Long-time married, queer, gay man, retired developer and tech writer, enjoying time with hubby and writing seriously again, mostly verse and memoir. 🏳️‍🌈 No LGB, or any other letter, without the T: 🏳️‍⚧️https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mxmgna2v4c2kIt's award submissions season! Yesterday, the editors at troublemaker firestarter announced submissions for the Pushcart Prize, and they've recommended my poem "Poseidon," from their Volume 10, "Fairweather," for consideration. #poetry #poem #writing #gay #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #beach #summer11 Oct 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxmgna2v4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mwo2b75gtk2cLast night, the editors at @CrayfishMag wrote to tell me that they've nominated my story "Golgotha" for the "Best of the Net" anthology! While the odds are long, I'm thrilled--and honored--to know that the editors liked my bit of memoir enough to put it forward. https://www.crayfishmag.com/david-milley-golgotha29 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo2b75gtk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mvpmhpk5tk2aThis morning, The Ekphrastic Review republished "Tiny Taj," my poem about a porcelain figurine and monuments and love. https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/tiny-taj-by-david-milley #poetry #poem #writing #gay #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #tajmahal #wadewhimsies17 Sep 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmhpk5tk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mtoo2r3npk2wFinally got my much-overdue site update done. Added a post there with thirteen month's worth of pubs 🤪 and repaired broken links to a couple of journals that went bust. 😞 Next up: design tweaks. Now, back to writing verse I go! #queerwriters #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoo2r3npk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mrsu5iullk22The first issue of Coastlines Review has just been published, which includes my poem "In the Photograph by Moses Rice," along with a recording of me reading it: https://coastlinesreview.org/issues/one/in-the-photograph-by-moses-rice #poetry #poem #writing #gay #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #whitman29 Jul 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsu5iullk22https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mrsh6uyqr226Today, my prose/almost-poem piece "Apistry" appears in Hyacinth Review: https://hyacinthreview.org/david-milley-apistry/ This piece shows Warren caring for his honeybees through the four seasons. It's brief and readable. #prose #writing #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #apiary #honeybees #seasons29 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsh6uyqr226https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mrj7ucxpdc2bThis week's Former Flame Fridays at troublemaker firestarter features my poem "Poseidon," which appeared in Volume 10. Follow the link to read this whole poem full of queer joy! https://open.substack.com/pub/troublemakerfirestarter/p/former-flame-fridays-david-milley-337?r=33qmk&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #poetry #writing #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #poseidon26 Jul 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj7ucxpdc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mql6uk676c23Today, my author's copy of RFD Magazine Issue #206, "Nature," arrived in the mail. This issue includes "Elephant Walk," a piece of memoir about how Warren taught me to be deliberate in my movement. https://www.rfdmag.org/online-issues/RFD-206/RFD-206-Online.html#page=34 #poem #poetry #writing #nature #woods #queerwriters #lgbtq14 Jul 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mql6uk676c23https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3moygftczwk2eYesterday, @CrayfishMag Issue Number 3 went live! This issue includes my bit of memoir, "Golgotha:" https://www.crayfishmag.com/david-milley-golgotha #memoir #writing #crayfishmag #orangeburg #jimcrow #queerwriters #lgbtq23 Jun 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3moygftczwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mo2ozh63hc27June 12, 2016. Ten years. Remember.12 Jun 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2ozh63hc27https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mnzoxpqd3223This morning, Silly Goose Press published their "Pride Out Loud" issue, including my poem "Gawayne Ever After," in which Warren does green stuff. #poem #poetry #writing #gay #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq #green #pride @sillygoosepress.bsky.social11 Jun 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzoxpqd3223https://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mn37eygwpc2xSite, needs updating, but with plenty of links to poems and memoir: davidmilley.com First book of verse, "Tiller and Shears," scheduled to publish in late autumn of this year. #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #QueerWritersChat [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn37eygwpc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mn34i6jihk2xSpending less time managing the results of my writing gives me more time and headspace to write. Long walks help, too. #QueerWriters #writesky #writers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn34i6jihk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mn34ef6im22xMaking checklists and then working through them buys me time to step back from composing long enough for the font to refill. #QueerWriters #writesky #writers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn34ef6im22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mn347z2ywc2xI can tell I'm burnt out when I have trouble keeping up with my obligations and start working through checklists. Sure sign I need to step back for a bit. #QueerWriters #writesky #writers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn347z2ywc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mn344hlqq22xChiming in late! David Milley here, I write verse and memoir. Currently working up a series of duplexes about honeybees and another series of little poems about Wade Whimsies. First poetry collection, "Tiller and Shears," now sheduled for publication this fall. #QueerWriters #writesky #writers [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn344hlqq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmzh4hr77k2yLast Sunday, in a celebration conducted over Zoom, October Project announced the winners of their annual poetry contest. I'm thrilled to say that my poem "Trefoil," snagged an honorable mention. #poem #poetry #writing #nature #religion #OctoberProject #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq29 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzh4hr77k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmxhugvex22wMy thanks to Remington Review for highlighting my poem "Tonight" on this anniversary of Maya Angelou's passing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxhugvex22whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmtksxerrc2iLast week, Moonstone Arts Center held their celebration of poets who were featured readers at the Fergie's Pub series in Philadelphia. This included two readings, one online, the other at the Free Library in Philadelphia. #poem #poetry #writing #philadelphia #queer #queerwriters #lgbtq27 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtksxerrc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmiedge5jc2f#QueerWritersChat Ah! Good question! Except for the occasional real villain, I think/hope most of the people I write about, including my narrator, are pretty good at healing themselves or making themselves whole. There's sorrow and regret in my writing, but there's resolve and resolution, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmiedge5jc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmidvm3tik2f#QueerWritersChat Not specifically. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmidvm3tik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmidkxhqr22f#QueerWritersChat David Milley here, gay/queer New Jersey writer, putting the final touches on my first poetry collection manuscript before shipping it off to the publisher for production. Currently writing duplexes about honeybees. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmidkxhqr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidmilley.com/post/3mmidi7f3ik2f#QueerWritersChat In the short term, not necessarily--just happy that I can write. Long term? Definitely! My writing helps me re-assemble things that have never fit together, even from decades ago. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:3ckyl5fatginx4trstibvzoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmidi7f3ik2f