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Read my Poem “A Junkyard Father” Published on Altered Reality Magazine

Hello again! I recently had a trifecta of luck at Altered Reality with some poems, and this is my second one that was picked up for publication by them.

This week the poem is a little different than my previous one. No haunted forest or paradoxical monsters.

Instead, I choose to focus on an image that has haunted me ever since I watched it. The toy scene in Bladerunner (director’s cut of course) in Sebastian’s attic has stuck with me ever since I watched it back in 2004. I often wonder what would those cybernetic creations do if Sebastian never returned.

Who would take care of them?

In “A Junkyard Father” I follow this same idea and principle. A scientist has created sentient toys in some robotic future, and he is confronted with the concept of mortality. When he dies and leaves this world, they’ll be nobody to take care of them. The toys will outlive him, and still require maintenance. He’ll die when they could potentially live for centuries.

How will they cope? Who will be there?

You can read “A Junkyard Father” right here.

As always, you should check out the whole of Altered Reality. They publish great stuff from a variety of voices.

Thank you for reading my work, and have a nice Wednesday!

I had my poem "Windchimes" published by Altered Reality. You can find out more details about it below, including where to read. it Have an awesome day!

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https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/read-my-poem-windchimes-published-on-altered-reality/

Read my Poem “Windchimes” Published on Altered Reality Magazine

Hello! Recently I was lucky enough to have my poem “Windchimes” published by Altered Reality last week.

This was one of the first horror poems I had written after a long absence from poetry. I started writing poetry again back in the beginning of 2024. The women I was dating at the time was a poet, and she often would send poems for me to read. At the time I was still thinking I could only do one thing as a writer, like self-publish fiction. That isn’t true. You can be varied. You get to practice your craft on multiple highways.

Anyways, she was curious about my poetry, or if I could even still write it. So, as it happens that sometimes men are simply motivated by women, I decided to try my hand at it, and poetry clicked again after about a decade of absence.

“Windchimes” is about a group of monsters in a haunted forest who hang windchimes in the trees to warn people travelling through that they are there, and that the woods is dangerous. It is about how evil attempts to warn you about its intentions, so you avoid it. Or at least you would try It focuses on how frustrated the evil entities are with this paradox. I love this poem, and I’m happy to see it has a home.

You can read it right here.

Also, Altered Reality is an excellent publication. Please take some time to explore its various voices. You can find it right here.

Thanks for reading!

A poem I wrote about the disconnect between work, parenthood, and dreams. How they all seem so simple, but so distant. Enjoy.

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https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/the-warehouse-window/

A poem I wrote about the disconnect between work, parenthood, and dreams. How they all seem so simple, but so distant. Enjoy.

#Poetry #Poem #PoetryCommunity #WritersOfWordPress #PoetsOfWordPress #SpokenWord #DarkPoetry #HorrorPoetry #IndieWriter #WritersLife #WordWeaver #AmWriting #PoetryOfTheSoul

https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/the-warehouse-window/

I was interviewed by the fab @AngelaYSmith
for HWA POETS OF THE DARK!! 🖤🤩✌️👻📚🥰🧡🎩

https://horror.org/poets-of-the-dark-interview-with-lori-r-lopez

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