve Mueske, Michael Minassian, Angie Macri, George Looney, Sandy Longhorn, Michael Lauchlan, Andrew Kozma, Peter Huggins, Amorak Huey, Randy Gonzales, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Aaron Fischer, Joe DeLong, Jim Davis, Kristina Marie Darling, Jacob L. Cross, Rob Cook, Rob Carney, Thom Caraway, Stacy Brewster, and J. P. Dancing Bear.
Caleb Tankersley reviews the anthology Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California (edited by Kurt Schweigman and Lucille Lang Day), and Maria Burns reviews Elizabeth Bradfield’s _Once Removed_. Tom Holmes reviews Tom C. Hunley’s _The State That Springfield Is In_ and Les Kay’s _The Bureau_.
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“I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.”
–William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, Act V Scene iii
Glad to announce my poem entitled “My Personal Magician” appears in the current issue of Exit 7: A Journal of Literature and Art (print). Thanks to the editors and other talented contributors.
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“I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.”
–William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, Act V Scene iii
My poem “Conversation in Connecticut ” appears in the May issue of Verse-virtual, an online poetry publication. The page also features a tribute to my uncle who wrote under the pen name Hakob Karapents.
Thanks to Editor Firestone Feinberg and the other talented poets who appear in this issue.
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“I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.”
–William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, Act V Scene iii
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