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10/09/2018

Bruce Curley Poetry Biography

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack of what is to be found there"

William Carlos Williams, Asphodel, That Greey Flower and Other Love Poems

Poetry Lab Bruce Curley live poetry reading here.

Live readings of Bruce Curley's poetry may be found here.

Screaming Like a Banshee, Feile-Festa Literary Arts Journal, Edited by Frank Polizzi, Spring 20010m Paradiso-Parthas Press, LLC, 214 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10012, http://www.medcelt.org/feile-festa/v005/poetry/curley.html

Girl at the Deli, Feile-Festa Literary Arts Journal, Edited by Frank Polizzi, Poetry Biography Bruce CurleySpring 2009, Paradiso-Parthas Press, LLC, 214 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10012. I read this at KGB in NY, NY.Here's my blog post on this event,
http://www.medcelt.org/feile-festa/v004/poetry/curley.html

With No Apologies, Sarah Bernhardt poem, My Double Life, Musings on Sarah Bernhardt, Eric Finzi Art Publication, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethesda, MD, March 1, 2008 - April 6, 2008, www.heinemanmyers.com



Weavings
Maryland
 Anthology, The Kind of Woman to Marry.




The Pannus IndexNew American Romanticism issue, The Fruit of the Orchard, The Last Rose, A Return to the Oul Sod - Irish & Irish American Writers issue Vol. 2 No.2 Seamus Heaney's Greatest Poem, Lie Down Red Hugh, Lie Down, Giving Speech to the Silence, Jack and Red Hugh O'Donnel, Sometimes I Get It, Spring 1997, Pgs. 50-62, Vol. 1, No. 3; Poem to the Scholars of These Poems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pgs. 12-13, Vincent Bator, Publisher, 160 King StreetNorthamptonMA01060; home.earthlink.net/~bgpress/.Messages From the HeartThe Kind of Woman to Marry, POB 64840, TucsonAZ85728, p.20.Whelks Walk ReviewThe Irish Brigade Memorial, Vol. 1, No. 2, August 1988, SouthamptonNYpgs. 64 - 66.Beyond Lament: Poets of the World Bearing Witness to the Holocaust, Marguerite Striar, Editor, This Broken Silence, p. 240-244, Northwestern University Press, Fall, 1998.Under a Gull's Wing, Poems and Photographs of the Jersey ShoreOn What the Future of Civilization Depends, Frank Finale, Rich Youmans, Eds., Down the Shore Publishing, Box 3100, Harvey Cedars, NJ, 1996, pgs. 169-171.Poems from Farmers ValleyThe Fruit of the Orchard, D. M. Prell, Editor, 18989 Hilltop Road, route 3, Box 191, Sparta, WI, 54656-9536, prellpubl@century internet.netAnthology, The Last Rose, Clara Barton at Antietem, and Cream Donut, July-August, 1997, POB 4411, MesaAZ85211-4411, 602 461 8200, http://elwood.pionet.net/`wberger, tavara@primenet.com.Apocalypse 2Tomato Madness, Thomas H. Hall, Editor, Northeaster Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625, p.2.Baltimore ReviewTiming It Right, Barbara Diehl, Editor, POB 410, RiderwoodMD 21139, Vol. II, No.1, Winter, 1998The Neovictorian/CochleaBinary Star Dance, Spring-Summer 1996, p.13; Beatrice Cameron, Editor, POB 55164, Madison WI, 53705.Lynx EyeThe Kind of Woman to Marry, Fall 1999, Vol. VI, No. 4, p.28; At the Diner II Vol. IV, No. 3, Summer, 1997, p. 56 (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize XXIII; The Need for Saturday Night Poems, Vol III, No.4, Fall, 1996, p. 12 At the Diner, Vol. III, No. 1, Winter, 1996, pgs. 79-83, Pam McCulley, Editor, 1880 Hill Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90041.Mad Poet's ReviewTo Believe in Angels Vol. 14, Fall Issue, Timing It Right, Vol. 12, 1998 Annual Issue, p.5; The Comedians Choice, No. 8, Fall 1993, p. 16; Poetry in Wood, and Of Your Earthen Body, No. 7, Spring 1993, p. 15.Pudding 30Dreaming of Maytag, June, 1996, p.30The Poet's PageCapitance, and The Last Rose, Summer, 1996; Silenced Bird Song, Jan./Feb./Mar. 1995, p.3; Ione K. Pence, Editor, 821 South First StreetPrincetonIL61356.Potomac Review, The Electric Life, Winter 1999-2000, Vol VII, No. 1, p. 60; The Splendid Routine, Vol. IV, No. 3, Summer 1997, p. 69; Mid-Night Milk Run, Vol. III, No. 4, Spring, 1996, p. 69; Coffee Money and Coyote's Lament, Vol. III, No. 1, Winter 1996, pgs. 40-42; Mid-Night Milk Run, Vol. III, No. 2, Spring 1996, p. 69; The Sleep of the Angels, McLean, VA, Fall 1995; Eli Flam, Editor-Publisher, Box 354, Port Tobacco, MD 20677, www.meral.com/potomac
Voices IsraelInto the Swale, Vol. 23, Fall, 1995, p. 68-69, POB 5780, HaifaIsrael.Rain Dog Review, Coyote's Lament, L.S. Gunn, Editor, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter, 1997, Gunn Communications, 547 South 12th StreetSan JoseCA 95112.The Rockford ReviewEverybody Should Have an Aunt Pat, Winter, 1996; Larry Joe Bird, Fall, 1995, p. 14-15; Michelangelo and the Pope, Vol. XIII, No. 3, Summer, 1994., pg. 13; Cindy Guentherman, Poetry Editor, POB 858, Rockford, IL 61105.RACS/Rent-a-Chicken SpeaksPoetry in Wood, Spring, 1995, p.14; Garth Coogan, Editor, POB 1501, Wappingers FallsNY12590.
The Endless Mountain ReviewThe Clown and the Elephant Trainer, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1995, p. 6, Just This Morning, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1993, p. 8Toast, Domestic Bliss for the Manic Depressive, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring, 1995, p. 10, Wendy Renee, Editor, 1320 Standiford Ave., #4-258, Modesto, CA 95350.American ManReturning Home in Fall, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 20; The Life Cycle, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1980; Wedding Poem for Brother Bob, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1981.The ArdenAlbert Einstein's Light, Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring/Summer 1994, p. 55I Am the Serbian Sniper, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall/Winter 1993, p. 64-65.FestivalWedding Poem for Brother Bob, Fairfield Ltd. Press, PA, 1992, p. 4-5.Home Planet NewsReflections on New Surroundings, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 23; After Leaving Rita at the Airport, Vol. 5, 1979, p. 15.S.L.U.G.festThe Life Cycle, Spring 1994, Vol. IV, No. IV, p. 14.SpringMoments Stolen in Between, No. 1, 1979, p. 14.Text-Sounds-TextFactory Mishap, Richard Kostelanetz, Ed., Wm. Morrow, NY, 1980, p. 372.

The Federal PoetThe Blind Can See, Vol. XLI, No. 1, 1984, p. 7; So Serve Acme Ideal Love Christmas Mourning, Vol. XL, No. 3, 1983, p. 2; Your Eyes, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, 1982, p. 20; The Question That Should be on Every Law School Admission Test, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, 1981, p. 20; The World Will End Tonight, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, 1981, p. 7; Children Stoning a Dog, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, 1981, p. 3; Words Never Die, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, 1981, p. 3; The Comedians Choice, Vol. XXVII, 1980, p. 5; The Second Transition, Vol. XXCXVI, No. 3, 1979, p. 9-10.Bardsong, The Journal for Celebrating the Celtic Spirit, Republican, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Midwinter 2005, p.15.

WordWrights!, Argonne Hotel Press. Downed Wires Along the Track, Elegy for Bobby Sands, The Wonder of Poetry, Domestic Bliss for the Manic Depressive, p. 53, No. 19, Sept. - Oct., 2000.

Viking Demons, Screaming Like a Banshee, Permanently Bent Back, Girl at the Deli, No. 16, summer 1999, pgs. 16 and 17 www.wordwrights.com
Web Poetry
Girl at the Deli, Feile-Festa Literary Arts Journal, Edited by Frank Polizzi, Spring 2009Paradiso-Parthas Press, LLC, 214 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10012

http://www.memorialdaywritersproject.com/PoetsPages/Curley.htm, Screaming Like a Banshee, Future Dust, Lament for American Hearts and Minds. www.xeximian.com/brcurleypg.htm (2000) On What the Future of Civilization Dependswww.poetrytonight.com (1999) Permanently Bent Back www83.pair.com/oncue/poetry.html OnCue Poetry Website (1999) The Meaning of Space Silence, Permanently Bent Back, Screaming Like a Banshee


http://wtp62.com/rbr.htm Red Booth Review 1:1 (1999) Roy Orbison Lament
www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/1998/june/curley.htm Poetry Magazine 1998, Celebrating the Plumbing, Lashed to the Rigging, St. Francis Bedside Lament, When Fish Crywww.sergie.com/paulo/vistante.html San PaoloBrazil (1998) When Fish Cry
http://www.writersbbs.com/ Backyard Quiet Salvation, Beating the Black Plague, Coyote's Lament, Eamon's Poem, My True Home, Old American Ways (A Valentine), St. Francis Bedside Lament, The Need for Saturday Poetry
http://wiredheart.hispeed.com/july03/bruce_curley_703.html, Civilization, From the Shithouse to the Penthouse, July-August 2003, http://wiredheart.hispeed.com/august/bruce_curley_poetry.html, Screaming Like a Banshee, Early Warning System, August-September 1999
24.3.130.761/scars/ccdissues/ccd007.htm Children, Churches and Daddies (2000) My Father - Vol. 9, Excerpt from Wedding Poem for Brother Bob - Vol. 6

ZINES
KYEzineMeeting, Gene Kelly, Blizzard 96, Number 5; My Poetry Hangs in Donut Shops, Number 4; Eric Zassenhaus, Editor, Vassar College, 7803 Maple Ridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814.
Flatired
The Serbian Sniper, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995, p. 6-7.
Insomnia & Poetry
Into the Swale, 1995, p. 8.Second place in the 1994 Frederick County Poetry Contest for The Clown and the Elephant Trainer; POB 623, WalkersvilleMD 21793. Guest poet on WTRI, 1520AM, Where the Local Stars Shine, BrunswickMD, 7/29/95 and 8/5/95.

Film
Factory Mishap and The Need for Saturday Poetry,accepted for SLAM , Inverse Productions, Mark O'Brien, Producer, 4223 Pacific Avenue, #413, Stockton, CA 95207-7607.
Listed in Poets & Writers (NY) Directory of American Poets and Writers.