JOSEPH
SALVATORE
AVERSANO

Half Day Moon Press is pleased to announce the release of Joseph Noble's new poetry chapbook: Mirror Song / Winding Grace (HDMP No. 20) in its digital edition format. That Noble is a dedicated and accomplished musician is evident in his work, especially when read aloud. Mirror Song / Winding Grace shimmers and flickers throughout as portions come to the foyer of consciousness while others slip back into a sprawling tapestry . . .

Poetry submissions will be considered for the forthcoming issue of Half Day Moon Journal until the end of June 2026. Please see the updated guidelines and past issues for some idea of what to send.

In the past months, I've had a flurry of short poems recently published in scattered journals. I am sharing some favorites among them here.

“When a tea-master has arranged a flower to his satisfaction he will place it on the tokonoma, the place of honour in a Japanese room. Nothing else will be placed near it which might interfere with its effect, not even a painting, unless there be some special aesthetic reason for the combination.” This passage comes from the flower chapter of Kakuzo Okakura’s Book of Tea. It has probably inspired my decision to have all my rose bushes recently removed. Now don't get me wrong.

While I don’t go out of my way to adopt permaculture principals, I find that my preferences and concerns tend to overlap with them. For instance, going with local drought-resistant plants tends to be more low-maintenance than fussing over more exotic high-maintenance varieties.

Half Day Moon Press now archives audio recordings of poets reading their own work published in either issues of Half Day Moon Journal or in the Half Day Moon Press chapbook series.

A special print edition of Peter Yovu's engaging new chapbook What Is Least Me is Most Who I Am can now be ordered here:

Half Day Moon Press is delighted to announce the digital-format release of Peter Yovu's new poetry chapbook What Is Least Me Is Most Who I Am (HDMP NO. 19). While the work on one level draws from the wilds of Yovu's Vermont, his youth, and travels to far-flung shores, it primarily plunges the reader into the core of what is most us.

Half Day Moon Press is pleased to announce the digital-edition release of John Martone's poetry e-chapbook Particles (HDMP NO. 18). Originally published as a print edition under the Half Day Moon imprint, it contains dynamic particle units of verse that combine or collide to create more complex and kaleidoscopic arrangements. The particles also sail right through us like ghostly neutrinos...