The initial purpose of Symmetry of Birds was to round out my trio of blogs/zines, which include Clockwise Cat and Miro Screaming (now defunct). All three blogs incorporate or adapt lines or titles from poems I have written. Clockwise Cat, my webzine, gets its namesake from one of my favorite self-penned poems; Miro Screaming, which was my rant-blog, evolved from my poem, "Miro's Scream"; and "a symmetry of birds" is part of the concluding line of my poem, "Silent Symmetry," published in Blue Fifth Review in February, 2008.
(We must also call attention to curiouser and curiouser: the cure, cerebrally speaking, my Cure-blog, which is no longer active, but is up for posterity and eternity, because I still love ALL things Cure, and always will.)
So anyway. Symmetry of Birds is the gathering place of all my online published work. My online published work encompasses poetry, reviews, and political polemics (also known as rants). I rarely write fiction these days, though once upon a time I was a prolific short story scribe. Maybe one day I will get back into fiction, but for now, I reserve my creative zeal for verse and invectives (the two birds whose polar styles serve to balance each other - hence the title of this blog).
So anyway. What I do in this blog is provide links to a given published piece, and also paste the actual piece. There are several instances here where the website link no longer works, due to the site shutting down. However, I have simply left the links up for now.
Please be aware that this is a perennial work in progress.
Enjoy!
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Published Poetry
Alison Ross Reads Misanthropic Buddha for National Poetry Month at Bound to be Read Books, April 2012
Alison Ross Reads at the Hot! Hot! Hot! Poetry Event at Bound to Be Read Books, 2010
Brownstone Poets Featured Reader July 2018
Brownstone Poets Featured Reader 2017
Alison Ross Reads at the Hot! Hot! Hot! Poetry Event at Bound to Be Read Books, 2010
Brownstone Poets Featured Reader July 2018
Brownstone Poets Featured Reader 2017
Clockwise Cats Chapbook at Fowlpox Press
Miro's Poesie (chapbook) at Fowlpox Press
Monster Sermons (chapbook) at Dancing Girl Press
Clockwise Cat: The Prequel
Clockwise Cats Reviewed by David McLean
Clockwise Cats Reviewed at First Literary Review - East
Shortlist for the 2014 Erbacce Prize
Long Shortlist for the 2012 Erbacce Prize
Best of Net Nomination at Up the Staircase
Best of the Net Nomination at Poetic Diversity
New Orleans Poetry Festival Roundtable Presenter
Reader at Decatur Book Festival Local Poetry Stage
Clockwise Cats Reviewed by David McLean
Clockwise Cats Reviewed at First Literary Review - East
Shortlist for the 2014 Erbacce Prize
Long Shortlist for the 2012 Erbacce Prize
Best of Net Nomination at Up the Staircase
Best of the Net Nomination at Poetic Diversity
New Orleans Poetry Festival Roundtable Presenter
Reader at Decatur Book Festival Local Poetry Stage
cubic aftermath at Al-Khemia Poetica
Featured Poet at Surreal Poetics
In My Death I Wander at Unlikely Stories
Psychedelic Disco at Window Cat Press
The four-dimensional woman and the jazz-scented moon at Surreal Poetics
Vivid volcano at Uut Poetry
Two Poems at Indefinite Space
Southern Shadowlistic at Visual Verse
Two Poems at poeticdiversity
Featured Poet at Surreal Poetics
In My Death I Wander at Unlikely Stories
Psychedelic Disco at Window Cat Press
The four-dimensional woman and the jazz-scented moon at Surreal Poetics
Vivid volcano at Uut Poetry
Two Poems at Indefinite Space
Southern Shadowlistic at Visual Verse
Two Poems at poeticdiversity
The Moon is a Disc of Despair at poeticdiversity
Dust on a Vision of Hell at Surreal Poetics
Arabic Zero at X-Peri
The infallibility of trees at Of/with
Skeleton poem at Sein und Werden
American Gangster at Visual Verse
Soundshadows at Unlikely Stories
moon coma at The Bitchin' Kitsch
Nihilistic hedonist at Of/with
William Shakespeare is trending at Of/with
Sinister minister at Yellow Chair Review
Empathy for the devil at Dead Snakes
Ebony and Apathy at First Literary Review - East
Two poems at Unlikely Stories
Memory and Shadow at ken*again
I am what I am not yet at MungBeing
Feline and Nothingness at Of/with
Two poems at Sugar Mule
Nine Poems at Fowl Feathered Review 8
Apocalypse later at Full of CrowDust on a Vision of Hell at Surreal Poetics
Arabic Zero at X-Peri
The infallibility of trees at Of/with
Skeleton poem at Sein und Werden
American Gangster at Visual Verse
Soundshadows at Unlikely Stories
moon coma at The Bitchin' Kitsch
Nihilistic hedonist at Of/with
William Shakespeare is trending at Of/with
Sinister minister at Yellow Chair Review
Empathy for the devil at Dead Snakes
Ebony and Apathy at First Literary Review - East
Two poems at Unlikely Stories
Memory and Shadow at ken*again
I am what I am not yet at MungBeing
Feline and Nothingness at Of/with
Two poems at Sugar Mule
Nine Poems at Fowl Feathered Review 8
Rejoice in the Flavor of Now at The Kitchen Poet
Spider syllables aka eight-legged night at MungBeing
Untitled at MungBeing
Time tricks at Zombie Logic Review
Toxic dyslexic at Zombie Logic Review
Eclectic Addict at The Blue Hour
the tiger and the sun at MungBeing
Four poems at Mad Hatter's Review
Anachronistic anarchist at Calliope Nerve
I want to be a surrealist painting at Black Heart Magazine
Miro's ennui at Black Heart Magazine
Coma at The Medulla Review
Vienna summer at Eviscerator Heaven
Negate Tyme aka the riddles at Eviscerator Heaven
Sun Tears at Bolts of Silk
Untitled at Menagerie
Chopin in Chopin with Cherries
cryptic nihilistic at The Battered Suitcase
Kahlo Sky at Up the Staircase
Miro's mirror at Disingenuous Twaddle
Chopin in Chopin with Cherries
cryptic nihilistic at The Battered Suitcase
Kahlo Sky at Up the Staircase
Miro's mirror at Disingenuous Twaddle
Eight poems at Counterexample Poetics
misanthropic Buddha at Word Riot
Miro's Scream at Cerebral Catalyst
Miro's Nightmare at Haggard and Hallo
Clockwise Cat at Cerebral Catalyst
We two at Laika Poetry Review
Chopin at A Little Poetry
Death is imminent and I'm still smiling at Wings of Icarus
Eternity found at Wings of Icarus
Five poems at Mad Swirl
Three poems at Muse Apprentice Guild
Salvador Dalai Lama at Cerebral Catalyst
Silent Symmetry at Blue Fifth Review
misanthropic Buddha at Word Riot
Miro's Scream at Cerebral Catalyst
Miro's Nightmare at Haggard and Hallo
Clockwise Cat at Cerebral Catalyst
We two at Laika Poetry Review
Chopin at A Little Poetry
Death is imminent and I'm still smiling at Wings of Icarus
Eternity found at Wings of Icarus
Five poems at Mad Swirl
Three poems at Muse Apprentice Guild
Salvador Dalai Lama at Cerebral Catalyst
Silent Symmetry at Blue Fifth Review
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