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Today, my author's copy of RFD Magazine Issue #206, "Nature," arrived in the mail. This issue includes "Elephant Walk," a piece of memoir about how Warren taught me to be deliberate in my movement.
It's a fun read, in a magazine of long-standing in the queer community: https://www.rfdmag.org/online-issues/RFD-206/RFD-206-Online.html#page=34
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Last week, Moonstone Arts Center held their celebration of poets who were featured readers at the Fergie's Pub series in Philadelphia. This included two readings, one online, the other at the Free Library in Philadelphia.
Work from the featured readers has been collected into an anthology, available on their web site:
https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/featured-poets-2025/QOL35PBJL
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This morning, Silly Goose Press published their "Pride Out Loud" issue, including my poem "Gawayne Ever After," in which Warren does green stuff.
It's a quick read and it even includes a short recording of yours truly reading the poem. Check it out! And peruse the other pieces in this issue!
https://sillygoosepress.com/pride-out-loud/gawayne-ever-after
Happy Pride!
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Last Sunday, in a celebration conducted over Zoom, October Project announced the winners of their annual poetry contest. I'm thrilled to say that my poem "Trefoil," in which I ponder a stalk of clover and the world's religions, snagged an honorable mention.
#poem #poetry #writing #nature #religion #OctoberProject #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq
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Today, my author's copy of RFD Magazine Issue #206, "Nature," arrived in the mail. This issue includes "Elephant Walk," a piece of memoir about how Warren taught me to be deliberate in my movement.
It's a fun read, in a magazine of long-standing in the queer community: https://…
Yesterday, @CrayfishMag Issue Number 3 went live! This issue includes my bit of memoir, "Golgotha:" https://www.crayfishmag.com/david-milley-golgotha
This story, another about my experiences as a kid in Orangeburg in the early 1960s, was p…
This morning, Silly Goose Press published their "Pride Out Loud" issue, including my poem "Gawayne Ever After," in which Warren does green stuff.
It's a quick read and it even includes a short recording of yours truly reading the poem. Che…
The judges for this competition were Sam Aureli, Richard Blanco, Mark Boyle, Kirsty Manning, Chiwenite Onyekwelu, and Tom Toce. I'm honored that they gave my work this recognition!
Marina Belica, Julie Flanders, and Emil Adler are the memb…
Last Sunday, in a celebration conducted over Zoom, October Project announced the winners of their annual poetry contest. I'm thrilled to say that my poem "Trefoil," in which I ponder a stalk of clover and the world's religions, snagged an …
Last week, Moonstone Arts Center held their celebration of poets who were featured readers at the Fergie's Pub series in Philadelphia. This included two readings, one online, the other at the Free Library in Philadelphia.
Work from the fe…
Today, SugarSugarSalt Lit Magazine re-published my bit of memoir, "Hospitality," a recollection of a family meal at a newly integrated Howard Johnson's in the early 1960s.
https://sugarsugarsaltlit.substack.com/p/hospitality-by-david-mill…
This issue of Shadowplay resides at https://shadowplaylit.blogspot.com/p/issue-4.html. My story isn't one of the free samples, though, so if you want to read it, it's available (for only nine bucks!) from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sha…
The editors at Shadowplay have provided a good home for my memoir piece, "Penn's Landing," a story about a long wintertime walk fifty years ago that took a dramatic turn. I'm especially proud of this piece; I feel like I've really captured…
Another poem published today! Kreatif Magazine has given my poem, "The Man You Feared," a home. You can read it here: https://kreatifzine.com/writers/writer-spring-2026/david-milley-usa/
In the printed version of Kreatif magazine, the edit…
Today's a two-fer day! This afternoon, the Spring 2026 issue of Remington Review went live. My poem about Maya Angelou is on page 6: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/0ce8696311.html#page/12
Next month will be twelve years since her passing. S…
This morning, the Origami Poems Project published another set of my little poems about Wade Whimsies, "Aquarium Set," as a foldable microchap. You can download the .pdf file of this set for free here: https://www.origamipoems.com/images/Mi…
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Long-time married queer, gay man, retired developer and tech writer, enjoying time with hubby and writing seriously again, mostly verse and memoir.
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