| Pronouns | he/him |
| Personal Site | https://davidmilley.com/ |
I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: https://www.neologismpoetry.com/January-2026/.
I wrote it last spring, coming out of Jason Mitchell's "Poet's Myth" sessions and going into Christine Salvatore's "Building Worlds" workshop.
I'm crazy proud of this piece!
#poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq
My author's copy of Snowflake Magazine, Anthology IV arrived today! The editors have marked my poem, "Decimal," as Editor's Pick for this issue!
It's one of my early poems, about a moment of missed timing, a Petrarchan sonnet arranged in couplets that proceed in multiples of ten.
I'm thrilled that the team at https://www.snowflakeculture.com have given my poem second life, and that they've rated it so highly!
Here's something fun! This morning the Origami Poems Project published my first little set of poems about Wade Whimsies. It's a "microchap," whichmeans, when it's folded a certain way and cut in one place, it forms a tiny booklet of six poems. You can download it for free here:
https://www.origamipoems.com/poets/recent-books
Here's how the folding works: https://www.origamipoems.com/who-we-are/folding-an-origami-book
Ink and Ember Magazine's Fall issue is now freely available online (and for hard-copy purchase) at www.inkandember.org
This issue includes three of my poems: "Basket," "The Jersey Devil," and "The Queer Outreach Concert."
#poem #poetry #writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lgbtq #inkandember
Over the weekend, my copies of the Querencia Press Summer 2025 anthology were delivered. This print volume contains a reissue of my story, "Bats," about a vivid memory of Warren in his garden on a summer night many years ago.
There's a warm feeling that comes over me when a piece I loved writing finds a new home, especially such a beautiful home as this!
#querenciapress #poem #poetry #writing #bats #garden #seasons #lgbtq
My author's copies of Santa Fe Literary Review's 2025 issue have arrived! This gorgeous book, beautifully designed and edited, boasts a stunning cover by Stephen Abban Junior. It includes my short poem, "Brewis," in which my parents' legacy informs my life with Warren. They distribute hard copies locally, but this journal can be read online at:
https://www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review/literary-review-issues.
#poem #poetry #writing #brewis #Newfoundland #Canada #codfish #tea
Publishing next week, The Amphibian Literary and Art Journal, Issue 8, contains my two of my poems. Here's one of them. The Amphibian is a beautiful magazine, filled with impressive writing and illustration. I'm thrilled my work has found its way there. #poem #poet #poetry #literature #LGBTQ
I’m not a youngster anymore. Our family doctor says I need to exercise more, to lower my blood sugar and to lower my weight. So I walk. A lot. I walk the treadmill at the gym every other day. Four times a week, I head up the road to the Echelon Mall to do my five miles there. Yes, I’ve become a mall walker – I never thought I would. The first Sunday this March was windy and cold. I grabbed my favorite jacket, a well-worn, tan hoodie I’ve kept at least ten years longer than I should. It’s unraveling around the pockets and cuffs. I donned it, went outside to my truck, and drove to the mall. Back in the late 1970s and the 1980s, the Echelon Mall was a showplace. All the stores were occupied, even the little niche shops. Carts and kiosks cluttered the promenades, and everywhere, people surged and laughed and spent. Strawbridge and Clothier, Gimbels, and JC Penney anchored the ends of its layout, and dozens of little shops filled the arms in between. I spent many hours window-shopping there, wanting things I couldn’t afford – furniture, clothes, electronics – things I no longer need. continue...
