photo credit: Veronica Kornberg
Autumn 2024
“Springtime in Prague” is published in The Shore. Read it here.
Photo credit: Veronica Kornberg
September 2024
“Farewell-to-Spring” is published in Salamander, Issue #58.
Cover art by Stephanie Juanillo
September 2024
Excellent news! Terrapin Books will publish Veronica’s full-length collection, “Strange Gift,” in 2025.
September, 2024
Thank you for the Shout Outs, Swwim!
September, 2024
“Strange Gift” is published in Beloit Poetry Journal. Vol 73 No 2. Available for purchase here.
August 2024
“Mercy” is published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol 40 No 3&4, Summer/Fall 2024. Available for purchase here (in print, ebook, and pdf).
Cover art: Photo by Marion Owen
Cover art: “The Flurry,” by Beth Klaus
June 23, 2024
In conversation with Julie Murphy for The Hive Poetry Collective on KSQD, about the life and poems of Louise Glück.
To listen to the podcast, click here. Or find it on your favorite podcast platform. Season 6, Episode 19.
Louise Glück, circa 1977. A poet for the ages.
Summer 2024
Work forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Shore, Salamander, and Poet Lore.
Cover art: “Turtle Seeking Balance” by Betty LaDuke
March 2024
“Despite the Usual Traffic” is published in Cream City Review, Volume 47, Number 2. Available for purchase here.
Cover Art: “Sails, Scales, and Dreams,” by Lauren Bennett
Reading at Catamaran’s Winter Issue launch, February 16, 2024
February 18, 2024
Thanks for the shout out, Swwim!
February 12, 2024
“Gift Set” is published in DMQ Review.
Artwork by Yolanda Fundora
Catamaran Winter Issue Launch Event!
Reception and Reading at Radius Art Gallery
Friday, February 16, 2024 5:30PM
Located in the Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #127,
in downtown Santa Cruz
Hope to see you!
Featured Readers:
David Hathwell
Kathryn Jordan
Veronica Kornberg
Joe Ortiz
Dorothy Steinicke
Patrice Vecchione
January 2024
Work forthcoming in Alaska Quarterly Review, Cream City Review, Calyx, Beloit Poetry Journal, DMQ Review, Salamander, and New Ohio Review.
January 2024
“What the Ocean Dreams at Night” published in The Inflectionist Review.
Photo Credit: Veronica Kornberg
December 2023
“Balloon” published in the beautiful winter issue of Catamaran Literary Reader. Available for purchase at Catamaran online store.
Cover art by Kurt Solmssen
November 2023
Work forthcoming in Calyx, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Inflectionist Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, DMQ Review, and Cream City Review.
October 2023
“To an Oxbow Lake” and “Self-Portrait as Nudibranch” published in Entanglements.
Cover art: Goldfinches in Spring Field by Willa Briggs
September 4, 2023. 6:15 PDT
Labor Day! Veronica will be a featured reader, along with Raphael Block, at Rivertown Poets. See zoom info below.
July 2023
“Dear Thief” is now available online, at RHINO.
Summer, 2023
“Improvident” is reprinted in Stone Gathering, Too.
May 22, 2023
“Improvident” is the featured poem today on Rattle. People seem to appreciate the bio at the end, too, in case you’re looking for some gentle amusement.
Logo image from Rattle issue #79
March, 2023
“Improvident” is published in Rattle, issue #79
Rattle issue 79, cover art by Joseph Lynch
February 15, 2023
“Pencil Sharpener” is published in Radar Poetry.
Cover Art: Storm Abrewing by Alexandra N Sherman
Thank you for the Shout Out, Swwim!
Click here for the poem in Plume.
Work forthcoming in the journals Radar, Rattle, and Calyx.
February 1, 2023
“Received Wisdom” is published in Plume.
Painting by George Stubbs, Molly Long-legs with Her Jockey, 1761-62
January 17, 2023
“Seeds” is published in Thrush Poetry Journal.
January 17, 2023
Hope to see you there!
RSVP by email: monicakorde@gmaill.com
Winter 2022
Work forthcoming in Plume Poetry, Rattle, Radar Poetry, and Thrush.
Next reading: Belmont Poetry Night, January 17, 2023, 7:00 PST. Details and zoom link coming soon.
October 20, 2022
10th Anniversary Celebration of Catamaran Literary Reader
Veronica reading for Catamaran.
Autumn 2022
Thank you for the Shout Out, Swwim!
Autumn 2022
Work forthcoming in Plume Poetry, Rattle, and Radar Poetry.
Cover art: Rebecca Eve Baruc
Work forthcoming in RHINO, Rattle, and Radar Poetry. The three Rs!
August 25, 2022, 7:00PM
Veronica is the featured reader for LOBA Reading Series, Mendocino County Library. Must register using the link below to attend. Hope to see you!
August 12, 2022
Thank you to Swwim Every Day for the shout out!
August 9, 2022
Four poems are published in On the Seawall—
June 2022
Two poems, “Beauty” and “Sunday,” are published in Lake Affect, Summer/Fall issue, Vol. 59
Cover art: Daffodils by Trish Coonrod
April, 2022
Project of the San Mateo County Poet Laureate, Aileen Cassinetto, featuring poets who live in the area (in alphabetical order by first name). Speak Poetry
March 2022
Work forthcoming in On the Seawall, RHINO Poetry, Lake Affect, and Rattle.
January 21, 2022
Indiana Review posts this beautiful meme, excerpting “Ship Lights at Dawn,” published in their latest issue.
Indiana Review, excerpt, “Ship Lights at Dawn.”
January 8, 2022
“Autumn: Scant Harvest” is published in Negative Capability’s ravishing new journal, Mise en place.
Cover art: Fleur de banana by Onofre Frias
December 21, 2021
“Ship Lights at Dawn” is published in Indiana Review.
Cover art by Dominic Chambers
December 1, 2021
Suddenly is nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize. Thank you to editor Aileen Cassinetto and MiGoZine!
September 26, 2021
Coming Off the Ventilator is a 2021 Best of the Net nominee. A big thank you to editor Kelly Boyker at Menacing Hedge.
September 14, 2021
Link to video recording of Coastside Poetry reading.
September 14, 2021
Reading: Veronica is the featured reader for Coastside Poetry, followed by an open mic. Tuesday, September 14, 6:00-8:00 PDT. You can live stream on their YouTube channel, or request a zoom link from Diane Lee Moomey dianeleemoomey@coastsidepoetry.org or
Steve Long stevelong@coastsidepoetry.org
September 11, 2021
“Apple Picking” is published in West Trestle Review.
Artwork by Nheyob
August 19, 2021
Reading: Veronica is the featured reader for San Jose Poetry Center, Third Thursday series. Open mic to follow. August 19, 7:00pm PDT. Zoom link here.
July 30, 2021
Zoom Forward #65! Reading with Kelly Cressio-Moeller for Santa Cruz Bookshop, Santa Cruz Writes, and Catamaran, and phren-Z. Audio Recording
June 10, 2021
“Suddenly” is published in MiGoZine.
June 2021
Work forthcoming in Indiana Review, On the Seawall, MiGoZine, Negative Capability, RHINO Poetry and West Trestle Review.
April 26, 2021
“Pair of Eyes” is published in The New Guard, Vol. IX.
Cover art: Michael Vincent Manalo
April, 2021
Work forthcoming in The New Guard, Indiana Review, Stone Gathering: A Reader, Negative Capability, MiGoZine, and West Trestle Review.
January 12, 2021
Tinderbox Poetry Journal checks in with Veronica in the “Catching Up” section of Volume 6, Issue 6.
December 22, 2020
Stone Gathering: A Reader is published—a beautifully produced quarterly anthology celebrating very short literature. The winter 2020 issue includes Veronica’s poem, “Rutabagas,” (originally published in Tar River Poetry).
Cover photo by Molly Beth Griffin
December 21, 2020
“Her Work” published in The Shore, issue 8.
December 1, 2020
“Results Pending” published in Rogue Agent, Issue 69, a journal of poems that inhabit the body.
November 24, 2020
This beautiful meme created by The Night Heron Barks for the poem “As If To Waltz.”
October 18, 2020
Two poems published in Menacing Hedge.
“Gazing Toward Christine Blasey Ford’s Former Place of Employment” and “Coming Off the Ventilator.”
October 16, 2020
“As if to Waltz” published in The Night Heron Barks.
Autumn 2020
Work forthcoming in The New Guard, Rogue Agent, Negative Capability (Food Issue), Menacing Hedge, The Night Heron Barks,The Shore, and Stone Gathering: A Reader.
August 23, 2020
Coastside Women’s Poetry Salon
June 30, 2020
“Common Side Effects Include” published by Glass: A Journal of Poetry, #Poets Resist.
June 9, 2020
Coastside Poetry open mic, 6:00-8:00PST
Live-streaming on YouTube.
June 1, 2020
“Gilroy” published in Dogwood.
May 1, 2020
The poem “Gilroy” announced as a finalist for the Dogwood Prize.
April 14, 2020
Coastside Poetry ZOOM reading 7:00PM
To receive the link to virtually attend, contact Diane Moomey: dianeleemoomey@coastsidepoetry.org
March 15, 2020
“A Daughter Leaves Home” published in MER VOX, Spring 2020.
Cover art by MER VOX,Spring 2020
March 5, 2020
“Saturday” published in New Ohio Review, #27.
cover art: The Professor’s Regret, by Robert Birmelin
February 7, 2020
Veronica will read at the Studio One Reading Series in Oakland, along with the wonderful poets Luiza Flynn-Goodlett and Joshua McKinney. 7:30-9:30. She hopes to see you there! Details HERE. Poetry, snacks, wine, and beer!
January 1, 2020
“This Unkindness” published in Salamander Magazine.
Mark your calendar—Veronica will be reading in Oakland, CA on February 7th for the Studio One Reading Series. 7:30 pm. More details to follow.
December 1, 2019
Two poems published in Tar River Poetry, volume 59, number 1: “Twenty-First Century Hide and Seek,” and “Rutabagas.”
Cover photo credit: Leanne E. Smith
November 25, 2019
“What We Heard” Poem of the Day, in Swwim.
November 14, 2019
“Morning Fog as Metaphor for Denial” published in Crab Creek Review. Issue 2019, Vol 2
November 5, 2019
“Daphne” published in Rust + Moth.
September 30, 2019
Best of the Net nomination by Radar Poetry for “Sea Urchin.” #grateful
September 22, 2019
“Bell” published in Spillway.
September 22, 2019
Beyond Baroque: Veronica will read at the launch of Spillway 27. Sunday, September 22, at 3:00pm in Venice, CA. Hope you can make it! For advance tickets
August 29, 2019
Bookshop Santa Cruz : Veronica will read at the launch of the Fall 2019 issue of Catamaran. Thursday, August 29 at 6:30-8:00pm. Come listen and visit with the Catamaran Literary Reader crew!
August 20, 2019
The podcast of Veronica’s one-hour radio interview with Danusha Lameris on The Hive Poetry Collective. Listen Here.
August 11, 2019
8:00-9:00 Interview on KSQD 90.7 FM,, Santa Cruz, The Hive Poetry Collective. Catch it live! Podcast to follow.
June 10, 2019
“In Which I Explain My Eleventh Year” published in Meridian.
May 31, 2019
“Graphesthesia” published in Whale Road Review.
May 3, 2019
“Stream” published in Rust + Moth.
April 29, 2019
Nominated for Best New Poets anthology.
November 15, 2018
What an honor to share the stage with Gary Snyder!
October 31, 2018
“Pescadero resident wins Santa Cruz poetry prize” - Half Moon Bay Review
Read the article and interview HERE.
October 2018
“Stealing Mulberries” has won the 2018 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize! - phren-z
Visit website HERE.
“At last: Poetry that is both beautiful and bold.” - The Review Review.
Read the article HERE.