T.J. Sandella

Poems

2021

• “Lucy’s,” New Ohio Review

2020

• “Communion,” The Chattahoochee Review

• “Post-Racial,” Cold Mountain Review

2019

• “Pathology of Violence,” The Rupture

2018

• “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” Poetry Northwest (reprinted as the Vandal Poem of the Day)

• “Loss,” Zone 3

• “Arrival” and “What Scares Me Most About Death,” Hotel Amerika

• “Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” The Good Men Project

2017  

• “Nightmare on Elm Street,” New Ohio Review

• “It’s like in golf. A lot of people—I don’t want this to sound trivial—but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive. It’s weird. You see these great players with these really long putters because they can’t sink three- footers anymore. And I hate it. I’m a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I’m a traditionalist.” The Good Men Project

• “All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me—consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected.” The Good Men Project

2016   

• “H(om)e,” The Comstock Review

• “Abracadabra,” Painted Bride Quarterly

• “Let’s Go,” Hiram Poetry Review

• “Revelation,” Cider Press Review

• “A Lesson in Annihilation” and “Fragments,” Connotation Press

2015   

• “Apartment B,” Poet Lore

• “The Former Number One Draft Pick Speaks of Love,” Raleigh Review

• “After Driving Behind a Truck with a ‘Redneck Romeo’ Bumper Sticker” and “Nocturne Interrupted,” The South Carolina Review

• “Namaste,” Cold Mountain Review

• “Psalm I,” Hawaii Pacific Review

• “Exam,” Wisconsin Review

• “Asylum Pastoral” and “Found Mantra in the Frozen Food Aisle,” Potomac Review

2014   

• “Kayaking, Early Morning,” Best New Poets 2014 (reprinted from Zone 3)

• “Bursting at the Seams,” The Chattahoochee Review

• “Flight,” Best of Asheville Poetry Review

• “On the Elevator, I Ask a Coworker, How’s It Going?” DMQ Review

• “An Offering,” The Best of the Fourth River: An Anthology

• “Anniversary in Three Parts,” “Homecoming,” Spoon River Poetry Review

• “The Art of Sadness,” The Tusculum Review

2013   

• “An Offering” and “What It Must Feel Like to Drop a Bomb,” The Fourth River

• “My Mother Prepares Me for Her Death,” Passages North

2012   

• “A Thank You Note to the Selves in the Worlds Where All Scenarios Are Played Out,” Writers’ Festival

• “Residue I,” Plainsongs

• “Residue II,” Common Ground Review