Dane’s Poem Links

  • YouTube VIDEO poems from the Gateless Gate at Poetry San Jose Well-RED Series

    It's fun to periodically look online for poems that surface without me knowing about it… Robert Pesich of Poetry Center San Jose's Well-RED series filmed me reading "Abandoned Old Woman", from the book The Gateless Gate – Polishing the Moon Sword. You can enjoy watching it on YouTube here: Abandoned Old Woman YOUTUBE video There's also a

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  • Sumo In Milan AUDIO POEM recording

    Well, I forgot to post the audio recording, and text, of Sumo In Milan from the book Kung Fu of the Dark Father. The online version first appeared in SPLIT ROCK REVIEW, and was a pleasure to read. You can read and listen to it here: Sumo In Milan

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  • New Poems in the Monterey Poetry Review

    You'll find a number of new poems on page 8 of the Fall/Winter 2006 edition of the Monterey Poetry Review: Holography; The Last Days; Dark Flowers Speaking; Seeing Too Much; Obscurity; The Devil's Blues    Look for the Volume 2 – Fall/Winter 2006 link on the web-site:   MPR Fall/Winter 2006    

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  • MONTEREY POETRY REVIEW Three Prose Poems

    Three prose poems appear in the latest Monterey Poetry Review, which are part of the larger prose poem collection The World is God's Language, to be published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2021. The three poems, entitled "Breast"; "The Second Coming"; and, "Eros Finds a Way", can be read here: MONTEREY POETRY REVIEW

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  • Koan of the Blue Heron, in PEDESTAL Magazine

    A new poem of mine entitled "Koan of the Blue Heron" appears in John Amen's magazine, PEDESTAL. It's a poem about the vicissitudes and beautiful absurdities of desire. You can read it here, with an audio recording of the poem at the end: Koan of the Blue Heron, at PEDESTAL

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  • Two Stories about my Father in new anthology WHAT REMAINS

    There’s a new anthology with poignant and unique stories and poems about funerals and end-of-life rituals, entitled What Remains – The Many Ways We Say Goodbye. It includes two short prose pieces about my father’s death, and related family rituals. “The Sound”, and “The Molecules of the Dead”. The book, edited by Sandi Gelles-Cole & Kenneth Salzmann,

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  • Dane reads THE GURU, in RATTLE online

    Here's a link to an AUDIO recording in RATTLE of my poem, "The Guru":  https://www.rattle.com/the-guru-by-dane-cervine/      

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  • “Shaking Penises” in PROMOTHEUS DREAMING

    A prose poem of mine, entitled "Shaking Penises", appears in the journal Prometheus Dreaming. It's from an episode I encountered some years ago when working in the human services field. Read it here: https://www.prometheusdreaming.com/shaking-penises    

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  • New Poem in SPANK THE CARP

    I love the name of this online magazine: Spank The Carp. I love that they love this odd poem of mine, entitled "Glimpse". A true story about a famed mathematician who solves key equations by smoking in the yard and watching for deer…..Read it here: http://www.spankthecarp.com/issue45_cervine.html

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  • MONTEREY POETRY REVIEW Summer 2018

    The editors of the MONTEREY POETRY REVIEW just published a "Reprint" edition, which included four poems of mine which previously won awards and/or were previously published. They include: Enlightenment is a Bitch How Therapists Dance Accordions & Shotguns The Jeweled Net of Indra You can read them again HERE: http://montereypoetryreview.weebly.com/summer2018poems/dane-cervine  

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