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The opening poem of my manuscript was published in American Literary Review in Nov '24. It's something of an overture that introduces some of the images, language, and ideas that appear throughout the collection.
Matthew Moniz
Matthew Moniz
Cold Open
We are brutal.
or
You stand in a restaurant freezer or a grocery
freezer or any one just big enough to get locked
in comfortably. It’s too cold for birdsong, ...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The opening poem of my manuscript was published in American Literary Review in Nov '24. It's something of an overture that introduces some of the images, language, and ideas that appear throughout the collection.
this ode founded upon a chemistry pun appeared in Notre Dame Review in oct '24. my alma mater's mag!
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
this ode founded upon a chemistry pun appeared in Notre Dame Review in oct '24. my alma mater's mag!
two sonnets in The London Magazine, which traces its roots back to 1732. Hooke's Law was the first poem I workshopped in my MFA back in 2017. Time was written in my week at Community of Writers in 2019
October 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
two sonnets in The London Magazine, which traces its roots back to 1732. Hooke's Law was the first poem I workshopped in my MFA back in 2017. Time was written in my week at Community of Writers in 2019
this sonnet-in-dialogue first appeared in The Iowa Review in aug '24
September 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
this sonnet-in-dialogue first appeared in The Iowa Review in aug '24
this poem about communication and projection first appeared in Susurrus in April 2024 and was later nominated by them for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net
Koko's kitten — Susurrus
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September 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this poem about communication and projection first appeared in Susurrus in April 2024 and was later nominated by them for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net
This sentimental poem was published in Jan '24 in Open: Jounal of Arts & Letters
Poetry: All forms & styles||Matthew Moniz|"The Way We Hold Each Other" - O:JA&L
Mississippi poet Matthew Moniz offers us an emotionally rich and complex experience through his speaker of this poignant reminiscence.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This sentimental poem was published in Jan '24 in Open: Jounal of Arts & Letters
This zuckerberg=frankenstein poem first appeared in Pangyrus in Jan '24. They later included it in their print anthology
Postmodern Prometheus | Pangyrus
Zuck you, flamebringer, father arson, new victor letting monsters make themselves as algorithmic albatross adorns you with liver livery while honeyed med– i ...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This zuckerberg=frankenstein poem first appeared in Pangyrus in Jan '24. They later included it in their print anthology
This abecedarian was published in minnesota review in December 2023
August 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This abecedarian was published in minnesota review in December 2023
newly published "Letter to America" poem up at terrain (dot)org! with audio recording!
Letter to America by Matthew Moniz - Terrain.org
"#BreadAndCircuses," a digital media Letter to America poem for our time by Matthew Moniz, with audio.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
newly published "Letter to America" poem up at terrain (dot)org! with audio recording!
This dishearteningly still-relevant sonnet sequence first appeared in Let's Stab Caesar in Nov '23 (online) and Dec '23 (print)
www.letsstabcaesar.com/volume-4/#mo...
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Volume IV — Let's Stab Caesar! Magazine
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July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This dishearteningly still-relevant sonnet sequence first appeared in Let's Stab Caesar in Nov '23 (online) and Dec '23 (print)
www.letsstabcaesar.com/volume-4/#mo...
www.letsstabcaesar.com/volume-4/#mo...
These two poems - a book-burning aftermath aubade and a syllabic reflection on time - first appeared in the Watershed Review in October 2023
Aubade – Watershed Review
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June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
These two poems - a book-burning aftermath aubade and a syllabic reflection on time - first appeared in the Watershed Review in October 2023
This poem about human curiosity first appeared in Sept '23 in Innisfree Poetry Journal
Matthew Moniz – Innisfree Poetry Journal
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June 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This poem about human curiosity first appeared in Sept '23 in Innisfree Poetry Journal
This maybe-nature poem first appeared in the (now defunct?) Paperbark Online in August '23
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This maybe-nature poem first appeared in the (now defunct?) Paperbark Online in August '23
This bit of pickley nonsense was published in the Naugatuck River Review in August 2023
June 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This bit of pickley nonsense was published in the Naugatuck River Review in August 2023
and here's the other poem (with its own kind of mythologizing) that Lost Pilots was kind enough to publish in July 2023
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
and here's the other poem (with its own kind of mythologizing) that Lost Pilots was kind enough to publish in July 2023
This spin on mythology is one of two poems that first appeared in Lost Pilots Lit in July 2023
May 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This spin on mythology is one of two poems that first appeared in Lost Pilots Lit in July 2023
I wrote this poem in Latin during undergrad. It was published in The Rush in July 2023
Moniz, Matthew — The Rush
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May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I wrote this poem in Latin during undergrad. It was published in The Rush in July 2023
This violent ars poetica first appeared in Maryland Literary Review in June 2023
Maryland Literary ReviewArs Poetica – MLR
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May 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This violent ars poetica first appeared in Maryland Literary Review in June 2023
this poem originally appeared in Fourteen Hills in May 2023
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
this poem originally appeared in Fourteen Hills in May 2023
got a sarcastic little three-liner in the latest issue of The Quarter(ly)
May 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
got a sarcastic little three-liner in the latest issue of The Quarter(ly)
This sonnet crown - an ecocritical ekphrasis of Gustav Holst's concert suite The Planets - won Poetry By the Sea's Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Crown Contest in 2023 and was published in April of that year
2023 Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Crown Contest Winner | Poetry by the Sea
"after The Planets" is dazzling, a planetary firework display.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This sonnet crown - an ecocritical ekphrasis of Gustav Holst's concert suite The Planets - won Poetry By the Sea's Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Crown Contest in 2023 and was published in April of that year
this alternate history poem first appeared in MoonPark Review in June 2022 and was nominated by them for a pushcart
The Emperor’s New Clothes
By Matthew Moniz Once, in the days of the Red Scare, respected newspaper magnate Edward Rojoja produced a completely blank Daily Edition and told everyone it was printed with a special new ink invi…
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April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this alternate history poem first appeared in MoonPark Review in June 2022 and was nominated by them for a pushcart
new poem in Grist!
it might remind you of CURRENT EVENTS
it might remind you of someone you know
it might remind you of you
it might remind you of CURRENT EVENTS
it might remind you of someone you know
it might remind you of you
Parable of Sparrow and Crocodile - Grist
Originally from the DC area, Matthew Moniz has poems appearing in or forthcoming from The Iowa Review, Notre Dame Review, Crab Orchard Review, Meridian, Tupelo Quarterly, Fourteen Hills, and minnesota...
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April 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
new poem in Grist!
it might remind you of CURRENT EVENTS
it might remind you of someone you know
it might remind you of you
it might remind you of CURRENT EVENTS
it might remind you of someone you know
it might remind you of you
This contrapuntal originally appeared in Meridian in May '22
April 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This contrapuntal originally appeared in Meridian in May '22
this memory poem and tattoo poem first appeared in Call Me [Brackets] in May 2022 (pg 80)
Call Me [When It’s Over]
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April 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
this memory poem and tattoo poem first appeared in Call Me [Brackets] in May 2022 (pg 80)