D.L. Lang

Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019

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D.L. Lang

D.L. Lang is a poet and spoken word artist, the author of 13 poetry books and ebooks. She was poet laureate of Vallejo, California and is published in anthologies worldwide. She is an experienced poetry judge, host, writer, editor, and performer. She frequently writes topical verse about political protest and social justice, as well as spirituality, nature, and memoir.

Bibliography

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A bibliography of select publications by D.L. Lang, an internationally published poet and author, whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications worldwide.

Bibliography

Poetry Collections

 Poetry Publications

  • February 18, 2015, “Prayer for the Shomrim,” Jewish Journal of Los Angeles
  • September 23, 2016, “Sheltering in Places,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • November 4th, 2016, “Worldly Windows,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • December 3rd, 2016, “Stay,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • December 15th, 2017, “Train Whistle Polka,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • January 5th, 2018, “Benicia Bound,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • February 23, 2018, “Love Poetry Capital Blockade,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • June 15, 2018, “How to Swim through a Tornado,” Benicia Herald Poetry Corner
  • September 7, 2018, “The Woodpecker’s Beat,” Benicia Herald First Friday Poetry Corner
  • September 17, 2018 “Turning: A Poem for Yom Kippur” ReformJudaism.org 
  • November 2016, “Pier Dreams,” Benicia Library Poem of the Month
  • March 2016, “Prayer for the Shomrim,”The Voice, Congregation Rodef Sholom
  • November 2017, “Use Elevator to Exit Reality,” Poets Are Heroes Magazine, pg. 54, Realistic Poetry International
  • March 19, 2019, “49 Lights” Vallejo Times Herald, pg. A9
  • March 19, 2020, “No Other Planet,” Poetry Expressed, Vol. 5
  • April 1, 2020, “A Thousand Per Day,” Frost Meadow Review, Pandemic Poetry
  • April 24, 2020, “What Remains is Love” Benicia Herald Going the Distance, pg A9
  • July 26, 2020, “July 4th, 2020” Benicia Herald Yearning to Breathe Free, pg A3
  • September 1, 2020, “Pieces” San Francisco Public Library Poem of the Day
  • September 30, 2020, “Pandemic Mismanagement” Benicia Herald Yearning to Breathe Free, pg A3
  • September 16, 2021, “Commonalities,” Lake County Bloom
  • September 23, 2021, “These Wild Winds,” Lake County Bloom

Poetry Anthologies

  • January 2021, Potter, Matt, ed., “Your Birth Day,” Birth, Lifespan, Vol. 1, Pure Slush Books, Sefton Park, Australia. ISBN 9781922427205
  • February 2021, Cline-Tardiff, Karen, ed., “Coup des Imbeciles,” Insurrection, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Rockport, Texas. ISBN 9781734049558
  • February 2021, Edwards, Amanda and Small, Rachel, ed., “Solo,” Red Skies, Splintered Disorder Press, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 9798702942049
  • March 2021, Focks, Red, ed., “An Introvert’s Operations Manual,” The Alien Buddha Skips the Party, Alien Buddha Press, Spartanburg, South Carolina. ISBN 9798577062279
  • March 2021, Haugen, Hayley, “Experience is the Polish of Life,” Pandemic Evolution, Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, Russell, Kentucky. ISBN 9781735400235
  • March 2021, Van Nelson, Kelly, ed., “This Small World,” Globalisation: The Sphere Keeps Spinning, Making Magic Happen Press, Perth, Australia. ISBN 9780645096613
  • April 2021, Stuber, Doug, ed., “What Must Be Done,” Poems from the Heron Clan, VIII, Katherine James Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ISBN 9781733929936
  • April 2021, Focks, Red, ed., “Excerpts from a Redacted Life,” The Alien Buddha Gets a Real Job, Alien Buddha Press, Spartanburg, South Carolina. ISBN 9798702028163
  • May 2021, Focks, Red, ed., “Staying Afloat in a Wobbly Universe,” The Last Time The Alien Buddha Got Sooo High, Alien Buddha Press, Spartanburg, South Carolina. ISBN 9798726871189
  • May 2021, Cooper, Vincent & Vidaurre, Edward, ed., “How Do You Sleep in a War Zone?” Good Cop / Bad Cop, Flowersong Press, McAllen, Texas. ISBN 9781953447784
  • June 2021, Kumari Gilman, Maia and Magalaner Stone, Jillian, ed., “A Complete Healing,” Anthology House Vol. 2: Creative Visions of Global Wellness, ASEI Arts, New York City, New York. ISBN 9780998842189
  • June 2021, Lufkin, Kas and Thornley, Katrina, ed., “Chickadeean Rhythms,” Adfectus, Exeter Publishing, Exeter, Rhode Island. ISBN 9798515034177
  • June 2021, Focks, Red, ed., “Marley,” The Rastaman: Conversations with Bob Marley, Alien Buddha Press, Spartanburg, South Carolina. ISBN 9798727953129
  • June 2021, Moran Neil, Jan, and Spalding, Adrian, ed., “Kissing Oceans” When this is All Over, Creative Ink Publishing, United Kingdom. ISBN 9798518906778
  • September 2021, Powell, Francis H., ed., “We Long,” Together Behind Four Walls, Goldcrest Books, United Kingdom. ISBN 9781913719340
  • September 2021, Focks, Red, ed., “Deja Vu Dreamscape,” The Alien Buddha Goes Pop! Alien Buddha Press, Spartanburg, South Carolina. ISBN 9798511774343
  • October 2021, “Our Streets,” Protest 2021, Moonstone Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ISBN 9781954499423
  • October 2021, Okemwa, Christopher, ed., “Where Were You on the First Week of June?” I Can’t Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice, Kistrech Theatre International, Kisii, Kenya. ISBN 9789914988505
  • December 2021, Aharoni, Ada and Roy, Vijay Kumar, ed., IFLAC Peace Anthology: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace, Haifa, Israel, 979-8775435080

Forthcoming anthologies

  • January 2022, Lipman, Mark, “American Dream,” Reimagine America: An anthology for the future, Vagabond Books, Venice, California.
  • February 2022, Fielding, Daniel, ed., “What is to be Gained,” Resist With Every Inch and Every Breath, Lonely Cryptid Media, Owatonna, Minnesota.
  • (accepted) “Labor Shortage,” Work and the Anthropocene, Ice Floe Press, Dothan, Alabama.
  • (accepted) “6/13/2020,” The Protest Diaries, B Cubed Press, Horse Heaven, Washington.
  • (accepted) “Guardians of Justice,” When There are Nine, SCE Press, Jasper, Georgia.
  • (accepted) Gast, Mary Susan, ed., “July 4th, 2020,” “What Remains is Love,” and “Pandemic Mismanagement,” Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community’s Journal of Crises, 2020, Benicia Literary Arts.
  • (accepted) “This Land of Soul,” “Eternal Drifter,” “Airplane Mode,” Nooks & Crannies, Benicia First Tuesday Poets Anthology, Benicia Literary Arts.
  • (accepted) Chawla, Nishi, ed., “Earth Viridescent,” Greening the Earth, Penguin.

Collective Poems

Contributed lines to:

  • Herrera, Juan Felipe, ed., “La Familia” epic poem, 2016
  • Wegener, Gillian, ed. “This Steady Beat of Days: A community spread poem during the time of Covid-19” Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center, 2020

Articles & Essays

Spoken Word Albums

  • Happy Accidents, 2015 (Compact disc is out of print. Still available digitally.)