Acceptance of two poems by Poems for Persons of Interest, a Canadian online journal edited by poet Alex Rettie.

Acceptance by the Journal of Imaginary Research . It publishes short works of fiction in the academic genre of the Research Abstract. The theme was ‘Shrinkage’. Scroll down to Volume 11 (2026) to download. The abstract is no. 29. It is titled The Impact of Childhood Belief on Adult Ability To Shrink Objects. The abstract describes a psychological experiment and is accompanied by an imaginary biography.

The poem Interior with a Table has been awarded 4th place in the Kent & Sussex Poetry Society’s Open Competition 2026.

The poem Canada is as far away as bibles are is published on the site After. This online journal is edited by Mark Antony Owen and dedicated to ekphrastic poems. The poem was inspired by a huge lightbox made by the Canadian artist Rodney Graham.

The photo shows The Avid Reader, 1949 displayed at Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, the Netherlands.