Dane’s Poem Links

  • New Interview in LADige “California Poets” Series

    David Garyan, editor of the LAdige "California Poets" series that a range of us have been published in, just added an interview with me at the end of poetry page you might have seen already. I am grateful for David's subtle, deep, and varied questions…and you might be too. You can read the poems, followed

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  • LAdige California Poets – Part 8

    It's so gratifying to be part of this California Poets series curated by the journal LAdige. Included are five poems from a forthcoming book to be entitled Nine Volt Nirvana… https://davidgaryan.wixsite.com/ladige/post/dane-cervin-california-poets-part-8-five-poems Dane Cervine: California Poets Part 8, Five Poems   Dane Cervine    

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  • DEEP TRAVEL appears in The Dewdrop

    There's a lovely rendering of samples from my new book, DEEP TRAVEL, in the latest edition of The Dewdrop (a Buddhist-inflected website for evocative writing). Vanessa Able is the gracious founder, living in both Paris and America, and curates a broad array of literature from writers dead and alive (as the old Zen joke goes). Explore! You can

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  • 5 Prose Poems in The Mackinaw

    The Mackinaw – a journal of prose poetry is dedicated to promoting the art of the prose poem. In September 2024, they published five of my newer poems, and I am grateful. You can read them here: https://www.themackinaw.net/dane-cervine.html  

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  • SurVision Irish Poetry Magazine: Two Poems

    The Irish poetry magazine SurVision has included two of my new prose poems in Issue #15: "The Metaphorical City", and "The Power of One". The journal focuses on variations of surrealism in its offerings. I'm glad to be a part of it: Two Poems in SurVision Magazine #15  

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  • HOLOGRAPHY curated on the Vox Populi site

    Thank you, again, to editor Michael Simms for posting my older poem "Holography" on the VOX POPULI digital "Commons" site. As he did with the other poem that Adrienne Rich chose that year, "The Jeweled Net of Indra". Such a marvel to have poems find new life in the ethers like this: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2024/06/29/dane-cervine-holography/  

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  • VOX POPULI reprints THE JEWELED NET OF INDRA

    Michael Simms re-printed my early poem THE JEWELED NET OF INDRA on his evocative, long-running site VOX POPULI: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2024/06/02/dane-cervine-the-jeweled-net-of-indra/  

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  • PRUNING TREES IN CALIFORNIA included in OUR CALIFORNIA Project

    California Poet Laureate LEE HERRICK's statewide project OUR CALIFORNIA has just been published online. Poems from each county are included, and you can read mine here: PRUNING TREES IN CALIFORNIA

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  • Two Poems reviewed by Kenneth Salzmann in Substack column

    This issue of Kenneth Salzmann’s “How to Grow a Poem” includes two older poems of mine that vary greatly in style (yet both winning awards). His column focuses on the writing process of a wide range of poets each week or so, and is worth the read. This particular column also includes a YouTube link

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  • CAESURA 2023 – Two New Poems

    Two new poems of mine, from the manuscript NINE VOLT NIRVANA, appear in the Poetry Center San Jose 2023 editions of CAESURA – Objects in the Mirror. The poem "Underworld" appears in the print version, and the poem "The Koan of Mind Swims the Abyss" can be seen in the online version. Poetry is alive

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