Writing
Published Poetry/Micro-Fiction (*Forthcoming; ^ Reprint)
M58: ^"Three Poems," 2023
Ice Floe Press: "Three Visual Poems," 2023
M58: ^"Three Poems," 2022
MONO.: "spokeless fortune," 2022
Lothlorien Poetry Journal: "Four Poems," 2022
Fixator Press: "forethought's lapse," 2022
Bullshit Lit: "Six Poems," 2022
SHIFT - MTSU: "from a remote roommates window," 2022
Three Line Poetry: "untitled," 2022
Sledgehammer Lit: "a poet’s love supreme," 2021
Roi Fainéant Press: "Five Poems," 2021
First Literary Review - East: "had truman carried on," 2021
Versification: "carrefour for three," 2021
Heart of Flesh Literary Journal: "the altar ego; the 20s...," 2021
weird laburnum: "Five Shorts," 2021
Scud: "Three Poems," 2021
Peach Velvet Mag: "nevergreen," 2021
Rat’s Ass Review: "Orpheus’ Achilles," 2021
The Minison Project: "Three Minisons," (pg. 4-5, 7), 2021
The Sparrow’s Trombone: "Three Poems," 2021
MONO.: "concave," 2021
Stone Poetry Journal: "hades wins again," 2021
The Stratford Quarterly: "neverise;" "goldbrick," (pg. 48-49), 2021
First Literary Review - East: "Belvedere;" 2021
Thimble Literary Magazine: "two poems about teeth and dreams," 2021
The Beatnik Cowboy: "lighting a wet match," 2021
Book of Matches: "a pronounced silence is," 2021
Rye Whiskey Review: "once more round;" ^"Kinfolk;" "would you?," 2021
Jerry Jazz Musician: "time won’t wait," 2021
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art: "tragedia—tragedia," 2021
The Daily Drunk: "Three Poems," 2021
The Chamber Magazine: "dream eater," 2021
The Ekphrastic Review: "of peace" (after Marian Spore Bush's Peace), 2021
Alien Buddha Press: "Friday;" "All Hallows;" "Dump Station" (pg. 147-149), 2021
Potato Soup Journal: "Family Reunion," 2021
Cajun Mutt Press: "incubator, ossia don’t ruin it," 2021
Rye Whiskey Review: "homesick," 2021
Beliveau Review: "Two Poems;" "Three Movements" (pg. 40-45), 2021
The Kolkata Arts: "Three Poems," 2021
Trouvaille Review: "Orbit," 2021
OpenDoor Magazine: "engorge yourself" (pg. 27), 2021
Bay View Literary Magazine: "Duet for Stage and Pit" (pg. 33), 2018
Awkward Mermaid: "Two Poems," 2018
TrailHead - Vermont College of Fine Arts: "The Motto," 2017
Squawk Back: "Nor’Easter," 2015
DenimSkin Review: "I blame my love of red wine…," 2015
DenimSkin Review: "No (Hell) Well Met;" "Kinfolk," 2015
DenimSkin Review: "Last Tutorials," 2014
Contraposition: "Crossing the Hudson," 2014
The Insomniac Propagandist: "Midtown Crosshairs," 2014
RiverCraft - Susquehanna University: "Public Transportation," 2013
Anthologized Poetry/Micro Fiction (*Forthcoming)
*42 Stories Anthology (ed. B.A. Mullin), Mckenzie Publishing, TBA: “How I became a left fielder in Little League,” “a study of literal and figurative clowns.”
*This Book is a Work, Vol. 2 (ed. Red Focks), Alien Buddha Press, USA, 2023: “two sonnets.”
Vol. 17: Landscapes of the Mind (ed. Strider Marcus Jones), Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Leicestershire, UK, 2023: “Four Poems.” (pg. 144-146)
Twilight of the Superhumans (ed. Mike Zone), Dumpster Fire Press, Grand Rapids, MI, 2021: “Five Haiku.” (pg. 32)
i bi priĉa (ed. Ana Stjelja, Marija Juračić, Jasmina Hanjalić Izdavač), Udruženje „Alia Mundi” za promociju kulturne raznolikosti, Beograde, Serbia, 2021: “untitled six word story” (pg. 412-413).
April-June 2021 Anthology (ed. Melanie Haagman; Kassie J. Runyan), OpenDoor Magazine, USA/UK, 2021: “engorge yourself.”
Heat the Grease, We’re Frying Up Some Poetry (ed. Karen Cline Tardiff; Jennifer Taylor), Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Lexington, KY, 2019: “Capital Nourishment" (pg. 36); “Marble Hill” (pg. 79).
Text Settings
Peter, after his Denial of Christ, Aria for Baritone
Simon of Cyrene, Carrying the Cross, Aria for Baritone
Premiered by Malcolm Merriweather, baritone, and Saint Peter's Chamber Ensemble
as part of The Passion According to St. Luke
(William David Cooper, 2021)
Belvedere, art song for Baritone and Piano
Premiered by Kris McCormick, baritone, and Nathan Matthew Kendrick, pianist
(Kris McCormick, 2015)
Black, for TTBB Choir
Premiered by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia- Lambda Beta Chapter
(Matthew Tiramani, 2014)
All Photography by Kris McCormick
Brian’s writing has been called “magical,” “gorgeously intricate and cerebral,” “intensely beautiful and rich with palpable imagery,” and “a slew of fun nonsense.”
His work has been featured in printed publications of: FERAL, SHIFT, MONO., RiverCraft, Peach Velvet, Heart of Flesh, and DenimSkin, and online in: Thimble Literary Magazine, Squawk Back, Trouvaille Review, Roi Fainéant Press, Bullshit Lit, and Cajun Mutt Press, among many others.
He contributed poetry to William David Cooper’s St. Luke Passion, which has been performed twice since its premiere in 2021. He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Susquehanna University. @wrdsrch
