Publications by Michael Neal Morris
Selected Publications (1989 to present):
"Dictionary for the Dying" (short story) at Glassfire Magazine (online Winter 2007)
"Taking Notes at the Hospital" (poem) in Chronogram, (online and print, September 2006).
"Touching the Hem of Peace" (poem) at Harauh: Breath of Heaven.
"Concurrences, Part I" (poem) at Contempory Rhyme, Volume 3, Number 3 (online, Summer 2006).
"Unprepared to Read" (essay) at Best Practices (Fall 2004).
"Slam the Door Before You Go" (poem) at Dufus, Number 9 (2004).
"Fear at Burger King" in July 2004 edition of Chronogram.
"On Violence" (poem) at the Poets Against the War website.
"Talking about Losing" (poem) in second online edition of Liberty Hill Poetry Review.
"The Heat Sign" (poem) in October edition of The Mid-South Review (online Oct-Dec 2003)
Three haiku poems at Emoments (online 2003)
"Hard Hearing," "Her Rounded Smile," "Incidental Music," "If Murphy Is Right," and "Five Missing Lullabies" (poems) at The Electric Mayhem (online 2003).
"I’ve Been Killed Before" (poem) in GW Review (Spring 2003)
"Dream Fragments" (poem) in Pudding Magazine, Number 46 (2003)
"The Painted Grasshopper" (poem) in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Number 18 (Spring/Summer 2002)
"Missing" in The Alternative (2002)
"Singing Each to Each" in The Alternative (2002)
"The Painted Grasshopper" (poem) in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review -- Number 18 (Spring/Summer 2002)
"Missing" (poem) in The Alternative (Spring 2002)
"What I want for my birthday" (poem) in Illya's Honey -- Volume 7, Number 1
"Midlife"(poem) in The Alternative (Spring 2001)
"Jumping To Conclusions" (poem) in Concho River Review -- Volume XIV, Number 2 (Fall 2000)
"Grappling" (poem) in Lynx Eye -- Volume VII, Number 4 (Fall 2000). Nominated for Pushcart Prize.
"A Poem About Being Fat" (poem) in Our Journey -- Volume 6, Number 1 (December 1999)
"Two Ghosts" (poem), The Distillery (Winter 1998)
"The End of the Argument" (short story), Dogwood Tales Magazine. (January/February 1998)
"Damn" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1995.
"Calliope" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1995.
"Cave" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1994, winner of the Brenda Black-White poetry award.
"Partita for continuo" (short story), The Mayo Review, Spring 1994.
"Slam the Door When You Go" (poem), The Commerce Journal, May 22, 1994.
"Sonnet" (poem), The Commerce Journal, August 7, 1994.
"Marbles" (short story), The Mayo Review, Spring 1993.
"Washing the Whore" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1993.
"Serenade" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1992.
"For Dave Dravecky (June 18, 1991)" (poem), The Mayo Review, Spring 1992, winner of the Brenda Black-White Poetry Award.
"In the mourning" (poem), Forthcoming, Spring 1991.
"Ginny" (short story), Forthcoming, Spring 1991.
"The Beggar" (short story), Purpose, January 1, 1989.
"Dancin'" (poem), Orphic Lute, Fall/Winter 1989.
Publications forthcoming:
"The Hairbrush" at Flash Flooding.
"Hard Light" (short story) for Mouth Full of Bullets (December 2007)
"Coming" and "Four Prayers" for a future edition of Subtle Tea
Honors and Awards:
Nominated for Pushcart Prize (2002)
Various awards from Mesquite Literary Festival (1996 to 2002), for poetry, short fiction, and essays.
Second Place, General Column, T.I.P.A. Convention (1993)
Brenda Black White Poetry Award (1992; 1994)