New Years poems published

 Not poems about New Years, just on/near the start of the year.

First, there were two poems that technically came out on the last day of the year in the third issue of SpecPoVerse. "Six images in the mist" is a horror (ish) poem of the spooky things a person sees from their rowboat. There's meant to be a bit of a Wallace Stevens "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" feel to it. "The Unpredictability of Space Rocks," meanwhile is an SF poem, but on a planet more like Italo Calvino might imagine than what a scientist would propose as plausible. 

Both poems are available at that link, and in the upper right hand corner there should be an option for "Readings" where you can hear me read them both.

The very next day, another poem of mine was published, in the new issue of Kaleidotrope. "The Palms that Tear Through Human Thought" is a sonnet, with some minor playing around with the structure. It was inspired by artwork that another poet shared as a possible prompt, an image (not AI-generated!) of a plant with leaves or fronds that morph into human hands at the ends.

As always, this issue of Kaleidotrope is full of excellent and unique stories and poems, so give the whole issue a read.