Dan Flore III – Cajun Mutt Press

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 04/01/24

April 1, 2024 James D. Casey IV

THE DAY WENT ON AND ON

I wanted to see her
but she didn’t respond to my call

I laid in bed
listened to Leonard Cohen
watched the walls turn puke yellow

held on to the hope
that there would be some way
some how
we could be together

I was pining
wasting
my life
for her

and she was worth it

Dan Flore III’s poems have appeared in many publications. His 6 poetry books are Lapping Water, Humbled Wise Men Christmas Haikus, Home and other places I’ve yet to see, Pink Marigold Rays (Gen Z Publishing), Written in the dust on the ceiling fan, (Dead Man’s Press Ink), and Hospital Issued Writing Notebook (Querencia Press.)

CMP Featured Writers March 2024

March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 James D. Casey IV

We’ve entered March, it’s starting to warm up outside, and Night Owl Narrative No.3 is officially available!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVF469HX
(Links to 1 & 2 will be in the comments.)

Issue No. 3 Contributors:

Ben Holland, John Burroughs, Blu K. Boss, Scott Laudati, Jay Passer, A.L. Locke, Michael Duckwall, Ron Whitehead, Jim Murdoch, Wayne F. Burke, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Joe Szalinski, Efe Tusder, Randy Barnes, Roy Duffield, Dan Flore III, LB Sedlacek, William Teets, William David Pollard, Robert Ragan, Dan Denton, Heath Brougher, Dee Allen, Lynn White, Wendy Cartwright, Sanjeev Sethi, Daniel S. Irwin, Austin Burrows, Wolfgang Carstens, Merritt Waldon, Jonathan S Baker, Rob Azevedo

Details about issue 4 coming soon! All I need to do is button up a few things, and it’ll be ready for April. Michael Duckwall’s artwork will be on the cover!!

7.2 SkullQuake by Michael Duckwall is also available!! Brother Duck offers up pieces of his soul in artistic and poetic form in this beautiful little chapbook! You can get in touch with him for a signed copy or follow this link to find it on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVG31R8S

I’m also about to start working on the rest of the book manuscript submissions! I wanted to get a few copies of the magazine under my belt first. You’ll be hearing from me soon if you’ve sent one. Hold Fast.

Below is the list of this month’s featured writers. Send 1-3 poems to cajunmuttpress@gmail.com to be considered for a spot. Send work for Night Owl Narrative to the same email. I’m taking art, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, photography, columns, articles, interviews, etc for the magazine. Anything Goes. Please include a bio and author photo with ALL submissions!

Y’all Keep Kicking Ass Out There!

Big Love, Write On,
JDCIV
🤟💀📚
🦉🎟️🦇

CMP Featured Writers, March 2024:

Still Life With Cyclops (an ebook)
by Jay Passer
03/01/24

Last Scramble
by Jay Simpson
03/04/24

Ring in the New
by Wayne Russell
03/06/24

sun up
by Botched Resignation
03/08/24

Vernon Vernon Vernon
by Wendy Cartwright
03/11/24

But isn’t this how
by Katrina Kaye
03/13/24

Rock Poets
by David Alec Knight
03/15/24

Love Is A Butcher
by Rob Azevedo
03/18/24

Leave The Light On
by JDCIV
03/20/24

Some Guy
by Dan Provost
03/22/24

A One-Trick Pony does the Moonwalk
by Jim Murdoch
03/25/24

Heaven’s Gate
by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
03/27/24

Finding New Ways to Eat Shit & Smile
by Danny D. Ford
03/29/24

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 04/28/23

April 28, 2023 James D. Casey IV

TAKING A BREAK DURING A LONG WALK

my hair blows
madman style
gusts of winds
like ghosts
of strangers
I’m standing
in this day
the wicked
sunlight in my face
it is almost spring
not that
that matters
garbage
swirls in
the parking lot
my mind
spins in it
and I wonder
how I’m going to
take another step

Dan Flore III’s writings have appeared in many publications. His six poetry books are Lapping Water, Humbled Wise Men Christmas Haikus, Home and Other Places I’ve Yet to See, Pink Marigold Rays (Gen Z Publishing), Written in the Dust on the Ceiling Fan (Dead Man’s Press Ink.), and Hospital Issued Writing Notebook (Querencia Press).

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 09/23/22

September 23, 2022 James D. Casey IV

I EVEN LIKED THE TASTE OF THE TOOTHPASTE ON MY LIPS

a guy I barely knew at the mental hospital
snuck in a cigarette and a lighter

I couldn’t believe he was nice enough
to share it with me

he liked menthols and
the cigarette he had wasn’t one
so he said “If I put toothpaste on the tip
the mint will make it taste like a menthol.”

we blew the smoke into a drain
to hide it as best we could
I smoke regulars
but that was
the best cigarette
I’ve ever smoked in my life

Dan Flore III’s poems have appeared in many publications. His fifth poetry book is Written in the dust on the ceiling fan, published by dead man’s press ink.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/15/22

July 15, 2022 James D. Casey IV

FREE FOOD

I showed up at my friend’s
graduation party
after failing out of school
it was this huge celebration
with tons of people
who all knew I flunked
nobody could figure out how to talk to me
I didn’t even know
what to say to myself
I stood there alone
with a slice of pizza
drooping

Dan Flore III’s poems have appeared in many publications. His fifth poetry book is Written in the Dust on the Ceiling Fan, published by dead man’s press ink.