Dane’s Poem Links
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PORLOCK New Poetry – Two Poems
Last year, I'd sent several poems snail mail to a new literary journal that was forming with guest editors: PORLOCK Poetry. I was surprised and please to find that "Tiny Bubbles" and "Reincarnation Dilemmas" were both chosen by several editors–the first poem, about the quantum flux that is life itself, the second poem a whimsical
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Second Thoughts on the Spiritual Path, new poem in PEDESTAL Magazine
I love editor John Amen's poetry journal, PEDESTAL Magazine, and in this edition he includes a tongue-in-cheek poem entitled "Second Thoughts on the Spiritual Path". Perhaps an irreverent follow-up to the new poem by Christopher Buckley just above it in the contents, "All the While". Here's the link to my poem: https://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/dane-cervine-second-thoughts-on-the-spiritual-path/ Here's the link
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The World Is God’s Language, first book highlighted in new Santa Cruz Writes blog…
It was great to see that Hannah Hutton, editor at Santa Cruz Writes' phren-Z literary magazine, chose my new book for the inaugural blog highlighting Santa Cruz, California authors. It provides access to a wide range of reviews, readings, and more: https://www.santacruzwrites.org/santa-cruz-books
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Three poems from the BUDDHIST POETRY REVIEW Archive
While surfing the Web, I happened across three poems of mine that had been published at the end of the ten-year run of the Buddhist Poetry Review. They're still archived, and include the poems "Ancient Wheel", "Mantra", and "Pruning Trees in America". https://www.buddhistpoetryreview.org/archive/vol-three-issue-five/dane-cervine It make me laugh–in a Buddhist sort of way. I'd somehow missed their publication,
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Disquieting Muses Quarterly (DMQ) Prose Poems
Two new prose poems of mine appear in the Disquieting Muses Quarterly (DMQ), a marvelous journal curated by Sally Ashton in the Greater Bay Area. This edition is dedicated to prose poems, and you'll find my two contributions–"The Koan of Skin", and, "Color"–here: https://www.dmqreview.com/cervines22?fbclid=IwAR0uzExSgJQJ0G8hJnZzhxOlFTGUz_WZJJGFUqo3wEBhfH1j6ZMxp3BzHps
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Wisdom Template – new in PEDESTAL Magazine
John Amen's PEDESTAL Magazine has included a poem of mine in their latest edition. It's entitled "Wisdom Template", inspired by a previous trip to India (when one could still travel!). You can read it here, with an audio track available after the poem: https://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/dane-cervine-wisdom-template/
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The Buddhist Journal INQUIRING MIND – Poem Archive
The Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind archived its work a few years back, including this poem of mine about the vagaries of meditation. You can read it here, if you're not too busy meditating! The Noise in My Brain
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New Poems in phren-Z: the Emerald Street Writers
The Emerald Street Writers critique group, which I’ve belonged to for over 20 years, was just featured on the phren-Z online literary magazine, curated by Santa Cruz’ own Jory Post. Several of my new poems, from a new manuscript entitled NINE VOLT NIRVANA, are featured here: https://phren-z.org/Summer2020/dane_cervine.html From this website, you can explore all my
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Ark of Breath, in PEDESTAL Magazine
A new poem appeared in John Amen's PEDESTAL Magazine, along with an audio recording. Check it out here: Ark of Breath, in PEDESTAL
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The DEWDROP: Prose poems from forthcoming book
The Dewdrop, a marvelous site where literature and meditation convene, published a series of my prose poems from next year's forthcoming book, The World is God's Language (Sixteen Rivers Press – 2021). It includes poems about my aging mother, and the forests of Shangri La, and Santa Cruz: The Dewdrop – Dane's Prose Poems