M F Drummy

Poet

Longmont, CO
Colorado US
Email: 
mdrummy56@gmail.com
Website: 
substack.com/@mdrummy56

Author's Bio

M F Drummy is the disabled author of numerous articles, essays, poems, reviews, and a monograph on religion and ecology. Their poetry has appeared in dozens of journals, literary magazines, and anthologies, including Allium, Meetinghouse, and Rattle. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, their debut full-length collection of poetry, Perdido (Main Street Rag Press), was published in 2025. Their second collection of poetry, Defensible Spaces (Kelsay Books), will be forthcoming in 2026. Originally from Massachusetts, they and their way cool life partner continue to enjoy their retirement in the Colorado Rockies.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Perdido (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2025)
Journals:
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
,
Amethyst Review
,
Anti-Heroin Chic
,
Ars Sententia
,
Deal Jam Magazine
,
Emerge Literary Journal
,
Eunoia Review
,
Failed Haiku
,
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry & Art
,
Frogpond
,
Green Silk Journal
,
Heimat Review
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Main Street Rag
,
Mayfly
,
Meetinghouse
,
Modern Haiku
,
Muleskinner Journal
,
NOVUS Literary and Arts Journal
,
Pan Haiku Review
,
Poemeleon
,
Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
,
Rattle
,
San Pedro River Review
,
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
,
Under the Bashō
,
Wales Haiku Journal
,
Winged Penny Review
,
Word's Faire
Prizes won: 

Honorable mention recipient of the Haiku Society of America 2023 Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest.
2026 Best of the Net nominee.
2026 Pushcart Prize nominee.

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ted Kooser, Bashō, Emily Dickinson, Allen Ginsburg, T S Eliot, Hala Alyan, Artur Rimbaud, Louise Glück, Bob Hicok, Jorie Graham, John Brehm, Walt Whitman, W B Yeats, Susan Browne, Bob Lucky, Jane Hirshfield, George Bilgere, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Maggie Smith, Charles Baudelaire, Mary Oliver, J P Dancing Bear, Traci Brimhall, Ethan Evans, Kim Adonnizio, Carl Dennis, Issa, Michael Lauchlan, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Cormac McCarthy, Ian McEwan, Claire Keegan, William Wordsworth, Donald Platt, Patti Smith, R M Rilke, Robert Creeley, G M Hopkins, Paul Hostovsky, W S Merwin, Billy Collins, Tom Snarsky, Richard Brautigan, Kai Carlson-Wee, J R Solonche, Jane Kenyon
What I'm reading now: 
Bread of Angels by Patti Smith, Barren Road by J R Solonche

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, Seniors
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jan 01, 2026