Paul Stevens

About me:

I love Blues and Reggae, Zydeco and Cajun. I especially like the guitar work of Robert Johnson and Lightnin Hopkins. I'm currently learning to play the Keith Richards version of Robert Johnson's 'Love in Vain' from the following YouTube:









Recent publications of my own poetry:

'These Days' in Foundling >>>>HERE<<<< (the poem was nominated for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology)

'The Hidden Muse' in the Sonnet Feature of Soundzine >>>>HERE<<<<

'Bushy Tales' in Bumbershoot >>>>HERE<<<<

A poem in the Spec-Fic magazine Abyss and Apex >>>>HERE<<<<

Three poems in Unlikely 2.0 >>>>HERE<<<<

'Stonehenge' in Innisfree >>>>HERE<<<<

February: My interview with Australian poet Stephen Edgar >>>>HERE<<<<

January 2nd: Two poems in Lucid Rhythms >>>HERE<<<<

and a poem 'With Branston Pickle' in the print edition of Shakespeare's Monkey Revue (their site is HERE)

Portals appear and disappear. Open and Close. Throughout our lives. Some are open to us forever, some only for a second and some never. Which ones we walk through determine who we become, just as much as the ones we do not make it through. -- http://www.myspace.com/layneredmond


December 10th: Two poems in The Literary Bohemian >>>>HERE<<<<

December 2nd: Two poems in Umbrella >>>HERE<<<< and >>>>HERE<<<<

November 26th: My poem 'England' is today's poem in qarrtsiluni >>>HERE<<<< along with sound file -- front page of qarrtsiluni >>>>HERE<<<<

November 22: 'Dante Met Beatrice' is in The London Poetry Review >>>HERE<<<<

November 12th: Five poems (all previously published) in The Formalist Portal >>>>>>>HERE<<<< I have two poems, 'Map of Tasmania' and 'That Close Clinch' in the (Northern Hemisphere) Autumn Issue of Road Not Taken, >>>>HERE<<<< -- you'll need to scroll down. I'm there with two of my favourites, Juleigh Howard Hobson and Kathryn Jacobs, who has some witty lines on 'Choosing Your Muse'.



'Explosions of Small Birds' in the new issue of Lighten Up Online >>>CLICK HERE<<<

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I interview UK poet John Whitworth in the latest Chimaera, >>>HERE<<< -- and there's plenty more poetry and articles where that came from!

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I have a sonnet, 'Rock-a-bye', by invitation in issue #5 of the sonnet ezine 14by14, just out: >>>Click HERE!<<<<

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Check out the multi-media presentation by Briareus of Jennifer Reeser's 'In the House of Disguises' in The Shit Creek Review, >>>here<<<

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My blank-verse sonnet, 'The Age of Emergency' has just been published in Counterpunch-->>>click HERE!<<<.

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Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, I have lived in Australia most of my life. I teach Literature and sometimes Roman history and Minoan archaeology. I edit The Flea, The Chimaera Literary Miscellany and The Shit Creek Review (a poetry and art magazine), and I also serve as a selection panelist on the Sonnet zine 14by14, all four magazines based in Australia

>>>> The Flea

>>> The Chimaera (read my interview with Australian poet Stephen Edgar >>> here<<<)

>>> The Chimaera Blog

>>> The Shit Creek Review

>>> The Shit Creek Review Blog

>>> 14by14

>>> Me on Facebook -- Become one of my Facebook friends!


I've had my own poetry published in a number of online magazines--for example:

>>> Poemeleon

>>> The Barefoot Muse

>>> Shattercolors

>>>Contemporary Sonnet

>>> The New Formalist

>>> Centrifugal Eye

>>> The Argotist

>>> Umbrella

>>> Southern Ocean Review

>>>WORM (two poems)

>>>WORM again


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