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“I Remember It Was Called an Ash, the Baby Tree That Was” Published in Bite More, Smash More: Red Ogre Review’s 2024-2025 Anthology

Brook Bhagat

I don’t write a lot of trauma poetry, but “I Remember It Was Called an Ash, the Baby Tree That Was” wanted to come into the world. I hope it does some good, somehow, and I hope the little girl I wrote it for is ok, wherever she is. The collection features dozens of poets, ranging from exciting new voices to multiple major prize winners, prestigious grant and fellowship recipients, Poet Laureates, and well-known names. Bite More, Smash More: Red Ogre Review’s 2024-2025 Anthology is the fourth book in the series from Red Ogre Review. It was released on November 30 and is available now on Amazon.

“The Master” published in Osho News

Brook Bhagat

I’m so proud to share that my prose poem, “The Master,” from Only Flying, has been published in Osho News! This piece is about the most beautiful dream I ever had, a dream whose essence lingered over my waking life for weeks, a fragrance of roses drifting in from the windows of the beyond. Read it here: “The Master”

The Journey of “Collarbone Jones”: Art and Love

Brook Bhagat
Clay bust of a man's shoulders, neck, and head with mouth slightly open and brow lifted
“Collarbone Jones,” clay, Brook Bhagat

“Cracking Collarbone Jones,” previously published in the Unsolicited Press anthology Pen and Pulse: Essays on Writing, Craft, and the Writer’s Journey, is the true story of why I went to India almost 25 years ago. It’s the story of falling in love with a dream, and a piece of clay, and a man. It’s the story of how art winds through us, and through life, an echo of the heart at times. Other times, a guide.

I am so grateful to share that this intimate creative nonfiction piece is featured this month in Osho News. The layout includes a photo of my sculpture, a main character in the piece. It means so much to see them published together, and in the context they were born in! “Cracking Collarbone Jones” in Osho News

“Ghazal for Osho” published in Osho News

Brook Bhagat
With Ullas at my sanyas celebration, Nainital, 2002

I’m thrilled to share that “Ghazal for Osho” has been published in Osho News. Some poems are tough; this love poem for Osho nearly wrote itself. It’s such a joy to see it find a home where my fellow sanyasins will find it. Ghazal for Osho

“Heart the Size of a Car” published on A Story in 100 Words

Brook Bhagat

I began this 100-word prose poem on a sticky note. I revised it, used it in a Nearby Universe email invitation, and revised it again before sending it out. Then I practiced it to read at the Spring Reading, planning a palm-to-podium for the boom boom boom. Yesterday, A Story in 100 Words got back to me with a yes. Check it out here.