Steven De France - Poet - Winner of the Josh Samuels National Poetry 2003
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Steve De France                                                           

Publications
as of November 2006 

 

 

Books

                                                                                              

                             American Landscape, USA:, Cambria, Quick Silver Press, 2006

                             The Killer: a play in three acts, USA, Cambria, Quick Silver Press, 2006

Fear and Loathing at the Typewriter, Australia: Ginnenderra Press, 2006.

Things to Read on Your Way to Hell, New York: Boneworld Publishing, 2005.

The Killer & Other Politically Incorrect Poems, Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2003.

Ordinary Angers, Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2003.

Voices at the Waystation, Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2003.

Luminous Order, Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2001.

Dream Siege, New Hope: Alpha Beat Press, 1999.

Electric Snakes in the Twilight, New Hope: Alpha Beat Press, 1998.

Dancing on the Head of a Pin, Laguna Beach: Inevitable Press, 1998.

Island Boy & Other Poems, Laguna Beach: Inevitable Press, 1996.

Signals From the Land, Laguna Beach: Inevitable Press, 1996.

What's It Like, Where I'm Going?, Laguna Beach: Inevitable Press, 1996.

To the Eye it Seems Not to Move, Los Angeles: Quicksilver Press, 1991.

Angel's Flight: The LA Poems, Los Angeles: Quicksilver Press, 1980.

Another Night in the Dog Breath Cafe, Los Angeles: Odyssey Press, 1975.

 

 

 

Plays & Scripts

                                                                                              

Emergency Conelrad Broadcast (Broadcast on KNAC in 1981. Actors: Roger Earnest, Steve De France, Jim Lad, and Billy Miller)

The Killer (Produced by the Garage Theatre, Long Beach. Sept. 15 - Oct. 28, 2006.)

Lost In Hollywood (Quicksilver Press,1987, 63 pages) 

Oedipus Reconsidered (Short play, 2006)

P.R.Noid: An Existential Detective Story (1981 Series for KNAC Radio)

The Dual (The Life & Times of Grizzly Adams TV series script. Produced by Schick-Sun Classic Films, for NBC, circa 1982)

 
 

 

Poems: (Print Publications)

                                                                                              

 

360 Degrees: Charlotte, NC

"Have You Checked Your Warranty?" (Feb. 2003, pg.19)

"Tennessee Lullaby"



Acumen Literary Journal: South Devon, UK

            "Walter Mitty Didn't Write This" (January 2007)

 

Aireings Poetry Journal: Leeds, UK

            "A Matter of Comprimise" (2006)

            "Almost a Blind Samurai" (2006)

 

Alpha Beat Press: New Hope, PA

            "Baby Steps" (October 1997)

"Bitch Like Hell" (1995)

            "Hello, Out There" (1995)

 

Ambit: London, England

            "As If They Could Dance Forever" (Summer 2005, No. 181, pg. 52)

            "Chaos and the Common Man" (2006)

            "Personals" (2006)

            "Hollywood Landscape" (2007)

 

The Amherst Review: Amherst, MA

            "The Garage on Owosso Street" (Vol.XXXII, pg.10)

 

Apostrophe

            "The Cigarette" (Autumn 1993, No.6, pg.34)

 

Art:Mag: Las Vegas, NV

            "2003 A Space Odyssey" (2003-2004, No.26, pg.16)

            "Fear and Loathing at the Typewriter" (November 2006, No.29)

            "Rendezvous with a Part Time God" (November 2006, No.29)

 

Artisan: Wilmette, IL

            "Circular Patterns" (2005, Vol.10, No.1)

            "Island Boy" (2005, Vol.10, No.1, pg.17)

 

Awen/Atlantean Publishing: Essex, England

            "Almost a Blind Samurai" (April 2007, No. 45)

            "From a 16th Century Lithograph" (October 2006, No.42)

 

Atlantic: Paris, France

            "Absence of Mermaids" (Fall 2000)

 

Backstreet Quarterly (Clark Street Review): Berthoud, CO

            "Romance" (Summer 2006)

            "Washington Boulevard" (Summer 2006)

 

Barbaric Yawp/Boneworld Publishing: Russell, NY

            "2003 A Space Odyssey" (Vol.8, No.1 pg.47)

            "Do It Yourself Bukowski Multiple Choice Poem" (September 2002, Vol.6, No.3 pg.21)

            "Over the Rainbow" (September 1999, Vol.3, No.3 pg. 27)

            "Re'dofram" (September 2002, Vol.6, No.3)

            "Susan and the Studmuffins" (Vol.8, No.1 pg.48)

           

Big City, Little.com: Los Angeles, CA

            "Absence of Mermaids"

 

Black Book Press: Wilmette, IL

            "Cockroach" (Summer 2006)

"Part of the Landscape" (Summer 2006)

"Anthropology 1" (Summer 2006)

 

Black Cross Magazine: Long Beach, CA

            "Something About the 90's" (No.4, pg.4)

            "The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (No.5, pg.46)

 

The Blind Man's Rainbow: Denver, CO

            "Payback" (Winter 2006, Vol.11, No.1, pg.7. Poetry Contest Winner: Honorable Mention)

"Fate Calling" (Summer 2005, Vol.10, No.4, pg.9)

            "Have You Checked Your Warranty?" (1999)

            "Island Boy" (Summer 2002)

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (Winter 2003-2004)

           

The Blue Mouse: Cypress, CA

            "Dancing" (Early Spring 2004, Vol.5, No.4, pg.21)

            "The Watcher" (2007)

 

Borderlines; Anglo-Welsh Poetry Society: Wales, UK

            "Island Boy" (Winter 2005, No.37)

 

The Brown Bottle: Concord, NH

            "Re'dofram"

 

California Quarterly: Orange, CA

            "Hello, Out There?" (Vol.29, No.1, pg.34)

"Man Standing In Louisiana" (Vol.19, nos.1 and 2, pg.20)

            "Personals" (Vol.30, No.2, pg.60)

            "The Man Who Loved Mermaids" (Vol.29, No.2, pg.28)

"Victor Hugo Didn't Write This"


Carillon Magazine: Rotherham, UK

            "Absence of Mermaids" (2006)

            "A Matter of Compromise" (2006)

            "Counselor for the Moon" (2007)

 

Cauldron: Wirral, England

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (2005)

            "Over the Rainbow" (May 2006)

 

Cardinal Poetry Quarterly

            "A Man" (Summer 1970, Vol.5, No.4, pg.44)

 

CER*BER*US: Seattle, WA

            "Have a Nice Day" (November 2001, No.XLIV, pg.28)

            "I Hate You" (No.XXVIII, pg.40)

            "Island Boy" (No.XXXIII, pg.39)

            "Line" (No.XXXI, pg. 46)

            "Sparrow" (March 2002, No.XLV, pg.43)

 

Chiron Review / Kindred Spirit Press: St. John, KS

            "Hello, Out There…" (1995)

            "Victor Hugo Didn't Write This" (2005)

 

Cimarron Review: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

            "Hello, Out There…" (April 1996, No.115, pg.69)

 

Clark Street Review: Berthoud, CO

            "Christmas 2002" (No.27, pg.5)

            "Night Thoughts" (No.31, pg.3)

 

The Coffee House: Leics, England

            "Absence of Mermaids" (2007)

            "Dancing" (2007)

 

Current Accounts: Bolton, UK

            "Gregor's Wings" (May-June 2006, No. 22)

 

Dana Literary Society Online Journal: Dana Point, CA

            "Nightingale Reconsidered" (2004)

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (September 2002)

 

Decanto: Littlehampton, UK

            "From a 16th Century Lithograph" (June 2007)

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (August 2007)

            "Fog of Time" (October 2007)

 

Down in the Dirt/Scars Publications: Gurnee, IL

            "Black Seabird" (2006)

"Million Dollar Smile" (2006)

            "Payback" (2006)

 

Dufus!: San Pedro, CA

            "I Hate You" (First Edition 1998, pg.12) 

 

EGG

            "They" (Spring 1973, Vol.1, No.2, pg.49)

 

Fearless

"I Hate You" (August 1997, No.26)

 

Fire: Oxfordshire, England

            "And the Soul…" (2007)

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (2007)

 

First Class: Friendship, IN

            "Accidental Destiny" (February 2006, No. 26, pg. 4)

 

Freedom Isn’t Free

            "Something About the 90's" (No.6, pg.23)

             

Freefall: Taylor, MI

            "Over the Rainbow" (Fall 2004, pg.53)

 

Garbaj: Essex, UK

            "A Little Background Music" (2006/7)

 

Glass Tesseract: Agoura Hills, CA

            "The Killer" (Spring 2004, Vol.4, No.1, pg.36)

 

Global Tapestry: Blackburn, Lancs, UK

            "Payback" (2006/7)

 

The Gruel Factory (Horace): Essex, UK

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (January 2007)

 

Hellp: Farmingdale, NJ

            "Over the Rainbow" (May/June 1998, No.11, pg.19)

            "Sitting at the Intersection of the Navarro River and the Pacific Ocean"   (October 1997, No.7, pg.33)

            "Speed" (September 1997, No.6, pg.16)

 

 

The Higginsville Reader: Three Bridges, NJ

            "Like Lambs We Wait" (Spring 1998, Vol.8, No.2, pg.5)

            "Line" (Winter 1999, Vol.9, No.1, pg.4)

 

Hiram Poetry Review: Hiram, OH

            "Victor Hugo Didn't Write This" (Spring Issue)

 

Hornspoon

            "Today" (1964, Vol.14, pg.44)

 

The Iconoclast: Mohegan Lake, NY

            "Island Boy" (2003, No.79, pg.40)

 

Illya's Honey: Dallas, TX

            "Personals" (Fall 2005)

            "Rendezvous with a Part Time God" (Spring 2007)

 

Imago: Brisbane, Australia

            "The Garage on Owosso Street" (July 1995, Vol.7, No.2, pg.57)

 

Insects Are People Two: Chicago, IL

"Small" (1995, No.4)

 

The Interpreter's House: Oxford, England

            "Counselor for the Moon" (2006, No. 32, pg. 16)

 

Iota: Warwickshire, England

            "Circular Patterns" (No.62, pg.17)

            "Yes, I Said…" (No.68, pg.38)

"The Winter of Our Discontent" (2006, No.73, pg.6)

            "The Short List"  (2006, No. 74, pg.44)

 

Jesture

            "A Man" (Spring 1974, Vol.10, pg.5)

            "Drive Them Across These Flatlands" (Spring 1974, Vol.10, pg.6)

 

The Kit-Cat Review: Harrison, NY

            "This Number is Disconnected" (Spring 2002, Vol.3, No.3, pg.34)

"Island Boy" (Winter 2005, Vol.4, No.2, pg.66)

            "The Captain of Sardines" (Winter 2005, Vol.4, No.2, pg.66)

           

Krax Magazine: Leeds, UK

            "Hello, Out There…" (2007)

 

The Lantern Review: Galway, Ireland

            "Hard Places"

            "Like in an Old Time Movie"

 

The Laughing Dog: Tucson, AZ

            "Blackbirds" (2006)

 

Limestone Circle: Ashburn, VA

            "Before the Fire" (Spring 2000, No.6, pg.6)

 

Living Poems/Dragonheart Press: Derby, England

            "A Matter of Compromise" (No.2; No.3)

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (No.2; No.3)

 

Lookout Magazine: Brighton, England

            "Absence of Mermaids"

            "From a 16th Century Lithograph"

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (Winter 2005)

 

Los: Los Angeles, CA

            "A Little Background Music" (Winter 2006)

            "A Personal Savior" (2005)

            "Blackbirds" (2005)

            "Dancing" (2005)

            "Morning Prayer" (Winter 2006)

            "Payback" (Winter 2006)

            "Romance" (2005)

 

Lucid Moon Review: Hampton, NJ

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (Summer 2005, No.12)

            "Big Bird" (Winter 2005, No.10)

            "Do It Yourself Bukowski Multiple Choice Poem" (Summer 2005, No.12)

            "Fear and Loathing at the Typewriter" (Fall 2005, No.13)

            "Gregor's Wings" (Spring 2005, No.11)

            "Holding Sway Over the Beasts of the Field" (Fall 2005, No.13)

            "Omissions by Shakespeare" (Spring 2005, No.11)

            "Pounding at the Front Door"

            "Something About the 90's"

            "The Man in the Moon" (Fall 2004, No.9)

            "Victor Hugo Didn’t Write This" (Fall 2004, No.9)

            "Yes, I Said…" (Winter 2005, No.10)

 

Lullaby Hearse/Decoy: Bangor, ME

            "Hello, Out There…" (No.9)

 

Lynx Eye: Los Osos, CA

            "Hello, Out There…" (Fall 1997, Vol.4, No.4, pg.42)

            "Jips Fried Crawdads on a Stick Gas Station and Bait Shop" (Vol.8, No.3, pg.54)

            "Like Lambs We Wait" (Vol.10, No.4, pg.98)

            "Romance" (Vol.9, No.3, pg.70)

            "Something Happened to the Moon"

            "The Man in the Moon" (Vol.11, nos.3&4, pg.133)

 

Main Channel Voices: Winona, MN

            "Pounding at the Front Door" (Winter 2007)

 

Main Street Rag: Charlotte, NC

            "American Landscape" (Winter 2006/07, Volume 11, No.4)

            "Susan & the Studmuffins" (Winter 2006/07, Volume 11, No.4)

 

The Mid-American Poetry Review: Warrensburg, MO

            "Circular Patterns" (Winter 2002/03, Vol.3, No.3, pg.172)

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (Spring 2005, pgs.186-187 & Winter 2005/06, pg.172)

 

Mojo Risin': Chicago, IL

            "A Matter of Compromise"

            "Gregor's Wings"

            "Have You Checked Your Warranty?"

            "I Hate You" (No.10)

            "Over the Rainbow"

            "Peta & Professors & Pussycats"

            "Something About the 90's" (No.9)

 

Never Bury Poetry: Bury, UK

            "Counselor for the Moon" (“ Correspondence” Autumn 2005, No.64, pg. 32)

            "Monday Morning" (“Fortune” 2006, No. 66)

            "Blackbirds" (Emporium” 2006)

            "Smile" (“Treasure” 2006)  

 

The New Writer: Cranbrook, England

            "Dancing" (2006, No.78)

            "Do It Yourself Bukowski Multiple Choice Poem" (2006, No.78)

 

Nightingale/Dream Catcher: North Lincolnshire, UK

            "Bird from Hell" (Spring 2007, No. 19)

 

One Dog Press: Davis, CA

            "Something About the 90's" (August 1997, pg.17)

 

Orbis: Warwickshire, England

            "Cancer in the Sky" (Winter 1987, No.67, pg.51)

            "Florida Turnpike" (Autumn 1992, No.86, pg.34)

            "Hawks" (Winter 1995, No.99, pg.42)

            "The Reading" (Summer 2002, No.122, pg.56)

            "Chaos and the Common Man" (Winter 2006, No. 139)

 

Overload

            "The Letter" (No.25, pg.43)

 

Peace & Freedom Press: Lincs, England

            "Blackbirds" (2006)

 

Pegasus: Boulder City, NV

            "Florida Turnpike" (Winter 1997, pg.28)

            "View From the Porch" (Spring 1998, pg.32)

            "Re'dofram" (2006)

 

Pennine Ink: Lancs, England

            "Blackbirds" (December 2006)

            "Dancing" (December 2006)

 

Pennine Platform: West Yorkshire, England

            "A Matter of Compromise"

 

Permafrost: Fairbanks, AK

            "Victor Hugo Didn't Write This"

 

Poem; Huntsville Literary Association: University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

            "Blackbirds" (May 2006)

 

Poesia; Delta House Publishing Co./Indian Bay Press: Fayetteville, AR

            "Over The Rainbow" (January 2007)

 

Poet's On: Mill Valley, CA

            "Hawks" (Summer 1995, Vol.19, No.2, pg.32)

 

The Poet's Page: Wyanet, IL

            "Spring Rituals" (April/May/June 1999, pg.43)

 

The Poet's Pen/The Society of American Poets: Sylvania, GA

            "Hard Places" (June, 2006)

            "The Watcher" (June, 2006)

 

Poetry Forum: Erie, PA

            "Something About the 90's"

 

Poetry Monthly: Nottingham, England

            "Florida Degenerates" (January 2006, No. 118, pg.20)

            "Fog of Time" (December 2006)

 

Poetry Motel: Duluth, MN

            "Hello, Out There…" (No.26, pg.2618)

            "Over the Rainbow" (No.27, pg.2745)

            "Romance"

 

Poetry Nottingham: Derby, UK

            "Rendezvous with a Part Time God" (February 07, 60/4)

 

Prairie Dog: Aurora, CO

            "The Perfect Poem" (1995)

 

Pulsar Poetry Magazine: Wiltshire, UK

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (2007)

 

Purple Patch: West Midlands, UK

            "Island Boy" (30th Birthday Issue, 2007, No. 115)

 

Quantum Leap: Isle of Butte, Scotland

            "Line" (November 2005)

            "From a 16th Century Lithograph" (May 2007, No. 38)

 

Quarry: Essex, UK

            "Because I Can't Whistle" (2006/7)

            "As If They Could Dance Forever" (2006/7)

            "Blackbirds" (2006/7)

 

Rainbow Winds: KY

"Blackbirds" (September-November 2002)

"Dead You Say…" (December-February 2003)

            "Night Thoughts" (June-August 2002)

           

Rattle: Sherman Oaks, CA

"Jips Fried Crawdads on a Stick Gas Station and Bait Shop" (Summer 2001, Issue 15, Vol.7, No.1, pg.24)

 

Red Hawk Review: HI

            "Cockroach" (No.2 , 2006)

            "Your Lines Are Too Fat" (No.3, 2006)

 

Reuben's Kincaid: Jamesport, NY

            "Small"

 

Satire: Hancock, MD

            "Over the Rainbow" (Spring 1998)

            "Something About the 90's" (Spring 1998)

 

Scroll: Swink, CO

            "Night Thoughts" (June/July 2002)

 

Seedhouse Magazine: Steamboat Springs, CO

            "A 16th Century Lithograph" (September/October 2001)

 

The Seventh Quarry: Loughborough University, Wales, UK

            "Blackbirds"

            "Nerve"

 

Short Stories Australia: Joondalup, Western Australia

            "Coming Home" (Summer 2006)

"Counselor for the Moon" (Summer 2006)

            "Million Dollar Smile" (Summer 2006)

            "Washington Boulevard" (Summer 2006)

 

The Silt Reader: Orange, CA

            "A Personal Savior"

 

Smoke: Liverpool, England

            "Hello Out There"

            "The Garage on Owosso Street"

 

The Snoring Cat: East Sussex, England

            "Gregor’s Wings" (March/April 2006)

 

Social Alternatives: Queensland, Australia

            "Washington Boulevard" (September 2002, Vol.21, No.2)

 

The Sounds of Poetry: Detroit, MI

            "Line" (Summer's End 1999, Vol.3, No.8 ˝, pg.9)

            "View F