Collections
The Thin Veneer, Dempsey & Windle, July 2022, https://www.dempseyandwindle.com/cliffordliles
Literary Journals or Poetry Magazines
The Compulsion to Climb, Orbis Quarterly International Literary Journal, Issue #204, Summer 2023 (Forthcoming).
Square Peg in a Round World was published in the Acumen Literary Journal, Issue 105, January 2023, ISSN 0964-0304.
Greenfire was published in Acumen Literary Journal, Issue 102, January 2022, ISSN 0964-0304. It appeared as an Acumen guest poem here: https://www.acumen-poetry.co.uk/clifford-liles/
The Promise of Magic and At the Tumbleweed Diner were published in Orbis Quarterly International Literary Journal, Issue #192, Summer 2020, ISSN 0300-4425.
A Subtle Tell of Stones was published in Orbis Quarterly International Literary Journal, Issue #199, Spring 2022, ISSN 0300-4425.
Terra Incognita was published in Dream Catcher, Issue 45, Summer 2022, ISSN 1466-9455.
Hotel Minos was published in Poetry Salzburg Review, Issue 39, Autumn 2022, ISSN 1561 5871.
Under a Cloudy Sea, Shopping on the Right, and Doodlebug were published in The Cannon’s Mouth Quarterly, Cannon Poets, Issue 70, December 2018, ISSN 1745-6630.
Coming Off the Mountain and The Arrow of Time were published in The Cannon’s Mouth Quarterly, Cannon Poets, Issue 71, March 2019, ISSN 1745-663003.
Reach Poetry, ISSN 1461-1112 has published the following poems of Clifford Liles:
- A Checkpoint Missed Near the Guatemalan Border in Reach, Issue 249, June 2019;
- Coup d’Etat was published in Issue 251, August 2019;
- The Old Bookshop in Issue 262, July 2020;
- Grimoire in Issue 264, September 2020;
- In sight of the twin steepled Týn in Issue 269, February 2021;
- Threesome in Issue 271, April 2021;
- Washing Machines in Issue 275, August 2021;
- Acapulco in Issue 277, November 2021;
- Stradivarius, Master Violin Maker of Cremona in Issue 281, January 2022;
- Memory Cages in Issue 287, November 2022;
- Ode To You in Issue 289, December 2022
- Dissolution in Issue 291, March 2023.
Jealousy was published in Graffiti, ISSN 2045-4880, Issue 27, December 2021.
Enduring Solitude was published in Writers’ Forum, competition runner-up, Select Publisher Services Ltd., Issue 155, August 2014, ISSN 1467-2529.
The Englydion of Avalon, was published in Dawntreader, Issue 052, Autumn 2020, ISSN 1751-0554
On-line Magazines
A Seamstress Considers her Options published in London Grip at www.londongrip.co.uk , March 2020, https://londongrip.co.uk/2020/02/london-grip-new-poetry-spring-2020/
La Notte del Redentore published in London Grip at www.londongrip.co.uk , September 2022,
A Soliloquy for Ramsgate, Canterbury Festival Poetry Competition 2015 Longlist, appeared on Facebook, 16/02/2016: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1015790121814999&id=108645832529437
Poetry Competitions
Requiem for a Kayaker, was Runner Up (second place) in the EarlyWorks Press Competition 2020 at:
https://kaygreen.blog/2020/08/27/earlyworks-press-poetry-competition-2020-results/
Doodlebug, Highly Commended, University of Winchester Writers’ Festival Writing Competition 2017
Odysseus Encounters Circe, Highly Commended, University of Winchester Writers’ Festival Writing Competition 2014
Ship of Fools and Benighted in ‘Murdering Gully’, was short-listed in the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2013
Winter Journeys, “People’s Choice” category winner in Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year 2013
Incomplete Work of the Last King of Bavaria, Winner of Local Poet, Sandwich Arts Week Competition 2019
Isle of the Dead, Second Place, 2018 Sandwich Arts Week National Competition
Dissolution, Winner of the Canterbury Art in the Underpass poetry competition 2014 and painted on a riverside mural in the Westgate Gardens, Canterbury June 2016
Enduring Solitude, Runner-up in Issue 155, Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition 2014
In the Garden of Old French Roses, short listed in SaveAs Writers Poetry Competition 2014
Jealousy, short-listed in the Sandwich Arts Week National Poetry Competition 2018
When Dinosaurs Loved Poetry, Commended in Issue 164, Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition June 2015. Shopping on the Right, Writer’s Forum, Commended Issue 153.
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