Joseph V. Danoski |
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The June Selected Poet is Joseph V. Danoski Please feel free to email Joseph at: dojonaki@netscape.net |
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NOTHING IN THE NIGHT There’s nothing in the night that wasn’t there in the day; The creatures of the night that populate the dark; A case of jitters, your heart is racing, There’s nothing in the night that wasn’t there in the light; On the tide of twilight, they swim the sea of night; INVASION FROM INNER SPACE See the once-great planet that we call Mars, What inspired your empire to rise and fall? Through the ‘scope I study this bloody sphere, Hear the cry of a race that is no more, The sirens crying and the rising cost of crimes; A POCKET OF TIME When the dawn yawns in the same way No one ever believed in you, Wasting time was you’re only crime— When the moon looms larger than life You’re lost, forgotten, and feeling rotten; |
Joseph V. Danoski lives happily on the “plains of his imagination” in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He published his first book of poems, Shock Waves: Letters from the Edge, back in 1987, under his old pen name, Jonathan Konrad. This book is still being sold in local bookstores, and has been reviewed favorably a number of times. Through the years, Joseph has had quite a few of his poems published in the city’s newspaper, The Berlin Reporter, where for a time he had a byline in its poetry corner. In 1997, he was asked by the Chamber of commerce to write something appropriate for the Berlin Centennial Celebration. After researching the history of the area and the paper-making industry, he wrote a poem titled “The City Built from Trees,” which he was subsequently invited to read at City Hall. Recent publications include Penny Dreadful, The Nocturnal Lyric, Psychopoetica (U.K.), Hadrosaur Tales, The Quest (India), Black Petals, Yellow Mama, Sanitarium Magazine, and The Horror Zine. Joseph is a writer of letters and essays on diverse subjects, with strong opinions on many topics; but first and foremost, a poet of horror, science fiction and fantasy. His other activities include playing music, gardening, and stargazing.
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