Poetry by Jennifer Lagier

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2025

Shadow Government, The Five-Two, April 21, 2025
Sacred Space, Formidable Woman Sanctuary: Solace, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2025 (scroll down)
Recovery, Dear O Deer, Issue 4, March 9, 2025 (scroll down)
Three Flash Memoirs, Ovunque Siamo, Winter 2025
New Year's Wetland Ramble, Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 2025

2024

Over the Threshold, Anti-Heroin Chic, Issue 36, December 2024
Malpractice, Silver Birch Press, All About My Mother Series, December 2024
Seven Poems, Medusa's Kitchen, December 2024
Soliloquy, Wild Greens, December 1, 2024
Brandt's Cormorants and Brown Pelicans, Kelp Journal: The Wave, October 24, 2024
My Brief Life as a Dean, McNeece Review, September 23, 2024
Moon Madness, Periwinkle Pelican, August 15, 2024
Fluidity, New Verse Review, August 2024
Remembering How to Fly and Windmills, Raven's Perch, August 6, 2024
Pasta Prodigy, Monterey Poetry Review, Fall 2024
Waterbearer, Halcyone: HerWords, Spring 2024
Forbidden Fruit, Silver Birch Press, February 5, 2024
Smudge, Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 2024

2023

Aurora Borealis, Poetry Breakfast, December 21, 2023
Colibri, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, October 14, 2023
Gratitude, Formidable Woman Sanctuary: International Journal of Literature & Art, (scroll down), Fall 2023
Guest of Honor, Hyacinth Review, 2023
Stellar Jays, Monterey Poetry Review, Fall 2023
Thoughts and Prayers, The Five-Two, August 14, 2023
Guiding Light, Poetry Breakfast, August 14, 2023
Crone's Secret, Poetry Breakfast, August 1, 2023
Initiation, Bright Flash Literary Review, July 5, 2023
Lunar Burlesque, Poetry Breakfast, July 3, 2023
Recovering Catholic, Syndic Literary Journal, June 2023
Wildflower Ramble, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, May 29, 2003
Three poems, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, May 25, 2023
Delight in Dirt & First Iris, Cosmic Daffodil, May 1, 2023
Hate Crime, The Five-Two Crime Poetry, May 1, 2023
A Few Small Nips, The Five-Two Crime Poetry, March 20, 2023
Cologne Misadventure, Ephemeral Literary Review, February 15, 2023
Strasbourg Soaking, Ovunque Siamo, Winter 2023
Breaking the Drought, The Poet Magazine, February 2023
Roe v. Wade Falls, The Five-Two Crime Poetry, January 23, 2023
Between Seasons, Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 2023

2022

Atmospheric Disturbance, Maelstrom, Squall, Audio readings in Syndic, December 2022
Aunty Sandy's Banana Bread, Silver Birch Press, One Good Memory, December 2022
Ghosts of Christmases Past, Flying Dodo, December 2022
In the Mansion of Stars, Formidable Woman Sanctuary 2022 (scroll to page 69)
Four narrated poems, Syndic Literary Journal, October 2022
Fifties Flashback, Poet Magazine, October 2022 (scroll to view poem)
Three poems, San Francisco Peace and Hope: Honoring Ukraine, A Tribute, 2022
Sainthood, Oyster River Pages, Issue 6, 2022
Higher Ground, Monterey Poetry Review, Fall 2022
Road to Hana , Ovunque Siamo, Summer 2022
Uvalde is Family to Me, Syndic Literary Review, June 2022 (scroll down to second poem)
Nothing is Normal Here, The Five-Two Crime Poetry Weekly, June 13, 2022
Hope, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, June 13, 2022
La Machina, Ovunque Siamo, Spring 2022
Ascension, Splash, Haunted Waters Press, 2022
Borrowed , Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 2022

2021

Green Guerilla, Silver Birch Press, How to Heal the Earth Theme, November 7, 2021
Pastoral Counseling, Rat's Ass Review, Winter 2021
Transformations, Monterey Poetry Review, Fall 2021
Weeping in the Promised Land, Syndic Literary Review, September 2021
Heloise's Epistle, The Five-Two, July 5, 2021
Dialogues With the Dead, Silver Birch Press, I Am Still Waiting Series, July 7, 2021
Absolution and Dirty Fingernails, Pif Magazine, July 1, 2021
Windless Twilight, Pangolin Review, Issue 19, June 22, 2021 (scroll down to view poem)
Alzheimer's Evening, Pangolin Review, Issue 18, April 30, 2021 (scroll down to view poem)
Cape Flattery: 1969-1972 and Language I Knew in Another Life, Syndic Literary Review, June 2021
How to Squander a Sunny Day, Silver Birch Press, How to Series, April 18, 2021
Woodpecker, Wish List and What I Treasure, Ravensperch, April 12, 2021
Cloud Angel, Humana Obscura (pg. 68), Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2021
A Matter of Conscience, Butterfly Effect, Quarantine Prayer, Syndic Literary Review, January 17, 2021
Whiner-in-Chief, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 17, 2021
Subtext, Monterey Poetry Review, January 15, 2021
Broken Democracy (scroll to second poem), Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 14, 2021

2020

1965 Sex Education and Love Beds, Oye Drum, 2020
Shooting Star, SPLASH, Haunted Waters Press, December 4, 2020
Shitting on the American People on His Way to Hell, Winedrunk Sidewalk, December 1, 2020
Freedom's Frontliners, Syndic Literary Journal, Special Election Issue, November 1, 2020
Pere Lachaise, Poetry and Places, October 24, 2020
Three Poems, Delta Poetry Review, October 2020
Projection, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 15, 2020
Fifth Period Felony , Rat's Ass Review, Winter 2020
Persistent Memory, Silver Birch Press, Poetry and Places, October 6, 2020
October Unsurprise, Winedrunk Sidewalk, September 14, 2020
Carmel Valley/Cachagua Firefighters, Silver Birch Press, Prime Movers Series, September 2, 2020
Camille Comes Unglued, The Sock Drawer, September 1, 2020
Quarantine Prayer, Monterey Poetry Review, Fall 2020
Madrid, Poetry and Places, September 1, 2020
COVID Dissonance, Winedrunk Sidewalk, August 27, 2020
Hard and Chain Store Hell, Syndic Literary Journal, No. 31, August 2020
Montmarte Adventure, Silver Birch Press, Landmark Series, July 9, 2020
Mass Delusion, Winedrunk Sidewalk, July 9, 2020
Independence Day and Thinning the Herd , Syndic Literary Journal, July 4, 2020
Hidden Blessings, Monterey County Weekly, July 2, 2020
Deep-rooted and Trail's End, Flare Journal, Issue 1, June 2020
Rise Up , Winedrunk Sidewalk, June 25, 2020
Masked , Silver Birch Press, Wearing a Mask Series, June 17, 2020
Last Things, Winedrunk Sidewalk, June 16, 2020
50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love , Songs of Eretz, June 2020 (scroll down)
Maui Sunrise and Grandpa's Hands , Mystical Muse, June 2020 (scroll down)
Strategies for Surviving tRump Virus , Winedrunk Sidewalk, May 31, 2020
Under White Fingers of the Moon, Birdsong Journal, May 21, 2020
Stick Houses, Pangolin Review, Issue 16, May 8, 2020
Homecoming, Red Eft Review, May 12, 2020
Boundaries , Winedrunk Sidewalk, May 5, 2020
Albino Hydrangea & Fisherman's Wharf , Raw Dog Press (scroll down to May 2020)
Pandemic, Winedrunk Sidewalk, April 13, 2020
Over the Moon, Ripple Effect, On the Verge, Mystical Muse, April 2020
Entry, Silver Birch Press, My Front Door Series, March 23, 2020
Faux News, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 22, 2020
Sociopathic Sucker, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 11, 2020
Retribution Tour, Winedrunk Sidewalk, February 24, 2020
Acquittal, Winedrunk Sidewalk, February 7, 2020
Rearranging Deck Chairs on the S.S. Trumptanic, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 31, 2020
Moscow Mitch's Kangaroo Court, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 20, 2020
Maui Sunrise, Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 2020
Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Flashback, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 12, 2020
Sympathy for the Devil, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 4, 2020

2019

Ghosts of Christmases Past, Winedrunk Sidewalk, December 19, 2019
Santa's Walk of Shame, Winedrunk Sidewalk, December 11, 2019
White Fire of the Stars, Speckled Trout Review, Fall 2019
How Democracy Dies, Winedrunk Sidewalk, November 30, 2019
Moments Like This, Winedrunk Sidewalk, November 2, 2019
To The End, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 26, 2019
The Last of Your Mind, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 19, 2019
Smooth as ICE, I Am Not a Silent Poet, October 7, 2019
Chain Store Hell, Winedrunk Sidewalk, September 9, 2019
Two Poems, I Am Not a Silent Poet, September 5, 2019
End of Days, Winedrunk Sidewalk, September 2, 2019
No Resistance, No Thoughts of Their Own, Winedrunk Sidewalk, August 19, 2019
2 Poems, I Am Not a Silent Poet, July 25, 2019
5 Poems, Syndic Literary Journal, Social Justice Issue, No. 21, 2019
Delight in Dirt, Monterey Poetry Review, July 1, 2019
Here in America, Winedrunk Sidewalk, May 23, 2019
High Pressure Wild Card, Plum Tree Tavern, May 11, 2019
Full of Trash, Winedrunk Sidewalk, May 6, 2019
Co-dependence, Winedrunk Sidewalk, April 13, 2019
The Dead-before-death Gang, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 18, 2019
A New War, Winedrunk Sidwalk, March 15, 2019
A Matter of Conscience, Progressive Poetics, 2019
Goddess-zilla Gets Woke, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 10, 2019
The Mango Moron Cries Wolf, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 1, 2019
Maelstrom, Nature Writing, February 27, 2019
Insanity, I Am Not a Silent Poet, January 11, 2019
Scotch and Water and A Jagged Wretchedness, The Homestead Review, No. 41, 2019

2018

Out of Choice, I Am Not a Silent Poet, November 29, 2018
Mastectomy, Survivors Review, November 2018
Wicked, Winedrunk Sidewalk, November 2, 2018
Not Much Will, I Am Not a Silent Poet, October 31, 2018
Confirmation, I Am Not a Silent Poet, October 29, 2018
Schoolboy, I Am Not a Silent Poet, October 29, 2018
Autumn Trilogy (scroll down page), Creativity Webzine, Issue 100, October 4, 2018
Rape Culture, Winedrunk Sidewalk, September 27, 2018
Crazy, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Septembr 16, 2018
Deer in the Headlights, Voice of Eve, September 4, 2018
Resistance Poetry, Syndic, No. 19, July 2018
Crazy, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 27, 2018
In the Dust, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 20, 2018
Haters, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 20, 2018
Serafina's Choice, New Verse News, June17, 2018
Intelligence, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 7, 2018
New Complexities, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 7, 2018
Hang 'Em High, I Am Not a Silent Poet, May 17, 2018
Eulogy, I Am Not a Silent Poet, May 17, 2018
All of Them Out, Winedrunk Sidewalk, May 4, 2018
Everywhere, In Between Hangovers, April 14, 2018
Idiot Nation, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 29, 2018
What You Do and In the Shadow of That Wall, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 28, 2018
Revolution, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 21, 2018
Assault, In Between Hangovers, March 11, 2018
Women's March 2018, Winedrunk Sidewalk, March 3, 2018
National Security, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 27, 2018
Stupid, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 26, 2018
Black Night, Winedrunk Sidewalk, February 21, 2018
Nomad and Ellis Island Reversal, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 10, 2018
Dangerous Ladies, In Between Hangovers, February 8, 2018
Tiny Agonies, I Am Not a Silent Poet, January 20, 2018
The Wall, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 16, 2018
Raincloud Sunrise, Nature Writing, January 14, 2018
President Turd, I Am Not a Silent Poet, January 13, 2018
A Crazy One, Winedrunk Sidewalk, January 10, 2018
Low Rent, In Between Hangovers, January 5, 2018
They'll Learn the Read Story Soon Enough and Christmas Gift, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Jan. 4, 2018
Low Rent, Poet Republik, January 3, 2018

2017

Immaculate Unconcern, Winedrunk Sidewalk, December 22, 2017
Bliss, The Ekphrastic Review, December 16, 2017
Too Little, In Between Hangovers, December 2, 2017
Four Poems (scroll down page to access each link), Syndic No. 17, December 2017
Intolerable Conditions, Winedrunk Sidewalk, November 16, 2017
Forget It, Winedrunk Sidewalk, November 5, 2017
Waiting on Death, In Between Hangovers, November 4, 2017
Take a Knee, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 28, 2017
A New War, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 22, 2017
Passion Has Its Own Way, In Between Hangovers, October 10, 2017
The Unfairness of the Game, Winedrunk Sidewalk, October 9, 2017
Trumpery, Winedrunk Sidewalk, September 30, 2017
Ponder Our Imbecilities, In Between Hangovers, September 19, 2017
Monterey Marina, Descent, Stone Cottage at Sunrise, Monterey Poetry Review, Sept. 15, 2017
The Arena, I Am Not a Silent Poet, September 3, 2017
The Longest Gamble, I Am Not a Silent Poet, September 3, 2017
What They Were Told to Do, In Between Hangovers, August 30, 2017
One Collapses, Surrenders, Winedrunk Sidewalk, August 15, 2017
The Night the Muse Dumped You, In Between Hangovers, August 11, 2017
Demonic Duo, Songs of Eretz, Poetry Review, August 9, 2017
The Greatest, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Day 192, July 30, 2017
Drizzle, Solitary Confinement, Debris Flow, Ravensperch, July 25, 2017
Floodwaters Run, In Between Hangovers, July 22, 2017
Blood & Memories, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Day 181, July 19, 2017
Frog Pond, Safe Harbor, Rouge, Poetrymagazine.com, July 2017
Where the Poor Come to Live, In Between Hangovers, June 30, 2017
he Unfairness of the Game, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 19, 2017
No Reason to Laugh, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 19, 2017
Punishment is Love, I Am Not a Silent Poet, June 19, 2017
Serpents, In Between Hangovers, June 5, 2017
Touched by Magic, In Between Hangovers, May 11, 2017
Chain Store Hell, Silver Birch Press, My First Job Series, May 8, 2017
Grace, Parentheses, Issue 1, 2017
Can't Quit, In Between Hangovers, April 16, 2017
Three poems, The Potomac, Winter 2017
Huddled Together Under the Whip, In Between Hangovers, March 24, 2017
The Ring, Silver Birch Press, Lost & Found Series, March 20, 2017
Dispatches From Carnival Culture, In Between Hangovers, March 3, 2017
Lean Back Into It, In Between Hangovers, February 8, 2017
Given Over to the Pettiest Rancor, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 7, 2017
America's Bad Romance, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 7, 2017
Deal With the Devil, I Am Not a Silent Poet, February 3, 2017
Siege, I Am Not a Silent Poet, January 28, 2017
The Emperor Has No Clothes, Rat's Ass Review, Such an Ugly Time Series, Jan. 27, 2017
Tastes Bitter, I Am Not a Silent Poet, January 27, 2017
Never See Morning, The Five-Two, January 23, 2017.
The New Dark Age, Rat's Ass Review, Such an Ugly Time Series, January 20, 2017
No Thoughts of Their Own, In Between Hangovers, January 18, 2017
At 17, 1967, Silver Birch Press, Me, At 17 Series, January 5, 2017

2016

White Noise, Your One Phone Call, December 31, 2016
No Courage There, In Between Hangovers, December 30, 2016
Red Sky in Morning, Nature Writing, December 10, 2016
I Am One of Them, In Between Hangovers, December 10, 2016
In My What the Hell Hat, Silver Birch Press, Hat Series, December 1, 2016
Thistle, Nature Writing, November 26, 2016
Loud Laughing Wenches, Your One Phone Call, November 25, 2016
I Got My Guns at Al's, In Between Hangovers, November 18, 2016
Plumeria, Nature Writing, November 9, 2016
Gastronomical Archive, Silver Birch Press, Prized Series, November 7, 2016
All the Faces Become Walls, Your One Phone Call, October 29, 2016
Midnight Adventure With Alice and Ralph, In Between Hangovers, October 27, 2016
Restoration, Nature Writing, October 15, 2016
We Ponder Our Imbecilities, I Am Not a Silent Poet, October 9, 2016
Nothing to Declare, In Between Hangovers, October 5, 2016
If I Listened to Mom, Silver Birch Press, If I Series, October 3, 2016
Like a Movie, Your One Phone Call, Sept. 23, 2016
Home Sweet Home, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Sept. 22, 2016
Like a Movie, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Sept. 22, 2016
Malpractice, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Sept. 22, 2016
Turfed, Strafed by Life, Psychedelic Sailboat, Creativity Website, Sept. 19, 2016 (scroll down)
Reek, The Five-Two Crime Poetry Blog, Sept. 12, 2016
Trumpiness, In Between Hangovers, Sept. 9, 2016
Exodus,, Silver Birch Press, When I Moved Series, Sept. 5, 2016
Morning Meander and Moon Fall, GFT Press, September 2016
A Little Prelude to Death, In Between Hangovers, August 23, 2016
Soberanes Fire 2016, New Verse News, August 19, 2016
Fall Like Empires, In Between Hangovers, August 10, 2016
Five Poems, Anti-Heroin Chic, August 10, 2016
Movie Stars, The Potomac, Summer 2016
Living for Free, In Between Hangovers, August 2, 2016
This Arena, Your One Phone Call, July 31, 2016
Farce, I Am Not a Silent Poet, July 24, 2016
Everything Just Stays the Same, I Am Not a Silent Poet, July 24, 2016
Domestic Violence, I Am Not a Silent Poet, July 24, 2016
Strange Lonely Men, In Between Hangovers, July 24, 2016
Sleeping With John Lennon, In Between Hangovers, July 15, 2016
On the Beach, Silver Birch Press, Beach & Pool Memories Series, July 13, 2016
She Comes, In Between Hangovers, July 6, 2016
This is Plagiarism, Your One Phone Call, July 4, 2016
Sliced Like Pie, In Between Hangovers, June 26, 2016
Solstice Moon, Dead Snakes, June 24, 2016
Diva, Silver Birch Press, My Imaginary Skill Series, June 22, 2016
Please Tell Me Something That Will Help, Dead Snakes, June 17, 2016
Once You Get the Taste, In Between Hangovers, June 17, 2016
We're In Trouble But We Don't Know What To Do, Dead Snakes, June 14, 2016
The Edge, Centrifugal Eye, Unformed Theme, pg. 52, Winter/Spring 2016
Their Bodies Were Worn, In Between Hangovers, June 12, 2016
Blindfolded & Up Against the Wall, Dead Snakes, June 11, 2016
Under the Whip, In Between Hangovers, June 7, 2016
How Did We Get Here?, Your One Phone Call, June 5, 2016
You Can Have It All, Dead Snakes, June 4, 2016
Drank Themselves to Death, In Between Hangovers, June 2, 2016
Death is Not the Tragedy, In Between Hangovers, May 28, 2016
May Moon, The Skinny Poetry Journal, May 25, 2016
Detritus, Dead Snakes, May 25, 2016
The Candidate, In Between Hangovers, May 19, 2016
Three Poems, Dead Snakes, May 12, 2016
Like a Leper in a Beauty Contest, In Between Hangovers, May 11, 2016
Like Riding a Bike, Silver Birch Press, Starting to Ride Series, May 6, 2016
Thinking of Bette Davis, In Between Hangovers, May 3, 2016
Moving Toward Death, Dead Snakes, May 2, 2016
Slant, The Skinny Poetry Journal, April 29, 2016
Pike Place Public Market, In Between Hangovers, April 27, 2016
Camille and the Criminal Element, In Between Hangovers, April 23, 2016
Better Than Immortality, Dead Snakes, April 21, 2016
Ask for No Mercy, In Between Hangovers, April 18, 2016
Afraid of the Smudge, In Between Hangovers, April 15, 2016
The Five-Two Crime Poetry Blog, April 11, 2016
Dead Snakes, April 11, 2016
Driver's Ed, Silver Birch Press, Learning to Drive Series, April 8, 2016
Your One Phone Call, April 5, 2016
Dead Snakes, April 1, 2016
Dead Snakes, March 21, 2016
Dead Snakes, March 17, 2016
Five Poems, Syndic Literary Journal, March 2016
Your One Phone Call, March 13, 2016
Dead Snakes, Feb. 22, 2016
Mane Events, Silver Birch Press, My Mane Memories Series, Feb. 16, 2016
Dead Snakes, Feb. 15, 2016
Rat's Ass Review, Love & Ensuing Madness Theme, Jan. 30, 2016
Three Camille Poems, The Potomac, Winter 2016
Dead Snakes, Jan. 22, 2016
Dead Snakes, Jan. 22, 2016
Namesake, Silver Birch Press, Same As Me Series, Jan. 17, 2016
Dead Snakes, Jan. 13, 2016
Fired, Post Card Poems and Prose, Jan. 11, 2016
Cinderella's Support Group , Silver Birch Press, Me in Fiction Series

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2014

2013

Older Poetry Publications

Sugar Mule: Women Writing Nature
Homestead Review , 2012
Homestead Review, 2011
Homestead Review, 2009
Monterey Poetry Review, 2008 (2 poems)
Monterey Poetry Review, 2008 (1 poem)
Homestead Review, 2008
Homestead Review, Fall/Winter 2007, No. 24
Homestead Review, Spring/Summer 2007, No. 23
FutureCycle Poetry, 2007
Homestead Review , Fall 2006, No. 22
Monterey Poetry Review , Fall/Winter 2006, Vol. 2, No. 3
Centrifugal Eye, Summer 2006
Monterey Poetry Review, Winter 2005, Vol. 1, No. 3
Homestead Review, Spring/Summer 2005
whimperbang, Issue 7 , July 2005
Homestead Review, Spring 2003
Homestead Review, Fall/Winter 2001
Slipstream: Confirmation
Voices in Italian Americana: 3 Poems

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