Here are some poems published over the years, several of which have been reprinted in my books. Many thanks to the editors of these and other journals for their care in editing and publishing writers.

The Atlantic, “The Country of Perfect Weekends”: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1985/11/the-country-of-perfect-weekends/665009/

The Borough, “Annunciation” and “Barge”: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://theboroughpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/theborough-issue-2-e-version-9.pdf

The Coachella Review, “The Harrower”: http://thecoachellareview.com/archive/poetry/the-harrower/

Divagations, “Liminality,” “Swifts,” “The Seventh Bowl,” “Where the Bodies are Buried”: https://www.divagations-advancedleisure.com/literaryjournal

Five Points, “The Mortifications”: https://fivepoints.gsu.edu/excerpt/the-mortifications/#

The Hopkins Review, “Process of Elimination”: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/627971/summary

The Kenyon Review, “My Mother in Her Garden, Turning a Kaleidoscope”: https://kenyonreview.org/contributor/george-witte/

Narrative Northeast, “An Open Letter”: https://narrativenortheast.com/?p=340

The New Criterion, “Offsite”: https://newcriterion.com/article/offsite/

New Verse Review, “Nyx”: https://www.newversereview.com/1-2-george-witte

On the Seawall, “This Book Belongs To”: https://www.ronslate.com/this-book-belongs-to/

Pangyrus, “The Unevacuated”: https://www.pangyrus.com/poetry/the-unevacuated/

Passengers, “Bellfounding”: https://www.passengersjournal.com/volume-3-issue-2-poetry

The Pedestal, “Dead Nails,” https://thepedestalmagazine.com/george-witte-dead-nails/

Poems for Persons of Interest, “Blackout”: https://pfpoi.blogspot.com/2026/06/blackout-george-witte-june-2026.html

Poetry, “Gully,” “Thaw,” “Totenwald,” and “Narcissus”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=155&issue=6&page=14

Poetry Northwest, “The Hatch”: https://www.poetrynw.org/george-witte-the-hatch/

The Sonneteer, “Progress”: https://thesonneteer.substack.com/p/progress-7aa

Valparaiso Poetry Review, “Constellations”: https://www.valpo.edu/valparaiso-poetry-review/2018/01/04/george-witte-constellations/

Vox Populi, “After the Recent Unpleasantness”: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2022/07/07/george-witte-after-the-recent-unpleasantness/ and “Laurels”: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/30/george-witte-laurels/

West Trade Review, “Trestle Jumping”: https://westtradereview.com/onlineexclusivew22witte.html

The Yale Review, “Night Swimming”: https://yalereview.org/article/night-swimming