Lance Newman
@lancenewman.bsky.social
I make art out of words, teach at Westminster University, and guide rafting trips in the West. My new book of poems is called Proverbs of Earth. More info at www.lancenewman.org
My poem, "Fall Canyon," was published today in Paddock Review. It's a teaser for the forthcoming chapbook, "Satellite View," which you can pre-order at a discount!
A Poem by Lance Newman
Fall Canyon Sink your feet into the black sand &nb…
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April 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My poem, "Fall Canyon," was published today in Paddock Review. It's a teaser for the forthcoming chapbook, "Satellite View," which you can pre-order at a discount!
I'm excited to announce that my second book of poems, Satellite View, will be published by Finishing Line Press in July. Here's a peak at the cover.
Satellite View is available for pre-order at discounted price of $15.99. You can order a copy here: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sate...
Satellite View is available for pre-order at discounted price of $15.99. You can order a copy here: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sate...
April 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'm excited to announce that my second book of poems, Satellite View, will be published by Finishing Line Press in July. Here's a peak at the cover.
Satellite View is available for pre-order at discounted price of $15.99. You can order a copy here: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sate...
Satellite View is available for pre-order at discounted price of $15.99. You can order a copy here: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sate...
Do you write reviews of new poetry books? If so, DM me for an ebook of Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025).
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April 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Do you write reviews of new poetry books? If so, DM me for an ebook of Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025).
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Hey, I've got some new poems in the fabulous Philly-based zine, SORTES.
sortes.co
Tornadoes and rhetorical killings
have eclipsed the strawberry fields
and the stars so few of us remember....
sortes.co
Tornadoes and rhetorical killings
have eclipsed the strawberry fields
and the stars so few of us remember....
April 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Hey, I've got some new poems in the fabulous Philly-based zine, SORTES.
sortes.co
Tornadoes and rhetorical killings
have eclipsed the strawberry fields
and the stars so few of us remember....
sortes.co
Tornadoes and rhetorical killings
have eclipsed the strawberry fields
and the stars so few of us remember....
The news always gets better if you make a poem out of it! Try 3by3by3....
3by3by3 | Lance Newman | Substack
3by3by3 is an ongoing collaborative poetic experiment. All results are added to the data set. See "About" page for instructions. Click to read 3by3by3, by Lance Newman, a Substack publication. Launche...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The news always gets better if you make a poem out of it! Try 3by3by3....
I stretch my life to fit
then come to see others
as kin in tight coats.
Phrases gather like dried
birds. I finger plain truths
that cannot clothe me.
from Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025)
spuytenduyvil.net/Proverbs-of-...
then come to see others
as kin in tight coats.
Phrases gather like dried
birds. I finger plain truths
that cannot clothe me.
from Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025)
spuytenduyvil.net/Proverbs-of-...
Proverbs of Earth
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February 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I stretch my life to fit
then come to see others
as kin in tight coats.
Phrases gather like dried
birds. I finger plain truths
that cannot clothe me.
from Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025)
spuytenduyvil.net/Proverbs-of-...
then come to see others
as kin in tight coats.
Phrases gather like dried
birds. I finger plain truths
that cannot clothe me.
from Proverbs of Earth (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2025)
spuytenduyvil.net/Proverbs-of-...
Proverbs of Earth is out! You can order it directly from the good folks at Spuyten Duyvil Press here:
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January 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Proverbs of Earth is out! You can order it directly from the good folks at Spuyten Duyvil Press here:
spuytenduyvil.net/Proverbs-of-...
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I wished for a vintage
sedan with an air-cooled
engine and a physical key
but this shimmery egg emerged
from the starship’s underbelly
and offered me a free ride
to a cottage where the climate
is predictable as folk tales.
sedan with an air-cooled
engine and a physical key
but this shimmery egg emerged
from the starship’s underbelly
and offered me a free ride
to a cottage where the climate
is predictable as folk tales.
January 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I wished for a vintage
sedan with an air-cooled
engine and a physical key
but this shimmery egg emerged
from the starship’s underbelly
and offered me a free ride
to a cottage where the climate
is predictable as folk tales.
sedan with an air-cooled
engine and a physical key
but this shimmery egg emerged
from the starship’s underbelly
and offered me a free ride
to a cottage where the climate
is predictable as folk tales.
The beautiful Winter 2024 issue of Sugarhouse Review is out! Happily, it includes my poem, "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress (14 tanka after Harryette Mullen)."
You can sneak a peak at the issue, order a copy, or subscribe here: www.sugarhousereview.com
#sugarhousereview
You can sneak a peak at the issue, order a copy, or subscribe here: www.sugarhousereview.com
#sugarhousereview
January 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The beautiful Winter 2024 issue of Sugarhouse Review is out! Happily, it includes my poem, "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress (14 tanka after Harryette Mullen)."
You can sneak a peak at the issue, order a copy, or subscribe here: www.sugarhousereview.com
#sugarhousereview
You can sneak a peak at the issue, order a copy, or subscribe here: www.sugarhousereview.com
#sugarhousereview
When the algo parses a post to decide where to serve it, what does it do with writing that relies on dissonance, arrhythmia, and angular logic?
January 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
When the algo parses a post to decide where to serve it, what does it do with writing that relies on dissonance, arrhythmia, and angular logic?
I’m dowsing the data
to make the odds
that a double helix
can yield numb toes
and a taste for waffles.
from "A Prison of Acorns"
to make the odds
that a double helix
can yield numb toes
and a taste for waffles.
from "A Prison of Acorns"
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 AM
I’m dowsing the data
to make the odds
that a double helix
can yield numb toes
and a taste for waffles.
from "A Prison of Acorns"
to make the odds
that a double helix
can yield numb toes
and a taste for waffles.
from "A Prison of Acorns"
I misidentified myself at birth
and fell into a paper sea
like a satellite with no juice left.
Now I’m attached to power
and I favor underworld habitats.
What stunning cremains you have, my dear.
-- from "Third Time's a Charm"
and fell into a paper sea
like a satellite with no juice left.
Now I’m attached to power
and I favor underworld habitats.
What stunning cremains you have, my dear.
-- from "Third Time's a Charm"
December 21, 2024 at 4:38 AM
I misidentified myself at birth
and fell into a paper sea
like a satellite with no juice left.
Now I’m attached to power
and I favor underworld habitats.
What stunning cremains you have, my dear.
-- from "Third Time's a Charm"
and fell into a paper sea
like a satellite with no juice left.
Now I’m attached to power
and I favor underworld habitats.
What stunning cremains you have, my dear.
-- from "Third Time's a Charm"
I’ve always balked at playing scales
but I’ll stand on a girder
hipshot in floral board shorts.
A vintage weirdo poking
the membrane between here and now.
from "Yoke Me to My Metronome"
but I’ll stand on a girder
hipshot in floral board shorts.
A vintage weirdo poking
the membrane between here and now.
from "Yoke Me to My Metronome"
December 18, 2024 at 3:46 AM
I’ve always balked at playing scales
but I’ll stand on a girder
hipshot in floral board shorts.
A vintage weirdo poking
the membrane between here and now.
from "Yoke Me to My Metronome"
but I’ll stand on a girder
hipshot in floral board shorts.
A vintage weirdo poking
the membrane between here and now.
from "Yoke Me to My Metronome"
All my shows start with a Florida
jury saying that’s the gamest cop
that ever tweeted a supper blessing.
Miss Alabama still flogs wonders
to the faithful on TV but my
homeless generation will be saved
by the solace of Instagram reels.
-- from "Orange Blossom Rag"
jury saying that’s the gamest cop
that ever tweeted a supper blessing.
Miss Alabama still flogs wonders
to the faithful on TV but my
homeless generation will be saved
by the solace of Instagram reels.
-- from "Orange Blossom Rag"
December 15, 2024 at 6:22 AM
All my shows start with a Florida
jury saying that’s the gamest cop
that ever tweeted a supper blessing.
Miss Alabama still flogs wonders
to the faithful on TV but my
homeless generation will be saved
by the solace of Instagram reels.
-- from "Orange Blossom Rag"
jury saying that’s the gamest cop
that ever tweeted a supper blessing.
Miss Alabama still flogs wonders
to the faithful on TV but my
homeless generation will be saved
by the solace of Instagram reels.
-- from "Orange Blossom Rag"
My AI got badge syndrome
and fingered me for writing a triplet.
The hive-mind has gotten so choosy!
from "A Lemony Perfume"
and fingered me for writing a triplet.
The hive-mind has gotten so choosy!
from "A Lemony Perfume"
December 5, 2024 at 4:37 PM
My AI got badge syndrome
and fingered me for writing a triplet.
The hive-mind has gotten so choosy!
from "A Lemony Perfume"
and fingered me for writing a triplet.
The hive-mind has gotten so choosy!
from "A Lemony Perfume"
I’ve always been one to poke sea
anemones so given my druthers
I’ll pull an Irish goodbye and leave
an urn of memes on the mantel.
-- from "Runaway"
(forthcoming in Iterant)
anemones so given my druthers
I’ll pull an Irish goodbye and leave
an urn of memes on the mantel.
-- from "Runaway"
(forthcoming in Iterant)
December 4, 2024 at 2:42 AM
I’ve always been one to poke sea
anemones so given my druthers
I’ll pull an Irish goodbye and leave
an urn of memes on the mantel.
-- from "Runaway"
(forthcoming in Iterant)
anemones so given my druthers
I’ll pull an Irish goodbye and leave
an urn of memes on the mantel.
-- from "Runaway"
(forthcoming in Iterant)
Disease draws the body
like a draft pulls fire.
The only surprise is that
shivers stop before the mind.
Tell how you’ve prepared
to harbor in the land.
from Proverbs of Earth
(forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press)
like a draft pulls fire.
The only surprise is that
shivers stop before the mind.
Tell how you’ve prepared
to harbor in the land.
from Proverbs of Earth
(forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press)
December 3, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Disease draws the body
like a draft pulls fire.
The only surprise is that
shivers stop before the mind.
Tell how you’ve prepared
to harbor in the land.
from Proverbs of Earth
(forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press)
like a draft pulls fire.
The only surprise is that
shivers stop before the mind.
Tell how you’ve prepared
to harbor in the land.
from Proverbs of Earth
(forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press)
Solitary bees winter in the allium stems.
Come spring they’ll forage in the sage.
I won’t let my memory go to waste.
from "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress" (forthcoming in Sugarhouse Review)
Come spring they’ll forage in the sage.
I won’t let my memory go to waste.
from "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress" (forthcoming in Sugarhouse Review)
December 2, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Solitary bees winter in the allium stems.
Come spring they’ll forage in the sage.
I won’t let my memory go to waste.
from "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress" (forthcoming in Sugarhouse Review)
Come spring they’ll forage in the sage.
I won’t let my memory go to waste.
from "A Slash of Osprey on Cypress" (forthcoming in Sugarhouse Review)
Just getting started here, but I'm looking forward to finding a community of writers, readers, publishers, and other bookish folks on Bluesky!
December 1, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Just getting started here, but I'm looking forward to finding a community of writers, readers, publishers, and other bookish folks on Bluesky!
Happy to have two poems in the latest Dark Mountain book!
Dark Ocean Is Launched! - Dark Mountain
Our new Dark Ocean vessel is launched today! A full colour collection of writing & art that dives into the marine world in times of collapse.
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December 1, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Happy to have two poems in the latest Dark Mountain book!
I got a proof copy of my new book, _Proverbs of Earth_, from the good people at Spuyten Duyvil Press. Jill McDonough calls it "a cigarette break from capitalism." It'll be available in the spring.
December 1, 2024 at 1:24 AM
I got a proof copy of my new book, _Proverbs of Earth_, from the good people at Spuyten Duyvil Press. Jill McDonough calls it "a cigarette break from capitalism." It'll be available in the spring.
It’s just electrons rotating
all the bedazzled gizmos
that dreamed up alt-history
all the bedazzled gizmos
that dreamed up alt-history
December 1, 2024 at 1:14 AM
It’s just electrons rotating
all the bedazzled gizmos
that dreamed up alt-history
all the bedazzled gizmos
that dreamed up alt-history