James Benger

Proud to have a new poem in the latest issue of Literature Today: drive.google.com/file/d/1sV4I...

James Benger PEEPHOLE A light shows throughthe abandoned holes ofwhat we have left,refusing to allow usto forget all that came before, all that’s still on anunimaginable horizon,flowering for no one else,just t…

Here's a new poem of mine in the latest MockingHeart Review: mockingheartreview.com/volume-10-is...

Picked up at the Writers Place the other night. Always a thrill to be included with so many talented writers.

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A QUIET SHOUT | Adelaide Literary Magazine ALM No.80, September 2025

Here's five new poems of mine up today at Adelaide Literary Magazine: adelaidemagazine.org/a-quiet-shout

From the mailbox. Proud to share pages with so many talented people.

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Picked up last night at The Speakeasy at Swordfish Tom's:

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Five Poems by James Benger Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp

Thanks to Lothlorien Poetry Journal for publishing five of my poems: lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/09/five...

New Generation Beats 2025 Anthology|Paperback The National Beat Poetry Foundation's mission is to continue the legacy of the original beat generation, but to evolve into the future with a new generation of beat writers, not afraid to write about ...

Proud to be a small part of this new collection: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/new-genera...

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Picked up last week at The Writers Place:

samsmith&thejournal - reviews supplementary Reviews of Coal City Review #46 and Poetry & All that Jazz 2025 Coal City Review #46 Editor Brian Daldorph, University of Kansas, English Department, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA B5 perfect bound 80 pages ...

Here's a cool blog post that very briefly mentions my novel, One Week. sites.google.com/site/samsmit...

Thanks to Beth Gulley, and Will Leathem, yesterday's Writers Place workshop was not only a success (it already was), but it was also one of the most memorable workshops I've attended. If you find yourself around 39th and Belle, you should stop in to Prospero's, say hi to Will, and buy some books.

Missed this a while back. Here're three of my poems that were published in the issue before last of impspired. I'm told they will also be in the upcoming 15th issue of the print magazine. impspired.com/2025/03/31/j...

The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.16.25 An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski ••• The Mad Gallery •••

Very happy to have a poem in the latest edition of the Best of Mad Swirl: madswirl.com/blog/2025/08...

James Benger | Trailer Park Quarterly James Benger is the author of several books of poetry and prose. He is on the Board of Directors of The Writers Place and the Riverfront Readings Committee, and is the founder of the 365 Poems In 365 ...

The new issue of Trailer Park Quarterly is out now. There's a lot of great writers in there. For some reason, they also included a poem of mine: trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-16/ja...

James Benger exhaustion as if any of this wasplannedordained as if this was what she wanted all along every day is tiredin a way she understandshundred year old treescan be tired like the salt in the oceanis ti…

Here's a new poem of mine up today at Horror Sleaze Trash: horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/08/12/j...

I'm proud to have a story in this new collection:

Creative Prompts from the Writers Place from The Writers Place Creative Prompts from the Writers Place from The Writers Place

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The Portsmouth Bedbug EP, by Jason Baldinger 21 track album

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Art by Victor Clevenger.

James Benger edge she sleeps on theedge of the mattressnever intends tothat’s just where she always iswhen she wakes updoesn’t matter muchnot like that mattress is onanything higher than the ground it’s been th…

Here's a new poem of mine up at Horror Sleaze Trash: horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/07/18/j...

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Two Poems by James Benger . accumulation .  searching for the beautiful silence in the chaos of this perpetually blemished world she finds the dust collecting in the cracks of the worn floorboards to be something of a comfo…

Here's a couple of poems of mine up at North of Oxford: northofoxford.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/t...

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