Creative Writing
Creative Non-Fiction
2022 – Digging Deep. Tamarind Literary Magazine, V4: 19-27
2023 – A Young Man Begins College. Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, v. 17(4):43-48
2024 – Will the Rivers Still Run. Salvation South, 3 March 2024
2024 – College Continues. Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, v. 18(1): 84-90
2024 – Sustenance. Bookends Review, May 22
2024 – A Humble Beginning. Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, v. 18(2)
2024 – Window Splat. Salvation South, 29 June 2024
2024 – The Trauma of LA, Empyrean Literary Magazine #12
2025 – Tracking Submission Costs, Lit Mag News, March 20
2025 – Decker Canyon, Bookends Review, May 20
2025 – How does publication in Literary Journals Affect Consideration of Your Book Manuscript?, Lit Mag News, August 21
2025 – You Really Don’t Want to Know, The Blotter Magazine, November
POETRY
Published poems can be found at https://garydavidgrossman.medium.com/
1995 – Tomatoes in late August. Mobius 9:25
1995 – Winter clouds. The Old Red Kimono: 24:45
1995 – Haiku. Brussels Sprout: 12:42
1995 – A Poem. In Your Face: 11:36
1995 – Uncried tears. Poetry Motel Wallpaper (1 page broadside)
1995 – Crab Apples. Midwest Poetry Review October 1995:11
1995 – Salt Marsh Congregations. Opus Literary Review Fall 1995:7
1995 – Dining on Tybee. Feh 19:23
1995 – Northern Sierra. The Acorn 11:35
1995 – Dancing in January. The Acorn 11:24
1996 – Personal Values. Feh 20: 52, reprinted in Jour. Radical Wonder 3-24-23
1996 – Cabin Fever. Feh 20: 50
1996 – Chimney Swifts at Dusk. The Acorn 12:14
1996 – Beach Bugs. Feh 21: 3
1996 – Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. Feh: 21: 37
1996 – Carnivory. Blood and Fire Review: 1:4, reprinted in Jour. Radical Wonder 3-10-23
1997 – Kudzu in Clarke County. Night Roses: 15: 4
1997 – Georgia Rain. Cotton Gin: Spring 1997: 6
1997 – October Rill. Cotton Gin: Spring 1997: 7
1997 – While Clouds Linger Over Dreams. Acorn 16:41
1998 – I Have Always Wondered. Pearl: Winter 1998:96
1998 – Athenian Tragedy. Lilliput Review: 90:13
2000 – A Cardinal in January. Blood and Fire Review 5:20, reprinted Storyteller Poetry Rev. 2026
2002 – 6:35 am. Athens Parent Magazine: Dec. 2002, reprinted in Jour. Radical Wonder 3-17-23
2003 – Anna, Age Three & One-Half Takes an Interest in Fashion. Athens Parent Magazine: Jan. 2003, reprinted in The Family anthology. V.2, 2022
2003 – Reflections on Painting the Kitchen. Athens Parent Magazine: Aug. 2003, reprinted 2022 in The Poet Magazine, https://www.thepoetmagazine.org/
2005 Nightnoises. Athens Parent Magazine
2013 – Chimney swifts in Athens, GA. Truck http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/2013/10/chimney-swifts-in-athens-georgia-gary-d.html 2013
2014 – Rolodex, Truck http://halvard-johnson.blogspot.com/2014/12/gary-d-grossman.html 2014
2021 – Budbreak, Last Stanza Poetry Journal # 5 reprinted in “Suicide”, 2023, Poetry for Mental Health,
2021 – Bullies Will Be Bullies, Verse Virtual, June
2021 – Hand Sanitizer, Verse Virtual, June
2021 – Cicadas, Brood X, Verse Virtual August, republished, Silver Birch Press, 9 March, 2026
2021 – Moderation, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #6 ,
2021 – Rainbow, Brown, and Brookie, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #6
2021 – The Losses of COVID-19, Verse Virtual, October
2021 – Babe Ruth Struck Out 1326 Times, Verse Virtual, October
2021 – Unexpected Disturbances, Poetry Life and Times, October
2021 – Flotsam and Jetsam, Trouvaille Review, October
2021 – Snake Handlers, Verse Virtual, December
2021 – The Dishwasher, Verse Virtual, December
2021 – Stealing a Line From Proust, Black Poppy Review, December
2021 – Chalk, Trouvaille Review, December
2022 – Hummingbirds at the Feeder in August, Trouvaille Review, January
2022 – Figs, July 19th, 2021, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #7
2022 – Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Verse Virtual, February
2022 – Stealing Two Queries From Proust Poetry Superhighway February 12
2022 – Cherry Bombs, MacQueen’s Quinterly v. 12, March
2022 – American Sycamore, Trouvaille Review, April, Reprinted in Our Changing World, 2023 and Storyteller Poetry Rev. 2026
2022 – Transformations, Verse Virtual, April
2022 – Voice Lessons, Verse Virtual, April
2022 – My Night Stand Drawer, Verse Virtual, April
2022 – Pacific Coast Highway 1, Muddy River Poetry Review
2022 – A Glimmer, Verse Virtual, Verse Virtual, June
2022 – Grandpa’s Tackle Box, Verse Virtual, June, reprinted by Silver Birch Press October
2022 – The Girl in the Orange Tank Top at Sarah’s Creek Camp Ground, Verse Virtual, June
2022 – Popping Shrimp Heads, Delta Poetry Review 4 #11
2022 – Poetry on the Listserve, Knot Magazine, Fall
2022 – The minute I realized I was old, Knot Magazine, Fall
2022 – On getting a tattoo, Knot Magazine, Fall
2022 – Jetlag, Knot Magazine, Fall
2022 – Cleaning Out My Office After Four Decades, Knot Magazine, Fall
2022 – Gramma’s Strudel, Your Daily Poem, September 17
2022 – Leftover Kugel, Poetica, reprinted by Silver Birch Press 1 September, 2023
2022 – Mindfulness (short fiction) , MacQueen’s Quinterly 14, August
2022 – Daylilies, MacQueen’s Quinterly 14, August
2022 – Neighborhood Kites, Verse Virtual, August
2022 – Anguish, Verse Virtual, August
2022 – Beach Lots, St. George Island, June, Verse Virtual, August
2022 – The Joys of Gardening, MacQueen’s Quinterly 15, September
2022 – Picking Figs, MacQueen’s Quinterly 15, September
2022 – Oh You Rascal, Billy Collins, MacQueen’s Quinterly 15, September
2022 – First Cicada, MacQueen’s Quinterly 15, September
2022 – Picking Carrots, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #10
2022 – Rhododendrons Blooming in the Smokies, Poetry Life and Times, October 19
2022 – Black-Shouldered Kite, Rust and Moth, Winter
2022 – California Bay Laurel, Verse Virtual, November
2022 – The Next Cast, The Journal of Radical Wonder, December 23
2022 – Great Blue Heron, The Journal of Radical Wonder, December 22
2022 – Chinese Mustard, The Journal of Radical Wonder, December 21
2022 – Lauds, The Journal of Radical Wonder, December 20
2022 – CAPTCHA, Defenestration, December 20
2023 – Heart Cracked Not Broken, MacQueen’s Quinterly 16, January
2023 – The Seven Sisters, MacQueen’s Quinterly 16, January
2023 – Do We Really Need Another Poem About the Ocean, Verse Virtual, January
2023 – Longleaf Pine Bark, Verse Virtual, January
2023 – Communalities, One Sentence Poems, January 4
2023 – Sketchy Old Man, Moss Piglet January p.57
2023 – When You Stood There, The Journal of Radical Wonder, January 15
2023 – Ambivalent About Crows, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – Colonoscopy, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – Clicking on the Heart, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – Lessons From the Zen Poet, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – Off Blue Sky, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – The Couch, Medusa’s Kitchen, January 25
2023 – Fountain Pens Will Improve Your Life, The Journal of Radical Wonder, February 2
2023 – Trout Fishing Warwoman Creek, Georgia, The Journal of Radical Wonder, February 9
2023 – Beech Trees Dancing in Winter, Your Daily Poem, February 15
2023 – Make the Barbies Talk, Daddy. Verse Virtual, March
2023 – Cause Unknown, Verse Virtual, March
2023 – Fish Market, Verse Virtual, March
2023 – The Emotions of Trees, Wild Roof Journal #19, reprinted 2024 in Poets & Authors at Pasaquan,
2023 – Bomb Cyclone in Georgia, Salvation South, March 9, 2023
2023 – Paying Attention on the Baldwin Grade, Salvation South, March 9, 2023
2023 – Quartering an Apple, Salvation South, March 9, 2023
2023 – To the Careworn Live Oak Trunk Washed Up on Morro Strand, Song of Eretz, Spring
2023 – Learning How to Sing, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #11
2023 – Hours of Prayer, Sheila-Na-Gig, March 2023
2023 – Snow Melt, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #12, April 2023
2023 – Color Fields, First Literary Review-East, May 2023
2023 – The Gravity of Impulse, MacQueen’s Quinterly #18
2023 – Wakefulness, MacQueen’s Quinterly #18
2023 – The Sisters, Verse Virtual, September
2023 – Dead Spot, Verse Virtual, September
2023 – Targeted Advertising, MacQueen’s Quinterly #20, September
2023 – Tante Sophie’s Schnapps Glasses, MacQueen’s Quinterly #20, September
2023 – Barred Owls, MacQueen’s Quinterly #20, reprinted 2024 in Poets & Authors at Pasaquan,
2023 – For the Girl at the Athens Comic Book Fair With the Crematorium Tote, MacQueen’s Quinterly #20 September
2023 – Cumulus Clouds in Athens, GA, Delta Poetry Review 5 #15
2023 – Driving Rachel to Sleep, 1994, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #14, October
2023 – Growing Up Poor, Poetry Breakfast, October 18
2023 – Cloacal Kiss, Medusa’s Kitchen, October 18
2023 – Seminole Pumpkin, Medusa’s Kitchen, October 18
2023 – The Constellations, Medusa’s Kitchen, October 18
2023 – Missed Opportunities, Medusa’s Kitchen, October 18
2023 – DeKaye’s Brown Snake, Medusa’s Kitchen, October 18
2023 – Bare Bones, Salvation South, October 21
2023 – The Quiet, Poetry Breakfast, October 23
2023 – Impulse Control, One Sentence Poems, November
2023 – Blessings, Blue Heron Review, Fall 2023
2023 – The Mockingbird and the Worm, Full House Literary, Winter
2023 – Bloodroot in March, Streetlight Magazine, 17 November
2024 – These Days, Verse Virtual, January
2024 – Chicken Truck, Verse Virtual, January
2024 – One Degree of Separation, MacQueen’s Quinterly #21, January
2024 – Covering the Beds, MacQueen’s Quinterly #22, February
2024 – Recollections, Poetry Breakfast, March 18
2024 – Truth Matters, The Prose Poem #6, March
2024 – Leaf Out, Salvation South, March 24
2024 – The Gift, Verse Virtual, April
2024 – Picking Rattlesnake Beans, Verse Virtual, April
2024 – The Anger of a Slapped Sky, The Prose Poem #9, April
2024 – Eleven Ways of Participating With Zoom, Defenestration, April
2024 – She Reads in Front of a Fake Zoom Background, MacQueen’s Quinterly #23, April
2024 – Folklore, MacQueen’s Quinterly #23, April
2024 – Polar Vortex, The Prose Poem #10, May
2024 – Ars Poetica, Medusa’s Kitchen, June 2
2024 – Underwater, Medusa’s Kitchen, June 2
2024 – Self Examination, Medusa’s Kitchen, June 2
2024 – Flipping the Switch, Streetlight Magazine, June
2024 – The Funeral, The Beatnik Cowboy, June 22
2024 – Will You Buy My Book, The Beatnik Cowboy, June 22
2024 – Alfalfa Hay, Delta Poetry Review, June, v 6 (#17)
2024 – Trauma, Verse Virtual, August
2024 – Sprouting Onions, Verse Virtual, August
2024 – The Wind is Lovely on August 31st, Salvation South, 31 August
2024 – A Backflip of Language, MacQueen’s Quinterly #24, August
2024 – How to Crush a Car, MacQueen’s Quinterly #24, August
2024 – Rising at 5:47am, MacQueen’s Quinterly #24, August
2024 – Haiku, Cold Moon Journal, 5 September
2024 – White Oak, MacQueen’s Quinterly #25
2024 – Frog Shrouded, Panoplyzine, September
2024 – Just Fallen Leaves, Last Stanza Poetry Journal #18 October
2024 – Missing, Verse Virtual, November
2024 – Osmosis, Verse Virtual, November
2024 – A Poem. Witcraft, 2 Nov. Orig. published in In Your Face 1995
2024 – Personal Values. Witcraft, 2 Nov. Originally published in Feh 1996, reprinted Jour. Radical Wonder 2023
2024 – Babe Ruth Struck Out 1326 Times. Witcraft, 2 Nov. Orig. published in Verse Virtual 2021.
2024 – Eleven Ways of Participating With Zoom, Witcraft, 2 Nov. Orig. published in Defenestration, 2024
2024 – When the Spring Winds Are Strong, Wolf Spiders Balloon, Streetlight Magazine, November, 8
2024 – Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Red Wolf Wondrous Leaflets #2, November
2024 – Self-Portrait in Numbers, Red Wolf Wondrous Leaflets #2, November
2024 – Toxicity, Red Wolf Wondrous Leaflets #2, November
2024 – Torso, Eunoia Review, November 22
2024 – Orphan, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, November 23
2024 – Impulse Control II, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, November 23
2024 – The Price of Eggs, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, November 23
2024 – Twelve Ounce Dark Roast, One Sentence Poems, December
2024 – Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Metaphor, Mid-Atlantic Review, December 6th
2024 – Debits and Credits, Mid-Atlantic Review, December 6th
2024 – A Tuesday, Late Summer, in the Blue Ridge, Sheila-Na-Gig, December
2025 – History Lesson, Athens GA, Salvation South, 19 January
2025 – Levitation, Verse Virtual, February
2025 – Pop-Up Thundershowers, Verse Virtual, February
2025 – Adolescence, Rat’s Ass Review, Spring/Summer
2025 – My Personal Relationship With the Avocado: History and Evolution, Tiny Seed Lit. Journal, 11 Feb.
2025 – Benediction, Cultural Daily, 17 February
2025 – MRI, Cultural Daily, 17 February
2025 – Flight 348, Atlanta to Sacramento, Poetry Superhighway 3 March
2025 – Moonlit, Chewers by Masticodores, 4 March
2025 – Final Frost, Chewers by Masticodores, 4 March, reprinted Storyteller Poetry Rev. 2026
2025 – Decaf Expresso, Chewers by Masticodores, 4 March
2025 – Leaf Pigments, Chewers by Masticodores, 4 March
2025 – Softness, Chewers by Masticodores, 4 March
2025 – The Buddha’s Precepts, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, 21 March
2025 – Obituary, First Literary Review-East, March
2025 – Guy in a Thin Blue Parka Doing Tai Chi in the Last Available Parking Spot in the Restaurant
Lot, Chiron Review, March
2025 – Murmuration, MacQueen’s Quinterly, #27
2025 – Deep Water, Appalachian Journal, Spring
2025 – Cohabitation, MacQueen’s Quinterly #28,
2025 – Sizzle, Libre, 21 April
2025 – Ars Poetica – Forbidden Fruit, Streetlight Magazine, 2 May
2025 – Artifact, The Prose Poem, 26 May.
2025 – Magic, Book of Matches, #14 Spring
2025 – Cutting, Misfit Magazine, June
2025 – Permanence, Jackdaw Review #2
2025 – Expiration Date, Jackdaw Review #2
2025 – Barber Shop, Bishop, Georgia. Salvation South, 27 July
2025 – Skin, Locust Shells Journal v2#4, July
2025 – Haiku, Cold Moon Journal, 19 August
2025 – Community, Verse Virtual, September
2025 – Enigma, Verse Virtual, September
2025 – Fatherhood, Verse Virtual, September
2025 – Haiku, Cold Moon Journal, 19 August
2025 – The Present, One Art, 12 September
2025 – Who Cooks For You, The Sunlight Press, 6 November
2025 – Customer Service, First Literary Review East, Nov
2025 – Let Me Begin, Misfit Magazine, Fall
2025 – Little Ned, MacQueen’s Quinterly, #30
2025 – The Singularity, Verse Virtual, December
2025 – Repurposing, Verse Virtual, December
2025 – October 27th, Verse Virtual, December
2026 – March Pears, MacQueen’s Quinterly, #31 January
2026 – Snail Mail, MacQueen’s Quinterly, #31 January
2026 – Still Working on My Death Chant, Eclectica Magazine, January
2026 – Properties of Sound, Eclectica Magazine, January, republished in Storyteller Poetry Review
2026 – Magenta, The Raven’s Perch, 12 January
2026 – Conjunctions, The Raven’s Perch, 12 January
2026 – How We Measure, The Raven’s Perch, 12 January
2026 – Bomb Cyclone, Rat’s Ass Review, Spring/Summer
2026 – Twenty-Seven Days After Mom Died, Rat’s Ass Review, Spring/Summer
2026 – The Oracle Speaks, from Objects in Mirror… republished in Storyteller Poetry Review
2026 – A Life During Jewish Erasure, One Art, 20 February
2026 – My Brother’s Pet, Double Dutch #2, 27 February
2026 – Six Thirty-Four, Poetry Superhighway March 9
2026 – Recurrent Nightmare, Jackdaw Review, Winter
2026 – Can We Not, Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, v.20(1)
2026 – Lifecycle, Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, v.20(1)
2026 – Lost and Found Drawer, End of Season, Memorial Park, Roi Fainenant, March
2026 – Barbeque, Roi Fainenant, March
2026 – Middle School, Roi Fainenant, March
2026 – Peace of Movement, Memorial Park, Roi Fainenant, March
2026 – Generations, Roi Fainenant, March
2026 – Toothpaste, Verse Virtual, April
2026 – Williams Smoke-House, Verse Virtual, April
2026 – Dual Authentication, Verse Virtual, April
2026 – Hope Lingers, Appalachian Journal, Spring
2026 – Marvin’s Shoe Repair, Appalachian Journal, Summer
2026 – Dear Cicadas, Appalachian Journal, Summer
2026 – Más Vale Pájaro en Mano, Que Ciento Volando, Book of Matches, #17 Spring
2026 – Hangover Aubade, Book of Matches, #17 Spring
2026 – Maples Are Yellow, Dogwoods Burgundy, Book of Matches, #17 Spring
2026 – Birding, The Sunlight Press, forthcoming
2026 – Last Lesson, Anti-Heroin Chic, forthcoming
2026 – Litany of Common American Kindnesses, Chewers by Masticodores, 10 July
2026 – Tidepool, Point Lobos, Chewers by Masticodores, 17 July
2026 – Common Wisdom Warning Labels, Chewers by Masticodores, 17 July
2026 – Kumma the Talking AI Teddy Bear Chewers by Masticodores, 17 July
2026 – Third UFO Shot Down This Week, Chewers by Masticodores, 17 July
2026 – Aqueous Tampa, Chiron Review, Sept.
FEATURED READER
Chewing the Gristle (2020)
Wordland, Georgia Public Broadcasting (2021),
Classic City Vibes, Athens Regional Library System, (2023),
Athens Word of Mouth (2023),
Mind Gravy, Columbia, SC (2023),
Winterville GA Library (2023),
Little Five Poetry Bash (Atlanta, 2023),
Dire Literary Series (virtual, Oct. 12, 2023),
J. Radical Wonder (virtual, Dec. 17, 2023),
Sheila-na-Gig Reading series (virtual, Jan. 11, 2024),
Black Dog Reading Series, (virtual, Jan 16, 2024),
Congregation Children of Israel Poetry Havdalah (March 2, 2024}
Pasaquan Poets and Writers (May 11, 2024)
Words With You Reading Series (virtual, May 14, 2024),
Eastern Shore Writers Assoc. Coffee and Poets (virtual, May 19, 2024)
Kelsay Authors Reading (virtual, July 20, 2024)
Well-Versed Words (virtual, August 11, 2024)
Storyteller Review, Love Stories (virtual, November 17, 2024) 2
Arroyo Seco Press (virtual, October 19, 2025)
A Conversation with Jimmy and Friends, science and poetry (1 December, 2025)
Black Dog Reading Series, (virtual, Feb 17, 2026),
Hilbert Space Poetry Reading Series (virtual, Mar 18, 2026
LITERARY RECOGNITION
Listed in A Directory of Poets and Writers (1996-present)