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Submissions
We are open for submissions until November 30th, 2025. Short stories can be anywhere between 500 and 5000 words in length. Please send no more than four poems. Please send in word docs rather than …
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We’re open for submissions until the end of the month
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Read ‘Carnival’ by Brian Kirk
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Read ‘Carnival’ by Brian Kirk
We’re open for submissions until the end of the month
thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/
thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/
Submissions
We are open for submissions until November 30th, 2025. Short stories can be anywhere between 500 and 5000 words in length. Please send no more than four poems. Please send in word docs rather than …
thelonelycrowd.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We’re open for submissions until the end of the month
thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/
thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/
‘Little Dancer’, Fourteen' by John Freeman by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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‘Little Dancer’, Fourteen' by John Freeman
John Freeman is our Poet of the Month for May. Listen to him read one of his new poems, ‘Little Dancer, Fourteen'. Photo by Peter Sedgwick.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
‘Little Dancer’, Fourteen' by John Freeman by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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'Uploading the Impossible' by S. C. Flynn by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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'Uploading the Impossible' by S. C. Flynn
S. C. Flynn is our Poet of the Month for July. www.thelonelycrowd.org
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November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
'Uploading the Impossible' by S. C. Flynn by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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'Self-Butchery In Two Parts' by Shauna Gilligan by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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'Self-Butchery In Two Parts' by Shauna Gilligan
Shauna Gilligan is our Poet of the Month for August 2025. Listen to her read one of her new poems for us here.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'Self-Butchery In Two Parts' by Shauna Gilligan by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Keepsakes
We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen
by the range…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen
by the range…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Poet of the Month, November: Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes&…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Keepsakes
We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen
by the range…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen
by the range…
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Brian Kirk has published two poetry collections with Salmon Poetry, After The Fall and Hare’s Breath. His poem ‘Birthday’ won Irish Poem of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2018. His short fiction chapbook It’s Not Me, It’s You was published by Southword Editions
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Poet of the Month, November: Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes&…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Brian Kirk has published two poetry collections with Salmon Poetry, After The Fall and Hare’s Breath. His poem ‘Birthday’ won Irish Poem of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2018. His short fiction chapbook It’s Not Me, It’s You was published by Southword Editions
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Keepsakes
‘We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
‘We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Poet of the Month, November: Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes&…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Keepsakes
‘We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
‘We kept our grandparents in a dusty box
high on top of the wardrobe in my parents’ room.
We never took it down, happy enough to know
they were there. We kept my father in the station
office down the road and my mother in the kitchen…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish 3 new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes‘, is published today with two more poems to follow throughout the month.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
Poet of the Month, November: Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes&…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish 3 new works by Brian Kirk. The first of these, ‘Keepsakes‘, is published today with two more poems to follow throughout the month.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/07/p...
‘The sidewalks & streets were empty aside from a few barefoot children who played hopscotch & drew chalk butterflies & a few old trucks that rattled down the road. Michael felt like a ghost cast out from the land of the living, forced to wander the quiet streets.’
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Short Story of the Month: ‘Tow Zone’ by Megan Neary
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Megan Neary. Michael lef…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
‘The sidewalks & streets were empty aside from a few barefoot children who played hopscotch & drew chalk butterflies & a few old trucks that rattled down the road. Michael felt like a ghost cast out from the land of the living, forced to wander the quiet streets.’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For October, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Megan Neary.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
Short Story of the Month: ‘Tow Zone’ by Megan Neary
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For September, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Megan Neary. Michael lef…
thelonelycrowd.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For October, we are delighted to publish a new piece by Megan Neary.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/26/s...
Our October #PoetoftheMonth is Michelle Penn.
Michelle’s new collection, Retablo for a door, is forthcoming from Shearsman in Jan 2026. Her other works are Paper Crusade (Arachne Press, 2022) & Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (Paper Swans Press, 2018).
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/12/p...
Michelle’s new collection, Retablo for a door, is forthcoming from Shearsman in Jan 2026. Her other works are Paper Crusade (Arachne Press, 2022) & Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (Paper Swans Press, 2018).
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/12/p...
Poet of the Month, October: Michelle Penn
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For October, we are delighted to publish three new works by Michelle Penn. The first of these, ‘I’m arra…
thelonelycrowd.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our October #PoetoftheMonth is Michelle Penn.
Michelle’s new collection, Retablo for a door, is forthcoming from Shearsman in Jan 2026. Her other works are Paper Crusade (Arachne Press, 2022) & Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (Paper Swans Press, 2018).
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/12/p...
Michelle’s new collection, Retablo for a door, is forthcoming from Shearsman in Jan 2026. Her other works are Paper Crusade (Arachne Press, 2022) & Self-portrait as a diviner, failing (Paper Swans Press, 2018).
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/12/p...
‘someone pumped the rooms full
of cement
obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks…’
Read a new poem by our #PoetoftheMonth, Michelle Penn:
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/18/m...
of cement
obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks…’
Read a new poem by our #PoetoftheMonth, Michelle Penn:
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/18/m...
mornings, I wake and worry about what lasts / Michelle Penn
someone pumped the rooms full of cement obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks (the rings of Saturn are disappearing, the rings — ) kitchen, bedrooms, lounge, bath everything s…
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October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘someone pumped the rooms full
of cement
obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks…’
Read a new poem by our #PoetoftheMonth, Michelle Penn:
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/18/m...
of cement
obliterating tassel lamps, wood floors, sinks…’
Read a new poem by our #PoetoftheMonth, Michelle Penn:
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/10/18/m...
