THE PRIEST FORCES THE BOY TO HIS KNEES

FEARLESS

HAS

RETURNED!

DIG IT.

new poems & a book review:

https://archive.org/details/Fearless66

THE POEM IS AN ADMISSION OF DEFEAT

ANOTHER JOURNAL OF

LITERARY AWESOMENESS!

NEW WORK IN

OTOLITHS

https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2018/11/john-sweet.html

THESE FALSE KINGS BLEEDING

@ DUANE'S POETREE:

http://duanespoetree.blogspot.com/2019/01/john-sweet-writes.html

SOME BRILLIANCE TO CALL YOUR OWN

Long awaited, the new Michael Estabrook

collection of poems is finally here.

I was honored to be asked to write some

words of praise for the back cover.

These poems are the real deal.

Order now:

https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/the-poets-curse

“What’s become increasingly clear to anyone paying careful attention over these past few decades is that Estabrook is a master jeweler and that each day, each moment, of his life is a small, glittering stone waiting to be shaped into something iridescent and precious. These poems are the minutiae of a life well lived and well loved – each one is a gem that shines with a vital, stunning clarity.”

 

MY LIFE IN THE SUICIDE FACTORY

THE CONCEPT OF CHRIST AS A CAGE

From a series of photos by Dawn...….

KISSING THE SCAR

YOU DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW

ROTHKO'S SUICIDE IN THE AGE OF ETERNAL SORROW

A STRANGER HANDING ME THE NEWS OF MY FATHER'S DEATH

NEW WORK.

RUSTY TRUCK.

ROCK ON.

https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/three-poems-by-john-sweet-2/

TWO CANDLES (AFTER RICHTER)

THE DAY YOU COME BACK, BUT NOT TODAY

THE BLOODSOAKED MESS YOUR LIFE HAS BECOME

NEW WORK @

BROADKILL REVIEW

https://www.broadkillreview.com/single-post/2019/01/15/the-glimmer

THE BLOODSOAKED MESS YOUR LIFE HAS BECOME.

BECAUSE IT HURTS ME TO SEE YOU THIS WAY

DOWN TO THE GHOSTWHITE BONES

NEW

@

INK PANTRY

http://www.inkpantry.com/poetry-drawer-five-poems-by-john-sweet/

GALAXY

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US IS WHAT I REMEMBER

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO

THE LAST GOOD SUMMER

THESE ASSHOLES WITH THEIR IDEA OF GUNS AS FREEDOM

NEW COGITATING AT

WINEDRUNK SIDEWALK

https://winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com/2019/01/day-seven-hundred-and-twenty-two.html

NOT THE SPIRIT, BUT THE GHOST

BECAUSE I KNEW YOU AS YOU REALLY WERE

TRUTHS THAT CAN'T BE PROVEN

Some new pieces in the Jan 2019 
BURNING WORD:

https://burningword.com/2019/01/john-sweet/

Seems to be more of a print-driven ‘zine these days. 

They want you to become a member,

not sure what advantage that gives you.  

For a while, I had a large collection of work

available in one spot here, but that might be gone now.

My 2 1/2 years of published work from this site is available in my book 
THE SEA OF STATIC

http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-sweet/the-sea-of-static/paperback/product-23081966.html

WE ARE ONLY THE TRUTH WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE

HEATHEN TRANSMISSION

WE MUST ALL FIGHT AGAINST THE POISON OF GOD

ALL LOVE TO THE MISSING

THE ONLY GOOD GOD IS THE ONE WHO NEVER NEEDS TO BE

No Ghosts

at

Rebelle Society

http://www.rebellesociety.com/2019/01/03/johnsweet-ghosts/

DON'T WIPE AWAY THE DUST

KICKING OFF 2019 AT

CONNOTATION PRESS

https://connotationpress.com/poetry/3245-john-sweet-poetry

And some art by Erin Hanson,

to spruce the joint up