Publications
- “Attachment Style” — Crab Orchard Review, Vol. 27, No. 2
- “Name Him” — Gordon Square Review, No. 17
- “Long Live the Queen” — Pangyrus, May 10, 2026
- “Sitting Pretty in a Sestina” — Reed Magazine, No. 159 Online Exclusive
“Gift of God” — The Offing, April 15, 2026
“Will He Hear the Orchestra?” — The Westchester Review, Spring 2026
“I’ll Stay Up Until Dawn” — PRISM international, Vol. 64, No. 1 - “Bible City, USA” — Pinch, Vol. 46, No. 1
- “She Gives and She Takes” — Midway Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2
- “Line of Men” — Hole in the Head Review, Spring 2026
“I Don’t Put Entourage in the Title” — Hobart, February 13, 2026 - “Can You Blame Him?” — South Florida Poetry Journal, No. 40
“Race Home” — The Summerset Review, Winter 2026 - “What to Eat?” — Grub Street, Vol. 75 & Online Exclusive
- “A Myth of Permanence” — Good River Review, No. 10
- Two Poems — Diode Poetry Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3
“Chanson for My Father” — Stirring, Vol. 27, No. 4 - “The Golden Prince Returns” – BoomerLitMag, Vol. 8, No. 4
Two Poems — Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Vol. 12 - “An Addict’s Plan for Surviving the Darkness” — Ibbetson Street, No. 57
- “Mother Carries It All” — The Indianapolis Review, No. 33
Five Poems — Impossible Task, June 6, 2025
“We Are All Named After Someone” — Four Way Review, No. 32
“King of Song” — swamp pink, No. 17 - “Da Capo al Fine” — Mississippi Review, Vol. 52, No. 1 & 2
- “Toast the Holy Spirit” — Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Vol. 10
- “Poetry is the Opposite of Suicide” — Bear Review, forthcoming
“I Need to Do Homework” — Little Patuxent Review, forthcoming
“Calendar Year, 1963” — Booth, forthcoming
“All I Want for Christmas” — South Carolina Review, forthcoming
“The Dragon Warrior Among Us” — Sugar House Review, forthcoming
“Ode to the Blankie Lost Forever” — The Louisville Review, forthcoming
“The Queen’s Gambit” – The Shade Journal, forthcoming
“Midnight Flight” — Frontier Poetry, forthcoming - Review of Milk for Gall by Natalie Louise Tombasco — Heavy Feather Review
Matthew Charles Zhao 