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Archives for December 2021

Moist Poetry Journal | Poem by Koss

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This is nearly a month late, but I’ve been struggling with a photo I bought of Harold’s hearse (from the movie Harold and Maude) and finally finished it today. Was pleased to get accepted into Moist Poetry Journal, a queerish journal and feminist space started by Han Vanderhart. This particular sequence of poems was guest edited by Jennifer Funk. Check out my poem or ALL of the wonderful poems on the Moist Poetry site. Moist Poetry publishes a single (or sometimes double) poem three times a week.

Holy Jesus-Free Bingo Hall, a poem by Koss in Moist Poetry Journal

Indecision | Koss | Crossword Art

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Crossword Poem/Art by Koss, graphite over text
Crossword Poem/Art by Koss

Sometimes less is more. Sometimes I can’t believe in language. But all that really matters is the pencil, the brush, and this moment. Check out some of my other crossword poems and art in my blog. You can also navigate by the categories. Thanks for visiting.

Celestial Work | Koss | Crossword Poem

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Celestial Work, a Crossword Poem by Koss, graphite on mounted newsprint crossword puzzle

Another crossword poem/drawing. It’s made of graphite crayon, pencil and washes. Check out some other recent posts for more.

Calves, a Crossword Poem

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Crossword poem made from crossword word list and graphite washes with black blacked out words
Calves, a Crossword Poem Drawing by Koss

Another crossword poem (or the crossword list). Graphite and liquid graphite on mounted crossword poem.

Schuylkill Valley Journal | Dispatches | Publication

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Very happy to have this experimental writing, Because You Are Gone: I Dream You Laughing in Schuylkill Valley Journal Dispatches. When Schuylkill editor Rob Kaniuk wrote me and said it was “kick ass,” it confirmed my suspicion it was finished and gives me the confidence to stay strange (and experimental). Schuylkill’s Dispatches is an online feature where they publish genre-defying writing. They also have online issues, plus they publish a bi-annual print journal. They’ve been publishing for about 30 years.

I wrote this piece in a really great Bending Genre’s workshop with one of my favorite fiction writers, Meg Tuite. I highly recommend their workshops. They usually span two to three days and you post your work (and share feedback) in their proprietary system (it’s not Zoom, so we don’t have to worry about someone stealing our details).

Akashic bits is, I believe, a catchall genre for stories–the dreams, the past, the future, the everywhen–all floating out there in the ether.

dream black snake b&w ink drawing with woman's head eating a bird and her tail curled around a dead rabbit
Schuyllkill Valley Journal Dispatches Publication by Koss, Illustration by Koss

Chiron Review 124 | Poetry

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Very happy to have poems in Chiron Review 124. Love this cover art. Chiron is a 40+ year-old lit mag publishing writers like Marge Piercy, Lyn Lifshin and Charles Bukowski. It was created by Michael Hathaway in 1981 and was published in a tabloid format, as many journals were then. I’m so thrilled to be in this cool journal and published alongside people like Lyn Lifshin who inspired me when I was young. Tobi Alfier, J.C. Alfier, and Alexis Rhone Fancher are also in this issue. I thought I was slated for the spring issue, so it was a nice surprise to see this pop up on social yesterday. More updates soon. I’m behind in these announcements.

Skins promo poem with cover of Chiron 124 and clownish boy sitting in chair with candle
Skins, a poem by Koss in Chiron Review, issue 124
Space Mermaid poetry excerpt with Chiron 124 cover and boy with clown paint and candle in chair on blue background
Space Mermaid poem by Koss in Chiron 124

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