41. "Swear To God, or How to Seduce the Most Beautiful Girl in Town," flash nonfiction The Burningwood Review. July 2023.
42. - 46. Five Poems in Fleas on the Dog, issue 15, December 2023
*WHY I LIKE THEM: Poetry Editor HEZEKIAH writes… David Blumenfeld writes in various voices on a variety of subjects. In 'in the land with no future' the tone is dire. The absence of punctuation recommends a sense of alarm, while without uppercase letters, it seems a whispered warning--as the lines lengthen with a heightening urgency, "no relief no surcease." 'The Fish' differs dramatically. The creative spacing, like a cast line, is playful, his alliterations hook us as he takes his time, slowly and smoothly, reeling us in with the flex of his pen. As for 'My Soul,' Blumenfeld breaks into more traditional verse, rhyming no less, as he waxes romantical, wanes sardonic--"a eunuch pacing around the room / who longs to be a blushing groom"--and fades to universal truths. 'Berkeley: 1963 - 1965' is a gripping reminiscence in free verse. And, 'A Little Too Cynical?' is engagingly written and reads like a childrens' book the contents of which you could only find in the Adult Section--no need to picture it, read on...
“in the land with no future”
“The Fish”
“My Soul”
“Berkeley: 1963 – 1965”
“A Little Too Cynical?”
43. "I Fly Again" in Rushing Through the Dark, October 2023 pp. 240 -241
44. "Smile," Topical Poetry, October 8, 2023
45. "I'd Like to Go Out Dancing," Lighten Up Online, issue 64, December 2023. A poem that is to be read at my funeral.
https://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.php/issue-64-december-2023/david-blumenfeld-id-like-to-go-out-dancing
46. "The Young Girl and the Old Woman," Jan/Feb 2024 in Pure Slush in anthology Loss Lifespan, vol 9 on the theme: Loss.
47. "Hymn KA," Written Tales," February 23, 2024.
48. "Inside Out Haiku," in The Best Haiku, 2023: International Anthology, Haiku Crush Press, 2024.
49. Interview with ShoutOutMiami 3/2034
https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-david-blumenfeld-retired-philosophy-professor-writer-and-poet/
https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-david-blumenfeld-retired-philosophy-professor-writer-and-poet/https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-david-blumenfeld-retired-philosophy-professor-writer-and-poet/
50. “cri du coeur” poem, Lit eZine, vol. 5, April 2024. https://manicsylph.com/lit-ezine-vol-5-front-page-contents/ or
https://bit.ly/litezine5 Also to be reprinted in Living Our Blessings, Wising Up Press, 2025
51. "How My Dog Smells," The McNeese Review & Boudin, special pets issue https://www.mcneese.edu/thereview/2024/04/30/how-my-dog-smells
contest finalist, top 10.
52. "Bloody Footprints" (a list poem) Night Picnic Newsletter, Poetry Sunday 6/9/2024 https://dissidentvoice.org/2024/06/bloody-footprints/
53 - 56. Four poems Witcraft, September 25, 2024: "I Think There's Something Wrong with Me;" "Norman the Nosher;" "Show, Don't Tell;" "Ode to Edna."
57. "Daddy Fik-it," poem WWQ (Westward Quarterly), Winter 2025.
58. "A Drumbeat of Sorrow," poem received an honorable mention in the 2024 Woody Barlow Poetry Contest, eMerge Magazine, March 21, 2025 https://emerge-magazine.com/a-drumbeat-of-sorrow/
59. "An Afternoon at the Opera," a comic flash story for opera lovers and opera haters alike. Witcraft, January 20, 2025
60. - 61. Two children's poems, "An Acrostic" and "Have You Ever Thought...?" Balloons Lit. Journal issue 16, December 30, 2024, pp. 27 -28
62. "Mama Does the Shimmy: 1947, poem forthcoming in pixie literary magazine
63. "leaves are the tears of trees," poem forthcoming in Black Coffee Review
64. "The Heavy Arm of Guilt," poem forthcoming in Ink Nest Poetry
65. "Elegy in a City Graveyard: Atlanta, 1997," forthcoming in Five Points, December 2025
66 - 67. Two poems, "Mysterium Mysteriorum" and "Dark", The Paradox, February 27, 2025, p. 22
68. "What Would I Do If You Killed My Child?" a poem dedicated to the memory of Ahmed T. Abdelal, The Marbled Sigh, March 2, 2025, online reading held Maech 23, 2025.
69. "bury me deep," Concision Poetry Journal, issue 5.1 May 2025, concisionpoetry.com
70. "Seeing God the Easy Way: Big Sur 1963," poem forthcoming in Vita Poetica