Raising the wind

by Andy Oram

Could you breathe upon paper what lives in you so full, so warm, so that it would be the mirror of your soul, as your soul is the mirror of the unending God!—Goethe

Published poems arranged by series

• City series

• Embodied series

• Language and expression series

  • Poetry series

  • Music series

  • Art series

• Spirituality and religion series

• Jewish series

• Christian series

• Evocative places series

• Social protest series

• Mortality series

  • COVID-19 pandemic series

• Science series

• Recollections series

• Mental state series

• Light series

• Relationships series

• Reflections on history series

• Poems inspired by place

  • Middle East series

• Everyday scenes

• Wry humor

• Miscellaneous poems

Published poems

• City series

  • Urban portrait (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 408)

  • The daylight lingers in the summer till repose (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 412)

  • Dolores Heights sky (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 410)

  • Cityspans

  • The boys together (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Warehouses (published in the 14th edition of DASH Literary Journal in May 2021)

  • We don’t ask when that house will sell (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • A day like the others (published in the 2022 issue of Cæsura)

  • Changes around here (published in the inaugural issue of WhimsicalPoet, February 2021)

  • Lawns (published in issue 5 of Poetry Leaves, 2020)

  • Mighty past (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Unfashionable words (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Like a wind (published in issue 19 ofWild Roof Journal on March 2023)

• Embodied series

  • Palindrome (published in The RavensPerch on September 11, 2023)

  • At the rehearsal (published in the Fall 2021 issue of WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry)

  • Odalisque (published in issue XI of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Like a wind (published in issue 19 ofWild Roof Journal on March 2023)

  • Backbone (published in the Spring 2020 issue of Speckled Trout Review)

  • Cradling (published in the October 2022 issue of The Bluebird Word)

  • The bounce alone (published by The Voices Project on April 2, 2020)

• Language and expression series

  • Rose window (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 413)

  • In an archive (published in issue 10 of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Just remarking (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • Do not repeat your self (published in the Spring 2020 issue of WestWard Quarterly)

  • Tense (published in issue 3 of Too Well Away Literary Journal)

  • Emanation of Narcissus (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

  • Poetry series

    • Candor (published in issue 84 of Offcourse, March 21, 2021)

    • Madrigals of war and love (published in The Decadent Review)

    • Emily Dickinson at the Coronation Café (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

    • Economics (published in the Fall 2021 issue of WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry)

  • Music series

    • At the rehearsal (published in the Fall 2021 issue of WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry)

    • Passacaglia (Published in issue 196 of the Arlington Literary Journal, April 1, 2024)

    • The piano improvisation (published in Planisphere Quarterly)

    • Madrigals of war and love (published in The Decadent Review)

    • The final chord (published in issue 22 of Waterwheel Review, December 2020)

    • The musician (published by The RavensPerchon October 31, 2022)

    • The flute (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

  • Art series

    • Candor (published in issue 84 of Offcourse, March 21, 2021)

    • Odalisque (published in issue XI of the Heron Clan anthology)

    • Collages (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

• Spirituality and religion series

  • Dolores Heights sky (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 410)

  • Roster (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • They asked me my religion (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

  • Uncentered (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

  • Evocative places series

    • Garden of thought (published in the Red Letter Poem series; scroll down to No. 9)

    • Rose window (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 413)

    • In an archive (published in issue 10 of the Heron Clan anthology)

    • The final chord (published in issue 22 of Waterwheel Review, December 2020)

    • Emily Dickinson at the Coronation Café (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

    • 5:34 (published in miller’s pond)

    • Depot in a valley (published in issue 14 of Wild Roof Journal)

    • Prow (published in Volume 27, Number 4 (Fall 2022) of Main Street Rag)

  • Jewish series

    • The voice (published in issue 16 of SLAB Literary Magazine)

    • Rosh Ḥodesh Elul (published in Volume 10, issue 1 of the The Deronda Review, 2023)

    • The day is short (published in the September 2020 issue of of Orbis)

    • By water (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

    • The flute (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

    • Zyklon Briefing (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

    • Because there is light (published in the 2020 Wising Up Press anthology Goodness)

  • Christian series

    • Rose window (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 413)

    • After reading A Mirror for Simple Souls (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

    • Emanation of Narcissus (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

    • The first church (published in issue 187 of the Arlington Literary Journal, October 15, 2023)

    • Augmented reality (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

    • After reading Dark Night of the Soul (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

    • Every spirit praise (no drum or choir) (published in issue 187 of the Arlington Literary Journal, October 15, 2023)

• Social protest series

  • The voice (published in issue 16 of SLAB Literary Magazine)

  • Zyklon Briefing (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

  • The ocean speaks (published in issue 5 of RABBLE REVIEW, January 2023)

  • The ID is not the ego (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Safe word (published in the 2023 issue of The Waiting Room from Nervous Ghost Press)

  • Odalisque (published in issue XI of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Picking up stones (published in DASH Literary Journal, Volume 12, Spring 2019)

  • Junctions (published in issue 115 of the Arlington Literary Journal, 2019)

  • Anticipación (published in issue 115 of the Arlington Literary Journal, 2019)

  • Dispersal (published in issue 8 of Genre: Urban Arts, Summer 2019)

  • Remembering the evening in the yard (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • Cityspans

  • Future indications (published in Volume 27, Number 4 (Fall 2022) of Main Street Rag)

  • Every spirit praise (no drum or choir) (published in issue 187 of the Arlington Literary Journal, October 15, 2023)

  • Roster (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Series convergence (published in issue 1 of Words & Whispers, September 1, 2020)

  • Madrigals of war and love (published in The Decadent Review)

  • Punch out (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Entry (published in Outliers, Conclave Literary Journal Book 5, 2020)

  • Time, here, who, mutation (published in the Spring 2022 issue of J Journal)

  • The heavy land (published in the Spring 2022 issue of J Journal)

  • Neural net (published in Cloud Native Data Center Networking, by Dinesh G. Dutt, published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., November 2019)

  • Mighty past (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Whether it pertains to (published in the second issue of Angel Rust)

  • New stage (published in Nine Cloud Journal, issue 1, August 2020)

  • They built (published in issue 10 of the Tiger Moth Review, July 15, 2023)

• Mortality series

  • Knots (published in the 2020 Wising Up Press anthology Goodness)

  • Punch out (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • The Count of Nevers

  • COVID-19 pandemic series

    • A product of reproduction number and serial time (published as part of a series in a special issue, The Great Pause, of Press Pause Press)

    • The bounce alone (published by The Voices Project on April 2, 2020)

    • Series convergence (published in issue 1 of Words & Whispers, September 1, 2020)

    • Mute (published on June 10, 2020 by The Voices Project)

    • Enclosure (published as part of a series in a special issue, The Great Pause, of Press Pause Press)

    • Frequently Asked Questions (published on page 39 in the Spring 2021 issue of Superpresent)

    • A people silhouetted, deprivation glimpse (published as part of a series in a special issue, The Great Pause, of Press Pause Press)

    • No longer (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • The ocean speaks (published in issue 5 of RABBLE REVIEW, January 2023)

  • Why we stopped in Petra (published in issue 13 of Panoply, August 2019)

  • Half life (published in the Summer 2022 issue of Vita Poetica, along with my audio recording)

  • Madrigals of war and love (published in The Decadent Review)

  • In the shadow of abundance (published in the Winter 2020 issue of The Courtship of Winds)

  • Stopping point (published in the 2022 issue of Cæsura)

  • We don’t ask when that house will sell (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Mighty past (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Candor (published in issue 84 of Offcourse, March 21, 2021)

  • The voice (published in issue 16 of SLAB Literary Magazine)

  • The day is short (published in the September 2020 issue of of Orbis)

  • Time, here, who, mutation (published in the Spring 2022 issue of J Journal)

• Science series

  • A product of reproduction number and serial time (published as part of a series in a special issue, The Great Pause, of Press Pause Press)

  • Palindrome (published in The RavensPerch on September 11, 2023)

  • Series convergence (published in issue 1 of Words & Whispers, September 1, 2020)

  • A course of serotonin (published in issue 2 of Waymark Literary Magazine)

  • Incandescent (published in table//FEAST, 2023)

  • The ID is not the ego (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Neural net (published in Cloud Native Data Center Networking, by Dinesh G. Dutt, published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., November 2019)

  • The ocean speaks (published in issue 5 of RABBLE REVIEW, January 2023)

  • Half life (published in the Summer 2022 issue of Vita Poetica, along with my audio recording)

  • Backbone (published in the Spring 2020 issue of Speckled Trout Review)

  • Uncentered (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

• Recollections series

  • Dolores Heights sky (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 410)

  • House at the shore (published in Volume 24 of Steam Ticket)

  • The path of darkness (published in issue 3 (Spring 2020) of The Dark Sire)

  • In the margins of a journal taken from the bottom of a trunk (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Cradling (published in the October 2022 issue of The Bluebird Word)

• Mental state series

  • Waiting out the rain (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • A course of serotonin (published in issue 2 of Waymark Literary Magazine)

  • Safe word (published in the 2023 issue of The Waiting Room from Nervous Ghost Press)

  • Augmented reality (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

  • After reading Dark Night of the Soul (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Passacaglia (Published in issue 196 of the Arlington Literary Journal, April 1, 2024)

  • Neocon fable, mythologized with tabloids (published in issue 8 of Main Squeeze, March 20, 2023)

  • Garden of thought (published in the Red Letter Poem series; scroll down to No. 9)

  • Screen memories (published in the Fall 2021 issue of Superpresent)

  • Tense (published in issue 3 of Too Well Away Literary Journal)

  • Reminder (published in NOMADartx Review)

  • The daylight lingers in the summer till repose (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 412)

  • The path of darkness (published in issue 3 (Spring 2020) of The Dark Sire)

  • Punch out (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Neural net (published in Cloud Native Data Center Networking, by Dinesh G. Dutt, published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., November 2019)

• Light series

  • The daylight lingers in the summer till repose (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 412)

  • The day is short (published in the September 2020 issue of of Orbis)

  • Incandescent (published in table//FEAST, 2023)

  • Because there is light (published in the 2020 Wising Up Press anthology Goodness)

  • The path of darkness (published in issue 3 (Spring 2020) of The Dark Sire)

  • Augmented reality (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

  • They built (published in issue 10 of the Tiger Moth Review, July 15, 2023)

• Relationships series

  • Our life’s carnival (published in issue 10, Spring 2019, of Ají Magazine; see page 106 of the PDF)

  • Safe word (published in the 2023 issue of The Waiting Room from Nervous Ghost Press)

  • Knots (published in the 2020 Wising Up Press anthology Goodness)

  • Remembering the evening in the yard (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • Collages (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

  • Passacaglia (Published in issue 196 of the Arlington Literary Journal, April 1, 2024)

  • The boys together (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • The musician (published by The RavensPerchon October 31, 2022)

  • Just remarking (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • House at the shore (published in Volume 24 of Steam Ticket)

  • Introduction to the family

  • Stopping point (published in the 2022 issue of Cæsura)

  • Changes around here (published in the inaugural issue of WhimsicalPoet, February 2021)

  • Shared passage (published in the February 2024 issue of Stone Poetry Quarterly)

  • Cradling (published in the October 2022 issue of The Bluebird Word)

  • Lawns (published in issue 5 of Poetry Leaves, 2020)

  • Mute (published on June 10, 2020 by The Voices Project)

  • Tense (published in issue 3 of Too Well Away Literary Journal)

  • Uncentered (published as one of four poems in the Spring 2020 issue of Soul-Lit)

  • Entry (published in Outliers, Conclave Literary Journal Book 5, 2020)

  • The path of darkness (published in issue 3 (Spring 2020) of The Dark Sire)

• Reflections on history series

  • The heavy land (published in the Spring 2022 issue of J Journal)

  • Time, here, who, mutation (published in the Spring 2022 issue of J Journal)

  • New stage (published in Nine Cloud Journal, issue 1, August 2020)

  • Incandescent (published in table//FEAST, 2023)

  • Zyklon Briefing (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

  • Neocon fable, mythologized with tabloids (published in issue 8 of Main Squeeze, March 20, 2023)

  • Junctions (published in issue 115 of the Arlington Literary Journal, 2019)

  • Mighty past (published in the anthology The Experiment Will Not Be Bound, 2022)

  • Madrigals of war and love (published in The Decadent Review)

  • The Count of Nevers

• Poems inspired by place

  • The daylight lingers in the summer till repose (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 412)

  • Dolores Heights sky (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 410)

  • House at the shore (published in Volume 24 of Steam Ticket)

  • Emily Dickinson at the Coronation Café (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

  • Unfashionable words (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • In the shadow of abundance (published in the Winter 2020 issue of The Courtship of Winds)

  • Middle East series

    • Why we stopped in Petra (published in issue 13 of Panoply, August 2019)

• Everyday scenes

  • Urban portrait (published in the Spring 2020 issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, page 408)

  • Aubade (The silent oboe) (published in issue VII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Lawns (published in issue 5 of Poetry Leaves, 2020)

  • Changes around here (published in the inaugural issue of WhimsicalPoet, February 2021)

  • Warehouses (published in the 14th edition of DASH Literary Journal in May 2021)

  • Waiting out the rain (published in issue 77 of Offcourse, June 20, 2019)

  • A day like the others (published in the 2022 issue of Cæsura)

  • Nooks (published as one of six poems in issue #2 of Ranger magazine)

  • Interlopers (published in issue 9 ofBook of Matches)

  • 5:34 (published in miller’s pond)

  • Cradling (published in the October 2022 issue of The Bluebird Word)

  • Reminder (published in NOMADartx Review)

• Wry humor

  • Reminder (published in NOMADartx Review)

  • Palindrome (published in The RavensPerch on September 11, 2023)

  • Do not repeat your self (published in the Spring 2020 issue of WestWard Quarterly)

  • Emily Dickinson at the Coronation Café (published in issue #4 of Ranger magazine in 2024)

  • Picking up stones (published in DASH Literary Journal, Volume 12, Spring 2019)

  • Incandescent (published in table//FEAST, 2023)

  • Cityspans

  • Interlopers (published in issue 9 ofBook of Matches)

  • Half life (published in the Summer 2022 issue of Vita Poetica, along with my audio recording)

  • Stuffed (published in an Essential anthology)

  • No longer (published in issue VIII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • Economics (published in the Fall 2021 issue of WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry)

  • At the rehearsal (published in the Fall 2021 issue of WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry)

  • Changes around here (published in the inaugural issue of WhimsicalPoet, February 2021)

  • Tense (published in issue 3 of Too Well Away Literary Journal)

• Miscellaneous poems

  • Four virtues (published in the Fall/Winter 2021 issue of Soul-Lit)

  • Straggler (published in the April 2020 Spring Gallery of Kosmos Journal.

  • Polkas (published in The Closed Eye Open as the last entry in Maya’s Micros of May 12, 2021)

  • Tarshish (published in issue VII of the Heron Clan anthology)

  • In our house

  • Rare earths (published in Dumbo Press on March 3, 2024)

  • Buried (published in issue 8 of Genre: Urban Arts, Summer 2019)

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