A Polished Period

by Andy Oram

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

• 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)

  • 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)

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

Embodied series

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

• 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

  • 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)

  • Poetry series

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

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

    • 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)

    • 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)

• 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)

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

  • They asked me my religion (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

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

    • 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)

    • 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)

    • 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)

• Social protest series

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

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

  • Safe word

  • 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)

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

  • 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

• 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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)

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

  • Incandescent

  • 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)

  • They built

• Relationships series

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

  • Safe word

  • 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)

  • 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)

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

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

  • 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)

• 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)

  • 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

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

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

  • 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)

  • 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)

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

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

  • Incandescent

  • 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

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

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