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We are open for submissions until November 30th, 2025. Short stories can be anywhere between 500 and 5000 words in length. Please send no more than four poems. Please send in word docs rather than …
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‘In looking back and writing these strange poems it felt like I was creating a record of how we lived then by using small fragmentary incidents from my past viewed through a lens skewed by innocence…’
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‘Family Almanac: Memory and Change’ / Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. Here, Brian discusses the creative pr…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
‘In looking back and writing these strange poems it felt like I was creating a record of how we lived then by using small fragmentary incidents from my past viewed through a lens skewed by innocence…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
‘Winter played tricks on us.
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
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In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
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‘Snow’ by Brian Kirk
Winter played tricks on us. In the lean time after Christmas the days were short yet somehow passed very slowly. We prayed for snow or a fire at the school or the death of the President. Anything a…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘Winter played tricks on us.
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/s...
In the lean time after Christmas
the days were short yet somehow
passed very slowly…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/s...
‘I tend to use a fair amount of form in my poetry and even in the free verse I write, I’m very conscious of the fact that I adopt my own set of constraints or loose forms while I’m shaping the poem…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
‘Family Almanac: Memory and Change’ / Brian Kirk
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For November, we are delighted to publish three new works by Brian Kirk. Here, Brian discusses the creative pr…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
‘I tend to use a fair amount of form in my poetry and even in the free verse I write, I’m very conscious of the fact that I adopt my own set of constraints or loose forms while I’m shaping the poem…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/21/f...
Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin
Craig Austin previews his story from Issue 12 of The Lonely Crowd.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Winter Readings: 'P.O. Box 37864' by Craig Austin by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis
Jo Mazelis reads 'The Twice Pricked Heart' from the Winter Issue of The Lonely Crowd, which can be purchased here:
http://thelonelycrowd.org/the-lonely-store/
Story & Photo © Jo Mazelis, 2015
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November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Winter Readings: 'The Twice Pricked Heart' by Jo Mazelis by The Lonely Crowd on #SoundCloud
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Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life by Pauline Flynn on #SoundCloud
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Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life
Pauline Flynn reads her poem from Issue 14 of The Lonely Crowd. Image by Pauline Flynn
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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Mary of Egypt goes into the Desert to Repent her Lascivious Life by Pauline Flynn on #SoundCloud
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Reposted by The Lonely Crowd
‘In July the carnival set up in a three-cornered field
not far from the church. The town was alive.
Visitors came by the busload every day.
Mothers and children sat in the wind
on the long beach while fathers stayed
in the city at work…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/14/c...
not far from the church. The town was alive.
Visitors came by the busload every day.
Mothers and children sat in the wind
on the long beach while fathers stayed
in the city at work…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/14/c...
‘Carnival’ by Brian Kirk
In July the carnival set up in a three-cornered field not far from the church. The town was alive. Visitors came by the busload every day. Mothers and children sat in the wind on the long be…
thelonelycrowd.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘In July the carnival set up in a three-cornered field
not far from the church. The town was alive.
Visitors came by the busload every day.
Mothers and children sat in the wind
on the long beach while fathers stayed
in the city at work…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/14/c...
not far from the church. The town was alive.
Visitors came by the busload every day.
Mothers and children sat in the wind
on the long beach while fathers stayed
in the city at work…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/11/14/c...
Read ‘Carnival’ by Brian Kirk
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Read ‘Carnival’ by Brian Kirk
We’re open for submissions until the end of the month
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thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/
Submissions
We are open for submissions until November 30th, 2025. Short stories can be anywhere between 500 and 5000 words in length. Please send no more than four poems. Please send in word docs rather than …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We’re open for submissions until the end of the month
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