David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My poem, "The Nature of Existence," in the Bacopa Literary Review. Big thanks to the editors!!! 010
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For the first day of Autum... I know most of my friends prefer Autumn, but I have always had a love/hate relationship with the season. I am, by default of a late summer birth, a summer fella. Here's a poem grounded in Autumn from my new chapbook: www.lulu.com/shop/david-p... 001
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Much gratitude to John Hoppenthaler for both selecting my chapbook as winner of the Little Kanawha Reading Series Chapbook Contest and for the generous blurb! #poetry #littlekanawhareadingseries #glenvillestateuniversity www.lulu.com/shop/david-p... 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In today's mail, my friend Kari's great new collection and my Little Kanawha Reading Series Chapbook Competition winner, Somewhere the Nightjar!" #poetry #poetfriends #GlevilleStateUniversity 021
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My new chapbook! www.lulu.com/shop/david-p... 010
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Today's my Birthday! www.davidbprather.com 150
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 28/08/2026To my surprise, my poem, "Maintenance," from my collection, BENDING LIGHT WITH BARE HANDS, was today's Poem of the Day from Fernwood Press! Get your copy today! www.fernwoodpress.com/2025/02/12/b... 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was standing in my driveway watching the eclipse. 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 12/08/2026(So happy!) Sneak Peek at the newest Poetry Prize Covers - Madville Publishing share.google/hVPr0f3CJePa...share.googleSneak Peek at the newest Poetry Prize CoversTake a sneak peek at the covers we have just finalized for the 2025 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize winners. These two books will be out in 2027. 010
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 03/08/2026My poem, "Brazilian Treehopper," in Mantis 24. It will be included in my forthcoming collection, A HEART THAT STRETCHES THE LENGTH OF THE BODY, which won the Arthur Smith Poetry Prize from Madville Publishing! 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Firefly rested all day on my screen door. 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Singer Bonnie Tyler of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' dies at 75 | AP News share.google/D7DOlcrG1oyZ...share.googleBonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced Welsh pop star known for “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at 75. 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Two fledgling doves on my porch this morning. After this, I watched momma dive, then poppa dove, ward off a gray squirrel. Did you know that gray squirrels will eat them?! 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 22/06/2026New poems in En*Trance! www.entrancejournal.net/davidbpratherentrancejournal.netDavid B Prather | En•Trance Journal 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Ready to start at West Virginia Writers, Inc. Annual Spring Conference, Cedar Lakes, Ripley, WV. #WVWCon2026 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 11/06/2026West Virginia Writers, Inc. Annual Spring Conference this weekend! www.wvwriters.org 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 04/06/2026DON'T LET WORRIES KILL YOU LET THE CHURCH HELP I think I may be reading this church's sign completely wrong (in Parkersburg, WV). 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 18/05/2026My poem, "Bullet Ant!" oneartpoetry.com/2026/05/18/b...oneartpoetry.comBullet Ant by David B. PratherBullet Ant —Paraponera clavata Pain is a type of initiation, a boy plunging his hands into gloves woven from leaves and stinging ants, fo… 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Despite the fact I am unrepresented on the county level, I voted! 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 25/04/2026From today's reading at the #ParkersburgandWoodCountyPublicLibrary! (Photo by Sherrell Wigal) 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Join us next Saturday, April 25 at the library to celebrate National Poetry Month! 020
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Mother Robin nesting on the neighbor's downspout. 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Wilma Acree, James Long, and I will be reading @ParkersburgandWoodCountyPublicLibrary on April 25! 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 02/04/2026silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/p...silverbirchpress.wordpress.comPanda Ant by David B. Prather (BUGS & INSECTS Series)Panda Ant —Enspinolia Militaris by David B. Prather Not an ant, really, this wasp without wings. The female, I mean. She decided long ago to forgo the freedom of fligh… 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I wasn't expecting snow on my budding apple tree. 021
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 15/03/2026as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org/pub/prather-...as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.orgReview of Feller by Denton Loving 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Two new poems in Sheila-Na-Gig! sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...sheilanagigblog.comThe Poets: Volume 10.3, Spring 2026NEW: Click author’s NAME to jump to their section or SCROLL to read the issue in its entirety. SPRING 2026 CURATORBARABARA SABOL no poems in this issue VENUS IN HEAT: CHARLES SHERMAN EDITORS&… 010
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Source: Global English Editing search.app/5FMbBsearch.appBehavioral scientists found that people without children develop a relationship to mortality that is psychologically distinct. Without biological continuation, they must construct meaning through cont...Without biological continuation, people who never have children are forced to build their own relationship with mortality from scratch, and the psychological architecture that requires turns out to be... 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Parkersburg poet David B. Prather wins 2025 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize | WV News | wvnews.com share.google/KH5ZMVJcwMws...wvnews.comwvnews.com | WVNews | Trusted West Virginia News, Sports & Local CoverageNews, Sports, Marketing and Events for West Virginia including WVU, High School, Education, Politics, Business, local government, state government, technology, law, and more 131
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 10/02/2026My other two poems in Phylum Press, Issue 4: Corkscrew Willow! 020
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Two of my poems in Phylum Press, Issue 4: Corkscrew Willow! 010
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I'm still reeling. I won the Arthur Smith Poetry Prize from Madville Publishing with my collection, A Heart That Stretches the Length of the Body! madvillepublishing.com/arthur-smith...madvillepublishing.comArthur Smith Poetry Prize - 2025The results are in for Madville's 2025 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize, judged by Jeff Hardin. Also here you will find the short list. 050
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 09/01/2026friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...friggmagazine.comFrigg | Winter 2025-2026 | Bread Scattered Upon the Water | David B. PratherBread Scattered Upon the Water, poetry by David B. Prather 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 09/01/2026friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...friggmagazine.comFrigg | Winter 2025-2026 | Time Lapse | David B. PratherTime Lapse, poetry by David B. Prather 000
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Frigg | Winter 2025-2026 | My father has a hole in his heart | David B. Prather share.google/EElZRUBCHbBc...share.googleFrigg | Winter 2025-2026 | My father has a hole in his heart | David B. PratherMy father has a hole in his heart, poetry by David B. Prather 000