KATE POLAK
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Creative Writing

Poetry

Selected poetry available online. See CV for full publication record. 
​“Ovi on Bullet Wood.” The Raven Review. 2025.
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“Vivegy.” DIAGRAM. 2025.

“Porch Sitting” and “The Exhibit.” Rat’s Ass Review. 2024.

“The Letter Always Arrives at Its Destination” and “Tombstone Dish.” pioneertown. 2024.

“Echo Location.” Boats against the current. 2024.

“Blaze of Glory.” Redrosethorns. 2024.

"Placing the Moon", "What I've Done for Love", and "Rumination on Fustigation." Pink Disco. 2024.

“Beginning Again.” Meow Meow Pow Pow. 2024.

“Firebreak.” MORIA. 2024.

“Uh.” Last Leaves. 2024.

“Rules for Love” and “The Daily Tragedy” (the latter republished with permission). Flying Ketchup Anthology. 2024.

“Trickster Gods of Appalachia.” Miracle Monocle. 2024.

 “John Ashbery Thumbs My Nipple” and “Whatever.” Clockwise Cat. 2024.

“Do It.” Drunk Monkeys. 2024.

“Imaginal Cells.” The Bangalore Review. 2023.

“Serving Suggestion.” Sheila-Na-Gig. 2023.

“Vernal Equinox.” Arboreal. 2023.

“Signal to Noise.” Quibble. 2023.

“Presto.” The Closed Eye Open: Maya’s Micros. 2023.

“Tentative Poem Titles About Former Roommates.” Inverted Syntax, 2023.
  • Nominated for Best of the Net

“The Bird Graveyard.” The Closed Eye Open. 2021.

“Heritage.” Barzakh. 2020. 

“Midwinter at the Gym.” Unlimited Literature. 2020.

“Still Life of Panties on a Windshield” and “We Wake to Empire.” Cathexis Northwest Press, 2020.

“Online Faculty Meeting Message Thread Villanelle.” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, 2020.

“On Captain Marvel Being Told That She Should Smile More.” SWWIM Every Day. 2020.

“Lavinia Explodes.” So to Speak. 2018.

“Gonzo Villanelle.” 614Now. 2014.

“These Apparent Prodigies”. Wild Violet. 2011.

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