The Poetry of Mary K O'Melveny

Sampling of Publications

 

 

 

POETRY PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

 

 

“DIAGNOSIS” - Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal(Western New Mexico University)  ((December 2015)

 

“GRAVESTONES”  - The Write Place at the Write Time  (February 2016)

 

“TESTING THE LIMITS OF ART” -  GFT Press (April 2016)

 

“PRAIRIE” -  Vilas Avenue(May 2016)

 

“THE MYTH OF SUSIYA” - FLARE: The Flagler Review:  (May 2016)

 

“SNOW FRIEZE” - Allegro Poetry Magazine  (June 2016)

 

“PERSEID METEOR SHOWER” -Into the Void  (September 2016)

 

“CANVASSING”  = Birds Piled Loosely Press: WHO WANT THE WORLD LIKE IT IS?

An Election Anthology (January 2017)

 

“STAR WARS (FROM A TO Z)” and “GOLDILOCKS AND…” - The Offbeat, Vol. 17  

(May 2017)

 

 “THE ABCS OF REVOLUTION” - Writing in a Woman's Voice Blog Site                 

(January 30, 2017)  http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/ 

 

“RAGE,” “EVENING STAR,”  “EVENING STAR II” and “STANDING ROCK"          T

The Raven’s Perch  (November 2016), (January, 2017)

 

“THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING” - The Raven’s Perch  (February, 2017)

 

“WOODSTOCK CHRISTMAS EVE 2016” and “KINTSUGI” - The Write Place at the Write Time  (February 2017)

 

“THINGS I LEARNED SO FAR” - Wallkill Valley Writers blog  (featured - March, 2017)

 

“BIRD SANCTUARY” - Honorable Mention,Pat Nielsen Poetry Award,  Chestertown MD River Arts; Art of Stewardship Exhibit  Convergence at the Edges (April, 2017)

 

“MURMURATIONS” - Allegro Poetry Magazine (March 2017)

 

“WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR” - Walkill Valley WritersBlog Site   

http://WalkillValleyWriters.com

 

“PILLOWS” - Origami Poems Project,  Best Of Kindness  ANTHOLOGY (2017)    

 

“CEASE FIRE”- Jewish Currents (May, 2017): This poem won the 2017 Raynes Poetry Competition(Irena Klepfisz, Judge). It is included in the Anthology, “Borders and Boundaries,”  published by Blue Threads Press in 2017

 

“SEARCHING FOR MY MOTHER” - Woman at Woodstock Blog site(May 10, 2017)   

http://womenatwoodstock.com

 

“RISE AND SHINE”  - Writing in a Woman's Voice Blog Spot(May 14, 2017) http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/ 

 

“JURY NOTICE” - Writing in a Woman's Voice Blog Spot(May 17, 2017  http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/ 

 

“THE MATHEMATICS OF PARKING” - Woman at Woodstock Blog site  (June 16, 2017)    

http://womenatwoodstock.com

 

“FLIGHT”  - The Voices Project (June 2017)

 

 “IT’S A GOOD DAY,” “MISS MANNERS GOES TO THE HOSPITAL” and “MAKING NOISE”  - The Write Place at the Write Time (Nine-Year Anniversary Edition July, 2017)

 

“A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECRETS” - The Poet’s Billow:  Finalist, 2017 Pangaea Prize (August 2017)

 

“NEW MEXICO VISIONS:  PRAYER FOR PULSE VICTIMS” - The Write Place at the Write Time  (Autumn-Winter Issue 2017)

 

“A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECRETS” - Slippery Elm Literary Journal:  

(December 2017) OBJECT LESSONS” – Arielchart   (Nov. 4, 2017)

 

“A WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE” – Arielchart (Dec. 2, 2017)

 

“DECLARATION OF LOVE” - Light Poetry Magazine  (December 1, 2017)

 

“FREDERICK DOUGLASS WAS RIGHT” - West Texas Literary Review March 2018

issue (print) 

 

“LOOKING OUT AT 42NDSTREET” - Songs of Eretz Poetry Review (March 13, 2018)

 

“FORECASTINGS,” “WINTER WONDERS,” “THE REINCARNATION OF FLIGHT,” “AS WINTER COMES” and “TO BE BLESSED” - The Write Place at the Write Time (Winter-Spring 2018).

 

“ASHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECRETS” – Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Award 2017:  Finalist/Honorable Mention(April 15, 2018).

 

“CEPHALOPODA CARTOGRAPHY”  - Kingdoms in the Wild:  (Spring 2018).

 

“THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE” - The New Verse News (April 30, 2018)

 

“CARAVAN” - The New Verse News  (May 7, 2018)

 

HURRICANE GARDENING” - Aji Magazine, Issue 8 (May, 2018)

 

“THE SOUNDS OF TRUTH VANISHING” - Fish Publishing Prize 2018–Emily Bass, Judge Finalist  (May 15, 2018)

 

“AS TRUTH VANISHED” - FAKES, FACTS, FICTIONS - Anthology Blue Thread Press  May, 2018)  (Finalist, 2018 Raynes Poetry Competition)

 

“QUIET CAN STILL CREATE SOUND”  - The New Verse News (June 10, 2018)

 

“KINDNESS” - The New Verse News  (June 21, 2018)

 

“PORTRAIT OF A GAZAN STARGAZER” won Honorable Mention in the 87thAnnual Writer’s Digest Poetry Competition (2018)

 

“PRIORITIES” - The New Verse News(August 29, 2018)

 

“REMEMBERING THE FOUR FREEDOMS” -  Shanti Arts Quarterly (September, 2018)

 

A Woman Of A Certain Age(Chapbook) - (Finishing Line Press, September, 2018)

 

“AN AGING IRA FIGHTER REFLECTS ON THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BREXIT” -  The New Verse News  (October 20, 2018)

 

“SLIPPING BELOW THE SURFACE” - In Layman’s Terms (November, 2018)

 

“FISSION”, “ICE SKATING ON THE MOON” and “THE UMBRA AROUND US” -Voices of Eve (November 2018)

 

“REVERBERATIONS” - Junto Magazine,Volume 3, Issue 4 (December, 2018)

 

"THINKING ABOT YOU" - The New Verse News  (November 2018)

 

2019 Pushcart Prize Nomination(November, 2018)  by The New Verse News for the poem “KINDNESS"

 

“BIRDS OF WINTER 2018” -  The New Verse News December 30, 2018

 

"NEW HORIZONS" - The New Verse News January 8, 2019

 

“AN APPLE IN HER HAND”  - the tiny journal Vol. 1  (January 2019)

 

AN APPLE IN HER HAND  (Co-Author Codhill Press (January 2019)

 

“THIRST” - The New Verse News (February 2, 2019)

 

“GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY WIFE ON A WINDY JANUARY DAY” - 

Writing in a Woman’s Voice (February 20, 2019)

 

“I DREAM OF NANCY” -  Writing in a Woman’s Voice (February 27, 2019)

 

“THE FIXER’S TESTIMONIAL” - The New Verse News (March 4, 2019)

 

"DOING THE LAUNDRY WITH WILLIAM BARR" - The New Verse News               

(April 19, 2019)

 

“HOT FLASHES” - Riverfeet Press Anthology,  AWAKE IN THE WORLD VOLUME II       (Published Spring 2019)

 

“PIANO MAN” -  Split Rock Review Volume 13 (September 2019)

 

“TRAVELS TO THE VALLEY OF LOST THINGS”:  First Place, 2019 

Slippery Elm Literary Journal Poetry Competition.  (Publication:  Spring, 2019)

 

“PRESENCE IN THE ABCENSE” - New Verse News (April 12, 2019)

 

“HOW TO MAKE OR BREAK A WALL” - New Letters (June, 2019)

 

“COFFEE HOUSE” -  The New Verse News (May 28, 2019)

 

“MERGING STAR HYPOTHESES” - Semi-finalist for 2019 Washington Prize

sponsored by The Word Works.

 

“THIS IS NOT A GUN” - New Verse News (Aug 10, 2019)

 

“PSYCHE” - Think Literary Journal  Summer/Fall 2019 Issue

 

“I CAN’T BREATHE” - The New Verse News (September 3, 2019)

 

“FREEDOM”long-listed for the Galway, Ireland Over The Edge Emerging Writer’s Award,  September 2019

 

“POWER OUTAGE” -  Writing in a Woman’s Voice (November 2, 2019)

 

“SANCTUARY” - The New Verse News  (February 1, 2020)

 

“MONUMENTAL TASKS” -  Workers Write!  Tales From The Classifieds  Issue 16

(Spring, 2020) (May 1, 2020)   

 

"HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2020" - The New Verse News            

(March 8, 2020)

 

"LIFTING COSMIC VEILS"  - Hamilton Stone Review – Spring Issue (April 23, 2020) https://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr42.html

 

"SPACE BUBBLES", "ADRENALINE RUSH"Wilowdown Books, Poems from the Lockdown  (April 30, 2020)  http://www.willowdownbooks.com/PRLOCKDOWN12April20.htm  

 

“FOOD SHOPPING IN THE TIME OF CORONA”  - Writing in a Woman’s Voice      

 (May 15, 2020)  http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/

 

"A FINGERTIP HAS ONE HUNDRED NERVE ENDINGS" Indolent Books, What Rough Beast – Covid 19 Edition (May 23, 2020)  https://www.indolentbooks.com/what-rough-beast-covid-19-edition-05-23-20-mary-omelveny/

 

“A NORMAL HEART” - New Verse News   (May 30, 2020) 

https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-normal-heart.html

 

"TICKER TAPE" - Songs of Eretz  - Summer Issue (June 24, 2020) www.SongsOfEretz.com 

 

"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY" – Writing in a Woman's Voice Blog Spot (June 22, 2020) 

http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/

 

"WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES" -  American Writers Review - A Literary Journal:  ART IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (July 26, 2020) 

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DM65PMX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Art+in+the+time+of+Covid-19&qid=1595736136&sr=8-1

 

“VISITORS”  - Writing in a Women's Voice Blog Spot (September 18, 2020) http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2020/09/v-isitors-by-mary-k-omelveny-birds-nest.html

 

"UNSUBSCRIBE" - Writing in a Women's Voice Blog Spot (September 27, 2020) http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2020/09/

 

"REMINISCING ABOUT RBG"  - Persimmon Tree (October 17, 2020) https://persimmontree.org/fall-2020/tribute-ruth-bader-ginsburg/?utm_source=Persimmon+Tree+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=57fa83b0c6-ARTS_MART_PROMO1_NOV2017_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6a3e821d7f-57fa83b0c6-226777911

 

"ENNUI "  - The Global Poemic Site (October 29, 2020)

 

"DEEP WINTER CLEANING" - New verse news Blog Spot(December 21, 2020)https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2020/12/deep-winter-cleaning.html

 

"MATILDA'S DIARIES–JOURNAL ENTRY OCTOBER 26" -Passenger Books 

Pandemic Diaries (December 31, 2020) 

https://www.passagerbooks.com/pandemic-diaries/

 

"MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE"– The Global Poemic Site  (January 2, 2021)

https://globalpoemic.wordpress.com/

 

"STORK STORIES" – Writing in a Woman's Voice  (February 3, 2021) http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2021/02/storkstories-for-oona-and-esme-bymary-k.html

 

"WHAT IS HERE" – NewVerse News Blog Spot (February 19, 2021) http://newversenews.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Ubrl-V6D9IT73TSDvCpA87V8_6xMzXVhRTgRdRi7MNDOiz0wGgwUCjaw

 

"INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021: A LIST POEM"  NewVerse News Blog Spot (March 8, 2021) https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2021/03/international-womens-day-2021-list-poem.html?fbclid=IwAR0kS4tMgRgBcBfvSpw2T9K-3LAdOfAVjfq9tEJAqVD47lrjsuGdRsllTM8

 

 

 

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