Doniell regularly attends and performs live poetry at Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane, Washington. For more information, please visit their website at auntiesbooks.com/.
1/9/2025
Doniell's -poem Come Walk With Me will be appearing in the Spring 2025 issue of Monterey Poetry Review.
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Doniell's -poem Come Walk With Me will be appearing in the Spring 2025 issue of Monterey Poetry Review.
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12/7/2024
Doniell's -poem Some of Us will be appearing in the January issue of ZiNDaily. .
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Doniell's -poem Some of Us will be appearing in the January issue of ZiNDaily. .
For more information, please visit https://www.zvonainari.hr/zin-daily
11/19/2024
Doniell's micro-poem Trash will be appearing in the Fall 2024 issue of petrichor mag. Details are forthcoming.
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Doniell's micro-poem Trash will be appearing in the Fall 2024 issue of petrichor mag. Details are forthcoming.
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9/25/2024
Doniell Cushman's poem Better Off will be featured in the upcoming Outside the Box Poetry Literary Magazine. Details are forthcoming.
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Doniell Cushman's poem Better Off will be featured in the upcoming Outside the Box Poetry Literary Magazine. Details are forthcoming.
For more information, please visit www.outsidetheboxpoetry.com/
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1/2024
Doniell Cushman's poem Season's Changing in the Piano Studio was featured in 34th Parallel Magazine's 117th Issue. For more information, please visit 34thparallel.net. |
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Currently, Doniell has several manuscripts of poetry that are circulating the submissions journey. If you are interested in reviewing, blurbing, quoting, representing, reading, or publishing a manuscript, or individual poems, more information can be found below:
Rotor Organ Daydreamer
Apocryphal Sentiments
It Ends In Divorce
Supplicant
Mama Providence
Calamity Dame
Poesy Parker
Premeditated
Vulnerable Thorns
Conversations We Need To Have
Rotor Organ Daydreamer
- 65 pages
- This manuscript is a full-length collection related entirely to music. Four parts explore the relationship to music, and my life. I am a lifelong pianist and flautist and love music of all kinds.
Apocryphal Sentiments
- 96 pages
- This collection is about a conversation I am having with two completely different men and is about the two sides of love, or passion. Sometimes, as humans, we go from one extreme to the other. There is more to our person than just the mushy side of love. There is the primal urge, there is the passionate affair, there is the quiet calm, and there is the fighter who will conquer anything. In these conversations, you can clearly tell who is the Gentle Love, and who is the Loud Love.
It Ends In Divorce
- 84 pages
- This manusript is the cumulative collection of poems relating to how my divorce came about, and what I went through during the most difficult times, and the history of my now defunct marriage. Trigger warning for abuse, trauma, and language.
Supplicant
- 79 pages
- This full length manuscript is all about the different aspects of the term supplicant. It meants to be an activist, a petitioner, an aspirant, a lobbyist, and a suitor. Written in 4 sections that highlight these different aspects, I bring life into the term and connect the various personalities they hold to my words in poems. Each part is a different question, such as: 'What do I think about when I am all alone, and how do I convey that by responding to questions posed by relationships, society, etc.?'
Mama Providence
- 40 pages
- This is a chapbook length manuscript that focuses entirely on being a foster mom, and an adoptive mom. The poems are written specifically about my son that is adopted from foster care, and my daughter whom I raised from birth, and was subsequently returned to live with her biological mother 2.5 years later.
Calamity Dame
- 60 pages
- This manuscript is all about my (you guessed it) calamities. From asthma to sexual assault, cancer to neurodivergence, this is a portrait of what it is like to live through so much trauma. Trigger warning for abuse, rape, and language.
Poesy Parker
- 27 pages
- This small chapbook is a collection of poems that were written about parks, and even in the parks as I was there. Plus, I'm a Parker Posey fan and couldn't resist the punny title that screamed to me from the rooftops. This collection features parks in Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Premeditated
- 26 pages
- This small chapbook is a collection of poems that were premeditated before writing them. The collection features 24 poems about very specific moments that brought about a barrage of deep thoughts where the poem was almost fully written before it was actually written down. Topics range from Beats poets to memories of gossiping in high school, from murders to divorce.
Vulnerable Thorns
- 33 pages
- This small chapbook is a collection of poems that reflect upon my multifaceted persona and intersect with personal baggage. The collection features 31 poems that are defenseless and risky. Topics include mental health, personality disorder, and deep thoughts with a philosophical twist.
Conversations We Need To Have
- 29 pages
- This small chapbook is a collection of poems that fearlessly confront abuse in a variety of forms. The collection features 21 poems that need a trigger warning for readers. Most of the abuse is obvious to te reader, though not always spelled out exactly. This is an honest confrontation with issues we struggle with accepting and understanding as a society.