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Published Poems

Title: of a swinging pendulum, five poems
Poem 1. S | S p I r I t
Poems 2. The word QUERER cross stitched (X) into a woman's heart
Poem 3. O | of a garden plot: to throw an axe
Poem 4. JOKERS WILD | Joker 1
Poem 5. JOKERS WILD | Joker 2

RANGER MAGAZINE
Issue #16, 2026

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J: JAZZED morning

Abstract Magazine TV
Spring 2026

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no. 9 [state of affairs, america]

May 4, 2026

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published as xliv a.k.a. no. 16 [ Full Pink Moon ]

and Anthology, 2026.

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Five Poems: of laundry
of Primitive lives
of poetry
of the intersection of trees
of nightmarish

ranger magazine
Issue #12, 2025

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of pale yellow

Amsterdam Review
Fall 2025

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Two Poems: Red,
a trio at the end of the spectrum
and Matsu

Chiron Review
Spring 2025 / Issue #136
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English / Espanol
Net of Night / Red de la noche

addanomadd
la nada: nothingness
numero de verano - #11, 2024 - summer issue

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Blizzard

Grey Sparrow Journal
July 31, 2024 / Issue 44

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Crow in Variations-Poem

Crow in Variations-Podcast of Diane reading her poem at 9:36

Viewless Wings
February 2024

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Two Poems: Dem Dare Blues
& Dulcimer's Broken Strings-Restrung

The Arlington Literary Journal
Issue 85, September 15, 2023

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Wildflowers in Japanese Forms click here

Tiny Seed Literary Journal
Wildflower Anthology Poem, July 2023

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I dreamt you, swallowtail pg. 44
&
Shift of Time pg. 45, click here to read poems

Valley Voices: A Literary Review, Volume 23 Number 1,
Spring 2023, Goodbye: A Special Issue

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April 26, 2023 - Three Blues Poems
Burning Blue
Morning Glory Blues
Divorce Blues

Oddball Magazine​​​​

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Spring 2023, Six Poems
Rose-like Tattoo
Blues
Although
Cricket
Forget-me-not
Downy Woodpecker

Home Planet News 

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2022 - Three Poems: My lover's blues
The wall behind me breathing
A hobo's wandering wind song

WHL Review 

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COLD MOON SPEAKS

The Green Shoe Sanctuary
May 2022 Issue, Moonshine

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Barebones, click here to read poem

The Northern Virginia Review
Volume 35, Spring 2022 - Page 123

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Moon Songs - Five Katautas - No. 2123

POEMS-FOR-ALL
Scattered like seeds

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Directional Flow, click here to read poem

Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal
Edition 73, Volume 1 - Pages 39-41

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Suite for Iris, Three poems

Contributor Spotlight:Diane Sahms-Guarnieri

Sequestrum Literature & Art 

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Mercury Grand Marquis

Support North American Review to read poem
Spring 2021

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Dinner, click here to read & listen
to the audio recording of this poem, 10/29/21

Poetry X Hunger 

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May Day, 5/1/2020, click here

Passager's pandemic diaries 

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Thorns & Roses, A Baseball Poem

Support Chiron Review to read poem

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City of Shadow:Three Poems, click here to read poems
Heroin, Danny, & Mildred and Lucy Mae

CLEANING UP GLITTER
a literary arts nonprofit & e-journal
Issue 5, Volume 1

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Three "Iris" Poems, click here to read poems

Yellow Mama Webzine

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Three "COVID-19" Poems, click here to read poems

Poetry and Covid
UK Arts & Humanities Council
University of Plymouth, &
Nottingham Trent University

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4/17/2020, Tonight, I bid them all a crowned farewell
Click here to read poem

Eclectica Magazine 

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3 Poems:Three Doors Down, One-Armed Bandit, Hot Rod McGurk

Available at Amazon

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Worm Moon, click here

Pangolin ​​

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Sing Me Ruby Red, page 71
Fall 2019, Issue 1

The Moving Force Journal 

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Iris observes a sparrow at the apex and remembers

Under the Eaves

JONAH Magazine

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Shoes

COFFIN BELL, Volume 3, Issue No. 3
a journal of dark literature

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Rose-breasted Grosbeak

The Plum Tree Tavern

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Monarch

TINY SEED JOURNAL - Pollinator Project

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November 2019, Issue 31: Three Poems
Home, Urban Garden, a love poem, & Weil-McLain Heater

The write launch 

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7/16/2020, Fruitless

Fruits of our Quarantine Anthology
 

Vaporous

Nine Cloud Journal 

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Crossover:Triolet, Issue 5 dated 30 July 2018

Spider's Song, Issue 1 dated 8 January 2018

THE PANGOLIN REVIEW
Help the Pangolins! All 8 species are classified
as threatened with extinction while 2 of the species
are classified as critically endangered

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Faces of the Moon over Philadelphia

Christ Church

The Philadelphia Inquirer 

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Detached from the body of wind

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As if spring’s floral music is poetry of air
Nominated for a Pushcart

The Indiana Voice Journal

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Let Memories Awaken (for Peggy)
Nominated for a Pushcart

Blue Heron Review

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Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis)

Published at Canary- Winter Solstice 2017-18

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Unto the Heavens these Canada Geese

Published at Canary -Fall 2017

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Dinner

Support THE A3 REVIEW - The Silver Issue 7
to read the poem

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If war is a headless body

The New Verse News

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Sycamores

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Modern Day Flossie

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Two Stones

Oddball Magazine 

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Honeysuckles (for my sisters)

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Whispers of Sacred Dusk

PLUM TREE TAVERN

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Four Poems: He is Lonely Energy; Into the Fountain
Reflection; City Song Sparrow, Unnoticed

Eleventh Transmission

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Footprints

WHL Review 

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Snowman

Philadelphia Stories 

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after making love we sit by the lake

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Skinny Dipping

The Camel Saloon Poetry

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Four Poems: Sunset; Kindness of Strangers;
Gardner; of burgundy roses

WHL Review 

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Aluminum

Mascara Review 

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She was the other woman

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Wedlock

Dead Snakes

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Daisy

Fox Chase Review 

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Frank Wilson on the poem Another Shirley Temple 

books,INQ. Blog

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"and so across winter's way" 

Blast Furnace

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An excerpt of the poem, Pennsylvania is now available online

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Also an excerpt of the poem,
If against April’s bluest backdrop, each tree a "living sculpture"
is also available at this link

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To read the entire poems please visit

PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY JOURNAL

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No. 15, Volume 4, Issue 3
Carolyn from Ship Bottom (must scroll down to page 17)

RiverLit

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“Absence” Wins Working People’s Poetry Competition, 2015
(scroll down to pages 18 & 19)

Blue Collar Review 

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Partisan Press

Summer 2014 Issue
Machines, Machines, Monstrous Machines, Pages 52-3
link not available

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The Northern Virginia Review
inquirer
Moon Songs
emag
passager
poetryxhunger
Homeplanetnews
11th
whlr
odd
ninecloud
yellowmama2
uk
A3
palitjournal
viewlesswings
writelaunch3
themovingforce1
fruits
bcrlogo
ranger1
Zen
valleyvoices
straybranch
riverlit
ranger
plumtree
fcr1
northamericanreview
mascara
ivj
arlijo
ds
addanomadd
christchurch
chiron3
Blue Heron Review
bcr
52
titlesequestrum
saloon
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