Volcano Suite

by James Schwartz

Poems inspired by the 2018 Kilauea eruption and life in the lower east rift zone.

Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2019

About the author

About James Schwartz




James Schwartz is a poet, writer, slam performer, speaker & author.

His book THE LITERARY PARTY: GROWING UP GAY AND AMISH IN AMERICA was published by inGroup Press in 2011 + nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Schwartz has also been a Pushcart Prize nominee for his poems "Northern Skies" and "Hands."

Poetry by Schwartz has been published / forthcoming in various journals including -

SILVER BIRCH PRESS, THE NEW VERSE NEWS, OVERGROUND / UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE, ICEFLOE PRESS, FEVERS OF THE MIND, ROI FAINEANT PRESS & BEATLIFE: THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL BEAT POETRY FOUNDATION INC.


POETRY ANTHOLOGIES:

ALL POETRY IS PRAYER (2010)

AMONG THE LEAVES: QUEER MALE POETS ON THE MIDWESTERN EXPERIENCE (2012)

MILK & HONEY SIREN (2013)

WRITING KNIGHTS PRESS 2014 ANTHOLOGY

PAGE-A-DAY POETRY ANTHOLOGY 2015

QDA: A QUEER DISABILITY ANTHOLOGY (2015)

DANGEROUS SUBMISSIONS (2017)

CHALLENGING SUBMISSIONS (2017)

# R E S I S T (2017)

GRAND SHOWCASE 2018 (2018)

NOT MY PRESIDENT: THE ANTHOLOGY OF DISSENT (2017)

LOVEJETS: QUEER MALE POETS ON 200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN (2019)

POETRY IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (2020)

MARCH 2020: A COVID-19 ANTHOLOGY

JUNE 2020: A PANDEMIC ANTHOLOGY

SWEETER VOICES STILL: AN LGBTQ ANTHOLOGY FROM MIDDLE AMERICA (2021)

GOOD COP/BAD COP: AN ANTHOLOGY (2021)

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #38 (2022)

PSALMS OF THE ALIEN BUDDHA 2 (2022)

HARD RAIN POETRY: FOREVER DYLAN ANTHOLOGY (2022)

ALIEN BUDDHA SKIPS THE PARTY 2 (2022)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA: BEST OF 2022

THE ALIEN BUDDHA GETS A REAL JOB 2 (2023)

FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY & ART ISSUE 6: THE EMPATH DIES IN THE END (2023)

ON THE HIGHWAYS WITH MANY MILES... TO GO (2023)

FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY AND ART ISSUE 8: INSPIRE ME (2023)

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #56 (2023)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA LOVES YOU (2023)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BEST OF 2023

FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY, ART & MUSIC ISSUE 11: THE LONE ROAD (2024)

THEY'RE CONSPIRING AGAINST THE ALIEN BUDDHA TOO (2024)

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #65 (2024)

PSALMS OF THE ALIEN BUDDHA 3: THE FINAL TRACK (2024)

ECCENTRIC ORBITS 5 (2024)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BEST OF 2024

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #72 (March, 2025)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BIG BACKPACK FULL OF SOUP CANS (2025)

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #75 (2025)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA LOVES YOU TOO (2025)

WHISPERS OF THE SEASONS – A CONTEMPORARY HAIKU ANTHOLOGY (2025)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S ARCANE MAGICK (2025)

SNOWFALL AND STARLIGHT: A CHRISTMAS HAIKU ANTHOLOGY (2025)

ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #82 (2026)



POETRY COLLECTIONS & CHAPBOOKS by Schwartz:


THE LITERARY PARTY: GROWING UP GAY AND AMISH IN AMERICA (2011)

ALPINE SUITE (2013)

POETRY 4 FOOD 2 (2013)

POETRY 4 FOOD 3 (2014)

ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE (2014)

SECULAR, SATIRICAL & SACRED MEDITATIONS (2016)

MICHIGAN MEDITATIONS (2016)

PUNATIC (2019)

MOTOR CITY MIX (2022)

SOME ARE AND MOST AREN'T AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT: SELECTED POEMS 2004-2024 (2024)

BIG ISLAND BEATNIK: POETRY & PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE LOWER EAST RIFT ZONE (2025)



FICTION by Schwartz:


JONATHAN: A JOURNAL OF QUEER MALE FICTION (2014)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S MICRODOSES (2022)

SUNSET IN ROME (2022)

LONG LOST FRIEND (2023)

SUMMER SUCKS!!! (2025)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA GETS ISOLATED & WEIRD (2025)

SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! ANTHOLOGY 4 (2025)

THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S CHAOS COUNTDOWNS 2 (2025)


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NON-FICTION essays by Schwartz:


RFD MAGAZINE

THE GOOD MEN PROJECT

BEST OF BOOKS BY THE BED #2: WHAT WRITERS ARE READING BEFORE LIGHTS OUT (2014)

EMPTY MIRROR: SECRET OF THE MASTERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH POET EDWARD FIELD (2017)

OUR HAPPY HOURS: LGBT VOICES FROM THE GAY BARS (2017)


PHOTOGRAPHY by Schwartz:

THE WAYWARD SWORD: # RESIST (2017)

PUNATIC (2019)

THE STORMS JOURNAL ISSUE 2 (2023)

WALTZIN THROUGH RUSTY CAGES (2023)

BIG ISLAND BEATNIK (2025