Publication History

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Aesthetica Magazine UK 'lived unremarkedly' first published Poem of the Month Friendly Street Poets August 2018 republished Aesthetica Magazine 2020 editor Oz Hardwick @AestheticaMag and facebook.com/aestheticamagazine 

Ariel Chart
US ‘disturbed’ first published August 2022, edited Mark Antony Rossi disturbed (arielchart.com) ‘entrapment’ first published January 2022 edited Mark Antony Rossi entrapment (arielchart.com) 

Black Poppy Review US 
‘the greater landscape’‘dry arrangement’ first published April 2022 edited Sandy Benitez Black Poppy Review 


Cacti Fur
US cut-price first published September 2021 edited Jim Thompson CUT-PRICE – Geoffrey Aitken | Cacti Fur

Canberra Times 
AUS 'Graduation’ first published December 10th, 2022 Editor Penelope Cottier

Defuncted ‘heightened state’
, ‘a flippant bird?’ & ‘backpacker’ republished March 24th, 2023 at ‘Defuncted’
https://medium.com/defuncted/three-poems-by-geoffrey-aitken-b10d6b703832

Déraciné Magazine US 
‘correction’ & ‘a reading’ first published Volume IX summer 2022 edited Victoria Elghasen and Michelle Baleka  déraciné – gothic literary magazine (deracinemagazine.com)

Discretionary Love 
US 
‘one wintery summer first published November 19th 2022 by The Editorial Team one wintery summer | Discretionary Love ‘symmetry’ & ‘razored’  first published April 18th 2022 edited Jessica  Two Poems | Discretionary Love

Five Fleas US ‘tapped for lines’ first published October 21st 2023 edited Roberta Beach Jacobsen Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Five Fleas Itchy Poetry: October 2023  ‘unusual depth’ & ‘100% implausible’ first published May 6th ’23 edited Robin/Roberta Beach Jacobsen
Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) ‘carefree’ first published November 30th 2022 edited Robin/Roberta Beach Jacobsen https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ ‘never so long first published October 28 2022 edited Robin/Roberta  Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry): Evening of October 28, 2022

Flashes of Brilliance
US‘mouth wash’ first published August 2021 edited Darren White  Poetry: mouth wash by Geoffrey Aitken - Flashes Of Brilliance 'circular economy'  first published March 2020 edited Darren White  https://www.flashesofbrilliance.org/poetry-circular-economy-geoffrey-aitken/ 'vespers' first published October 2019 edited Darren White https://www.flashesofbrilliance.org/vespers-geoffrey-aitken/

Frances Folk 20th Anniversary On the last weekend of February each year the tiny town of Frances on the South Australian/Victorian border opens its doors and heart to folk lovers, musicians, poets, dancers, artists and appreciators.
‘landscaped lamentation’, ‘small ventures’ & ‘browsing blues’Platinum Poems’ published 2019 edited David Harris and Edie Eicas

Friendly Street Poets AUS 
Friendly Street Poets – Adelaide Poets Collective  Australia’s longest running open-mic poetry reading community.  
'[White Thrift]' commended August 2023 ‘poem of the month’ Friendly Street Poets editors Rob Ferris & Maria Vouis Poem of the month – Friendly Street Poets‘symmetry’ commended July, ‘salvaged’ & ‘contractions’ 2022 Anthology #47 beyond the bend… edited Veronica Cookson and David Cookson. ‘incidental’ & summer crop’ 2021 Anthology #46 something to say… edited Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally. ‘springtime’ 2020 Anthology #45 Q edited Glen R Johns and Sarah Radford. ‘universal’ 2019 Anthology #44 Kaleidoscope edited Nigel Ford and Valerie Volk. 'lived unremarkably’ poem of the month August & ‘preserving memories’ 2018 Anthology #43 alchemy edited Veronica Cookson and Lindy Warrell. ‘it’s all relative’ short-listed FSP ‘Nova Prize’ - best first year poet/poem, 2017 Anthology #42 Dream Water Fragment edited Ros Schultz and Karl Cameron-Jackson.
Friendly Street Poets Goolwa Anthology ‘negative developments’ & ‘mortgaged’ ‘Fleurieu Flow’ published 2019 edited John Malone and Margaret Clarke

Ginninderra Press AUS No Laughing Matter a Pocket Poets Chapbook published 2023 edited Brenda Eldridge Geoffery Aitken / No Laughing Matter (ginninderrapress.com.au). i want that in writing a Picaro Poets Chapbook published 2020 edited Brenda Eldridge Our books (ginninderrapress.com.au). 'bell barred’ first published September 2021 ‘Milestones’ edited Stephen Matthews. E
dited by Stephen Matthews, included my poem ‘left me awake’ [a tribute to Oodgeroo Noonuccal]  in the Anthology “Telling Australia’s Truth”

Globalisation A Poetry Collection US 'i live alone' 'ceasefire' & 'sanguine imbecility' first published by MMH March 2021 edited Kelly Van Nelson  www.mmhpressgroup.com  

Hot Pot Magazine NA
 
‘jarred’ first published 2nd March 2023 edited Emily Pedroza https://hotpotmagazine.com/issue-two/

Hole in the Head
US 'mixed messages' & 'our place'first published 1st May 2022 edited William Schultz Geoffrey Aitken (holeintheheadreview.com) ‘wake-up call’ first published May 2021 edited William Schultz Geoffrey Aitken (holeintheheadreview.com)

Impspired UK 
‘perspective' 'creature comfort' and 'at the reading' first published December 1, 2023 editor Steve Cawte impspired Geoffrey Aitken – impspired  'any option is the biggest seller’ ‘in pictures and words’ & ‘spliff’ first published August 1st 2023 edited Steve Cawte Geoffrey Aitken – impspired  
first published ‘A. Test[im]oni’; ‘some knew’ & ‘not a shoe box in sight’, edited by Steve Cawte April, 2024  Impspired Issue 28 – impspired

in case of emergency press AUS  'If you knew only one of your poems would survive, which one would you choose?' ‘it’s all relative’ One Surviving Poem 1 published 23 September 2019 edited Howard Firkin ICOE Press

into the void CAN 'brutality' first published "WE ARE ANTIFA" Anthology October 6th, 2020 edited Heath Brougher 

Livina Press 
'cap in hand' first published Livina Press in Issue 7 by E-i-C Laci Felker, February 21st
 livinapress.com

Lucky Jefferson US 'current amplification factor(y)' first published November 2019 via their breakthrough issue "Testament"  https://luckyjefferson.com/pages/testament 

Maya's Micros 'Things' first published Maya’s Micros edited Maya Highland January 18th, 2024 Maya’s Micros Ed. 26 – The Closed Eye Open. ‘suck momentum’ first published 30th May 2023 edited Daniel Morgan & Maya Highland Maya’s Micros Ed. 22 – The Closed Eye Open. 'inherited' first published June 14 2022  ‘Maya’s Micros’ edited Maya Highlan Maya’s Micros Ed. 17 – The Closed Eye Open

Mapping the Human City Anthology AUS ‘in her words’ first published August 2021 edited Deb Stewart, 

Meadowlark Review US The Meadowlark Review is the student-run, online literary journal of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Wyoming. We are a collection of writers who are passionate about storytelling in all its forms. ‘Do You Copy’ first published December 1st, 2022 Editor in Chief Rae Haight  Do You Copy? by Geoffrey Aitken

Militant Thistles
UK 'December 2019 - 'free radicals' first published May 2020 edited  Alan Morrison http://militantthistles.moonfruit.com/geoffrey-aitken-poem/4594956897

Mindshare
AUS ‘under-privilege in the handbook’ first published Mindshare [soc media & website] ‘an open mic venue’ & ‘under-privileged in the handbook’ 2023. Welcome to mindshare.wholesome first published November 2021 https://mindshare.org.au/creative-content/writing/wholesome - Mindshare. ‘incidental’ first published November 2021 https://mindshare .org.au/creative-content/writing/incidental - Mindshare. 'figuratively' Highly Commended Mindshare Awards 'Published Established Poets' Category October 2020https://mindshare.org.au/writing/figuratively/ 

New Verse News US 
‘Behold’  first published January 8th, 2022 edited James Penha.'rock art' first published June 2020 edited James Pentra https://newversenews.blogspot.com/  Blog Archive Tuesday, June 09, 2020. ‘Twisted Oliver’ first published September 16th 2021 edited James Penha TheNewVerse.News

Nine Muses Poetry
UK 'reciprocity' first published June 2020 edited Annest Gwilym https://ninemusepoetry.com/2020/06/25/one-poem-by-geoffrey-aitken/ 

Ochre Coast Poets ‘arrhythmic’, ‘desire lines’ &taut’Ochre Ten an anthology’ published 2020 edited Steve Evans

Old Water Rat AUS 
‘the projectionist’ first published October 2022 fifth issue of Burrow Poetry Editor Phillip Hall  the projectionist – Old Water Rat Publishing

Our Day's Encounter 
‘unpredicted’ first published June 3rd 2023 edited Lennie Cox unpredicted | Our Day's Encounter (wordpress.com)

Oxygen Green Tree Publishing 
AUS ‘stationary steps’ first published November 2023 edited Cheryl Howard ‘Oxygen 6’ Magazine oxygen (oxygenpoetrymagazine.blogspot.com).down to basics’ first published April 2023 edited Cheryl Howard.'take your seat’ first published December 2022 editor Cheryl Howard. 'developments' first published October 2021 editor Cheryl Howard. 'life stile' first published April 2021 editor Cheryl Howard 

Panoply, A Literary Zine 'learning angst', first published Panoplyzine edited Jeff Santosuosso Issue 26 January 2024
.learning angst – by Geoffrey Aitken | panoply, a literary zine (panoplyzine.com)

Plum Tree Tavern US  ‘daily dally’ first published December 7th 2022 edited Russell Streur https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/. ‘wooden knots’ first published October 2 2022 edited Russell Streur Plum Tree Tavern (theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com). ‘Androids Do Fleece Sheep’ first published September 25 2022 edited Russell Streur https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/. needy wants’ first published June 5 2022 edited Russell Streur https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/. ‘contractions’ first published Plum Tree Tavern May 4 2022 edited Russell Streur Plum Tree Tavern: contractions (theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com). 'kingdom' first published February 2020 USA edited Russell Streur

poetic sun CN ‘a day out’ & ‘existential’ first published Issue 4 edited Shi Yang Su and Jia Ning Ran Poetic Sun #ISSUE4 (poetic-sun.com) 

Poetry Pacific
CAN 'for others' first published 5th May 2022POETRY PACIFIC: 3 Poems by Geoffrey Aitken. 'coincidental' to be first printed and 'illusionist' reprinted (first published at Underground Writers Australia) at Poetry Pacific 2022 edition, due around 5 May.‘22 POETRY PACIFIC 'like/follow' us on https://www.facebook.com/poetry.pacific, 

Poets' Choice
US 'touching truth' first published 2021 Collection of Poems "Drunken Moments'' www.poetschoices.com 

Pomme Journal
 
Fr 'night bloom' first published Valentine’s Day 2020 “Put Into Words, My Love” to purchase see https://pommejournal.com/store 

Positive Words
AUS ‘her voice’ & femicide’ first published May Issue 2022 edited Sandra James 

Radon Journa
l US ‘synonymous’
first published Radon Journal Issue #1 May 2022, Staff edit synonymous | Geoffrey Aitken | Radon Journal

Social Alternatives
AUS ‘blustered’ first published November 10th 2022 edited by Aidan Coleman SocialAlternatives_41_3.pdf

Sparks of Calliope US ‘keep it quiet’ and ‘a colder truth’ first published Sparks of Calliope September 26th, 2023 edited Randal Burd Jr. Two Poems by Geoffrey Aitken – Sparks of Calliope. 'the after' first published May 2020 edited Randal Burd
 https://sparksofcalliope.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/the-after-by-geoffrey-aitken/

State of Matter US ‘fully franked’ ‘subsequent Harmonies’ first published May 13 2022 by Editorial Team
 State Of Matter

StepAway Magazine UK ‘blocked’ first published 30th November 2023 StepAway Magazine UK editor Darren Carlaw http://stepawaymagazine.com/archives/5310. 'out here' first published December 21st 2022 edited by Dr Darren Carlaw out here | stepawaymagazine.com   

STREETCAKE Magazine UK Nikki Dudley & Trini Decombe Managing Editors pronouns: she/her March 2024  issue_89.pdf (streetcakemagazine.com)

Tamba Goulburn Valley Writers AUS ‘backpacker first published June 2022 Issue 70 editor Pat Patt www.gvwritersgroup.com. ‘a flippant bird’ first published June 2021 Issue 68 editor Pat Patt www.gvwritersgroup.com. 'heightened state' first published 2020 Issue 67editor Pat Patt gvwritersgroup.com .'clean face'first published 2020 Issue 66 editor Pat Patt www.gvwritersgroup.com

The Abandoned Dreams Collective
Singapore ‘surprised’ & and to me, she sang’ first published May 2022 edited Nirmitee The Abandoned Dreams Collective | Nirmitee | Substack

The Amazine US edited by Iva Feb 21st  a recent obituary – The Amazine Community

The Closed Eye Open US ‘mod rock road’ first published November 2023 The Closed Eye Open Issue X edited Daniel Morgan The Closed Eye Open_Issue X.pdf - Google Drive. ‘mod rock’ first published April 13th, 2023 edited Daniel Morgan theclosedeyeopen.com. 'without clarity' first published November 2020 edited Daniel Morgan The Closed Eye Open – An exploration of consciousness 

The Crow Ginninderra Press 
AUS ‘numinous’ first published June 2022 edited Brenda Matthews. 'single signal'  first published June 2021 edited by Joan Fenney. 'tethered tail' first published Decemember 2020 edited Joan Fenney. 'she did' first published September 2020 edited Joan Fenney 

The Daily Drunk Mag
US 'artificial unintelligence' first published 2020 edited Shawn (anon) https://thedailydrunk.com/f/artificial-unintelligence  

The Institutionalised Review 'in the morning' & 'i can finally tell you' first published The Institutionalised Review on January 28th  ‘24 EiC, Piper Gourley GEOFFREY AITKEN | T.I. REVIEW (theinstitutionalizedreview.com)

The Mozzie AUS ‘uluru statement unpacked’ first published May 2019 Vol 27, Issue 4 edited Ron Heard  

The Perspective Project UK
 ‘spur lines’ first published June 2021 edited Rachel Berlingieri
 spur lines - Geoffrey Aitken | Mental Health Poetry (theperspectiveproject.co.uk) 

The Sunshine Review
 US 'decree' first publlished February 14 2021 edited Danielle Adams
 The Sunshine Review | Danielle Adams (danielle-adams.com) 

Underground Writers
AUS 'crank encased' http://underground-writers.org/product/issue-27-case/. 'illusionist' July and November 2019 Issue #27 Case & Issue #28 edited Shelley Carter http://underground-writers.org/product/issue-28-invitation/

Unnerving Magazine US ‘touchpaper’, ‘anonymously’ & ‘sealed’ first published April 2022 Issue 17 edited Eddie Generous

unusual work
AUS  ‘a combination pack’ first published unusual work issue 3 6 October 2023 edited π.O. ‘neo-modern plot’ first published Issue 35 May 2023 edited  π.O. ‘a treat meant just for him’ first published October 2022 Issue 34 edited by π.O. .
unusual work [AUS] published ‘one street removed’ edited by π.O.  for Issue 37, April 2024

Words to Share vol 1 ‘single signal’, ‘a flippant bird?, ‘I want that in writing & ‘fall stop’. Words to Share vol 1 (poems of the Fleurieu) published 2021 edited Janet Potter

Wishbone Words Magazine UK 
‘my lived experience awakens to’, ‘brain drain, ‘incidence of a learning angle’, ‘present continuous’ & ‘the broken glass is’ first published May 1 2023 edited Hollie Warren  Issue 10 - Wishbone Words pages 67 -71. ‘can someone explain this?’, don’t let the vincent price be right’, ‘do not steer across the road’ & ‘don’t go into the loft’ first published October 2022 Issue 8 edited Hollie 

ZiNDaily [HR] March 2024 edited by Ana Savković published ‘MVP’  https://www.zvonainari.hr/single-post/geoffrey-aitken