Diane K. Martin

Diane K. Martin lives in West County, Sonoma, California. Her work has appeared in PLUME, American Poetry Review, diode, Field, Harvard Review, Laurel Review, Narrative, Rhino, Tin House, and many other journals. A poem was awarded second place in the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize, judged by B.H. Fairchild. Another poem received a Pushcart Special Mention, and yet another won first prize from the journal Smartish Pace. Her first book, Conjugated Visits, a National Poetry Series finalist, was published by Dream Horse Press. Her second collection, Hue & Cry, was published by MadHat Press.

 

  • Practically Home

    Practically home holds no promise of arrival.
  • In God’s Intestine and Goner

    The husband, who has accepted Buddhist precepts,
  • Oxalis in the Ingleside & Zucchini in August

    You can find the world’s second largest sundial
  • Others & Kents

    They stopped the car on the crest of Coleman Valley Road to show his sister and her husband the Pacific view.
  • First Wedding

    It was one of those days when not even the bland sun