Magazines for CHILDREN
Here is a list of poems by Charles Ghigna that appear in Magazines for Children.
(Magazines for Adults are listed at the end of this page.)
Babybug Magazine
"Snow Birds" - Nov 2023
"Bath Time" - July 2022
"Lunchtime" - Feb 2022
"Night Owl" - Oct 2021
"If I Were a Lighthouse" - Mar 2020
"One Little Perfect Pancake" - Nov/Dec 2019
"First Snow" - Nov/Dec 2019
"Wildflowers" - May 2019
"Winter's Here" - Jan 2018
"Snow Birds" - Jan 2018
"Magic Rain" - Apr 2017
"Little Puppy At The Lake" - July 2009
Boy's Life
"The Blacksmith Shop" (Tom Swifty) - Feb 1987
Buzgaga Magazine
"The Days Are Growing Green Again" - 2023
"Special Little Things" - 2023
"Word Bird" - 2023
"You Are a Poem" - 2023
"What If the Sun Took Sunday Off" - 2023
Caterpillar Magazine/Ireland
"Art" - June 2020
"Witch Cats" - Oct 2015
"Winter Calls" - Dec 2013
Child Life Magazine
"Snow Deer" - Dec 1995
"Wild Romance" - Jan 1995
"Little Miss Christmas Tree" - Dec 1994
"Ghost Story" - Oct 1994
"The Sky" - Feb 1988
"White Christmas" - Dec 1987
"The Hoopdeedoos Flood" - Nov 1985
Children's Digest Magazine
"A Symphony of Trees" - July 2004
"Peanut Butter Boy" - Apr 1997
"Snow White Pony" - Sept 1996
"The Firefly" - July 1996
"After the Storm" - June 1996
"Sharks" - Dec 1989
"Happy New Year" - Jan 1989
"Thanksgiving" - Nov 1988
"Clouds" - Feb 1988
"Family Tree" - Feb 1987
"A Symphony of Trees" Apr 1986 & July 1992
"Each Shadow Has Its Sunshine" - ? 1986
Children's Playmate Magazine
"Butterflies Are Bashful" - July 2006
"What Does a Hound Dog Do All Day?" - Jan 2000
"I'm Not Afraid" - Oct 1998
"What is the Weather?" - Mar 1996
"Would You Like to Meet a Ewe?" - Sept 1995
"The Hidden Train" - Apr 1992
"White Christmas" - Dec 1988
"A Bubble is a Magic Ball" or in Humpty Dumpty? - ? 1985
"Looking at Fireflies" - June 1984
"The Magic Machine" - Feb 1984 & Mar 1993
"Little Daddy Longlegs" - June 1998 and July 2002
Crayola Kids Magazine
"Monkey Bars" - 1995
Cricket Magazine
"After the Storm" - May 2025 and Apr 2015
"November" - Nov 2024
"Earth Day" - Apr 2024
"Winter is a Poet" - Jan 2023
"Summertime" - July 2022
"Whispers in the Wind" - Nov 2021
"Nest" - July 2021
"Power Outage" - Oct 2018
"Caterpillar Dreams" - Sept 2017
"The Cold Gray Days of Winter" - Mar 2016
"After the Storm" - Apr 2015 and May 2025
"Gymnast" - May 2013
"Icicles in the Wind" - Jan 2010
"November" - Nov 2009 and Nov 2024
"Winter in the Park" - Feb 2007
"Summertime" - July 2005
"What Is A Poem?" - Feb 2004
"Moon Gold" - Aug 2003
"Roses After the Rain" - June 2002
"Air Looms" - Sept 2000
"Snowfall in the City" - Jan 1995
"Skydiver" - forthcoming
Dirigible Balloon Magazine
"Art Gallery" - Sept 2022
"A Star, You Are" - Sept 2022
"What's a Poet?" - Sept 2022
Flicker Magazine
"Thanksgiving" - Nov 1994
"A Poem is a Little Path" - Sept 1994
Guideposts for Kids
"Good Dogs Bad Dogs" - Mar 1996
"What is Round?" - July 1990
Highlights for Children
"You Are a Poem!" - Mar 2024
"The Waking House" - Sept 2021
"Sunrise" - Sept 2019
"Autumn" - Nov 2017
"The City" - Sept 2015
"Valentine Cake" - Feb 2013
"The Line No One Can Find" - Oct 2000
"Bears" - Nov 1991
"Science Faction" - Sept 1991
"On the Way to School" - Forthcoming
"How Many Raindrops" - Forthcoming
"The Wild Geese" - Forthcoming
"Apatosaurus" - Forthcoming
Highlights Hello
"Zoo Garden" - May 2019
"After the Rain" - Sept 2018
"On the Ferry" - June 2018
"The Magic Floor" - Forthcoming
"Feather Weather" - Forthcoming
"The Calico Cat" - Forthcoming
"Wisteria" - Forthcoming
"The Chickadee Song" - Forthcoming
Highlights High Five
"Above" ("Hot Air Balloon") - Sept 2021
"Peanut Butter Pine Cones" - Mar 2021
"My Kite is Afraid of Heights" - Sept 2020
"Air Show" - June 2019
"The Ant" - June 2018
"The Cricket" - Aug 2008
"Lambs" - Mar 2008
"Bears" - Mar 2007
"Puppy Love" - Forthcoming
"A Poem in My Head" - Forthcoming
"I'd Like to Be a Butterfly" - Forthcoming
"Dragon Wagon" - Forthcoming
Hopscotch Magazine
"Figure Skater" - Aug 1997
Humpty Dumpty Magazine
"Can You Keep A Silly Secret?" as a Build-a-Book - Jan 2021
"Winter Party at the Park" - Jan 2013 and 2022
"Can You Keep A Silly Secret?" - Jan 2012
"Snowy Afternoon" - Dec 1997
"Daisy Days" - June 1997
"Hooray for Saturday!" - Jan 1997
"Christmas Is Coming!" - Dec 1996
"The Sandpiper" - June 1996
"Time Out" - Jan 1995
"Fruit of the Moon" - June 1994
"The Brightest Bow" - Apr 1993
"Lions" - July 1992
"The Petting Zoo?" - Apr 1992
"Hooray for Helmets" - Apr 1991
"Tickle Day" - Jan 1991
"It's Snow Wonder" - ? 1990
"The Cricket Song" - June 1989
"April Chorus" - Apr 1989
"A Happy New Birthday Year" - Jan 1989
"Where Do the Butterflies Go?" - Oct 1988
"What Does a Hound Dog do All Day?" - Apr 1988
"My Favorite Ship" - Feb 1988
"Jump Rope Rhymes" - ? 1986
"Happy Birthday, May!" - Apr 1985 & Apr 1990
"Mother of the Night" - Apr 1984
Jack and Jill Magazine
"Catfish Aren't Furry" - Mar 1996
"A Grumbling Rumbling Roar" - July 1994
"The Mirror Poem" - Apr 1994
"A Poem is a Little Path" - Mar 1992
"The Bee Poem" - Mar 1990
"Good Morning Mr. Sunshine"- Apr 1988
"The American Flag" - June 1967
"Nature Shows" - Feb 1987
"The Scary Dictionary" - Nov 1986
"The Secret Garden" - Forthcoming
Ladybug Magazine
"My Quiet Time" - Feb 2023
"Autumn Butterflies" - Oct 2023
"Summer" - July 2023
"Moon Cat" - Oct 2020
"Lucky Clover" - Mar 2020
"Picture Book" - Jan 2020
"I See Icy Icicles" - Jan 2019
"Summer" - July 2018
"Puppies and Kittens" - Oct 2017
"Kitty Goes" - Sept 2016
"My Quiet Time" - Jan 2016
"What Will Mother Nature Wear?" - Oct 2014, 2007, 2001
"Honeycombs" - Sept 2013
"The Best Fourth of July" - July 2007
"If I Were A Lighthouse" - Feb 2007
"Snow Birds" - Nov 2006
"Mushrooms from Heaven" - Aug 2005
"Ladybug, Ladybug" - July 2005
"Shadows on the Sidewalk" - June 2005
"Spring!" - May 2003
"Sheep In The Sky" - June 2002
"October" - Forthcoming
"One Thing That I Wonder" - July/Aug 2020
Lollipops Magazine
"The Gift" (Classroom Celebrations) - Dec 1996
"What's a Meadow For?" ("The Magic of Metaphors") - Jan 1996
"Spaghetti" - Sept 1995
"The Gift" (in Holidays) - July 1995
"The Birthday Present" - Jan 1995
"Shopping for Santa" - Nov/Dec 1994
"The Haunted House" - Sept/Oct 1994
"Seals" - Jan 1994
"What Flies?" - Mar 1993
"Chickens" - May 1993
"The Scary Crow" - Sept 1993
"Puppies" - May 1992
"I'd Like to be a Butterfly" - May 1992
"Giraffes" - Mar 1992
"The Song of Opposites" - Mar 1992
"I Like" - Jan 1992
"Spellbound" - Nov 1991
"Making Faces" - Nov 1991
"What is Orange?" - Sept 1991
"Lambs" - May 1991
"What Will I See Today?" - May 1991
"Kittens" - Mar 1991
"A Guest in the Garden" - Mar 1991
"The Polite Pointer" - Jan 1991
"What is White?" - Nov 1990
"Who Done It?" - Sept 1990
"On Thing That I Wonder" - June 1990 & Mar 1989
"Ducks" - May 1990
"Happy Birthday Mr. Sun" - May 1990
"Just in Case" - Mar 1990
"The Clock Song" - Jan 1990
"Autumn" - Nov 1989
"The Case is Clothes" - Sept 1989
"The Barefoot Bear" - May 1989
"One Thing That I Wonder" - May 1989
Pockets Magazine
"Catching the Stars" - July 1999
"Timeless Friends" - Nov 1998
"Tickle Day" - June 1998
"Spring Concert" - Apr 1998 and April 2006
"The Rainbow Mirror" - ? 1995
Poem Train Magazine
"The Poet Tree House" - Nov 1993
Pre-K Today Magazine
"Goodbye Winter Hello Spring" - Apr 1987
"Goodnight Nighttime Hello Day" - Nov 1986
Ranger Rick Magazine
"Watch Out for the Kangaphant!" - Aug 2005
"Wild Symphony" - July 2004
"Food for Thought" - Nov 1999
"Penguins" - Forthcoming
"A Snowy Day in the Everglades" - Dec 1998
"Dream Boat" - June 1998
"I Wouldn't Pet On It" - June 1996
"My Very Own Monster Pet" - Mar 1994
"Hippos" - Jan 1993
"Pigs" - Jan 1993
"Dogs" - Mar 1990
"The Magic of Mother Nature" - ? 1993
Scholastic Literary Cavalcade
"Final Summer Vacation" - Dec 1985
"Paper Planes" - Dec 1985
Scholastic Storyworks Magazine
"Racing the Wind" - Apr 1997
"Balloon Man" - Apr 1997
"The Great Adono" - Apr 1997
"Lady and the Snakes" - Apr 1997
"Juggler" - Apr 1997
"Tightrope Walker" - Apr 1997
"Fire Eater" - Apr 1997
"The Lady and the Snakes" - Apr 1997
School Arts Magazine
"Art Lesson" ("When Howard Showed Us How") - ? 1987
School Magazine
"Nocturnal Moon" - forthcoming 2025
"Pop-Up Symphony" - forthcoming 2025
"Morning Shadows" - forthcoming 2025
"I See Icicles" - May 2024
"Chess Nut" - April 2024
"We Color the World" - Aug 2023
"Animal Talk" - May 2022
"Mia Caught a Monster" - Mar 2022
"Halloween Cat" - Oct 2021 and Oct 2025
"Hope is a Kite" - Sept 2021
"Artist Moon" - Aug 2021
"Orion's Way" - June 2021 and Nov 2017
"The Hills Are Sleeping Dragons" - Mar 2021
"Morning Rain" - July 2020
"Morning Comes Calling" - Apr 2020
"Nervous Veggies" - Sept 2019
"Where the Wild Geese Fly" - May 2019
"Why the Cicada Sings" - Aug 2018
"Catching Poems" - Apr 2018
"We Color the World" - Feb 2018
"Orion's Way" - Nov 2017 and June 2021
"Quiet Days" - Oct 2017
"Country Roads" - Apr 2017
Spark!
"The If-You-Were Poems" (article) - June 1992
Spider Magazine
"The Sky Lion" - Jan 2019 and Jan 2025
"Night Rain" - April 2018
"Moon" - Oct 2015
"The Thunder" - July 2015
"Where Do All The People Go?" - Nov 2009
"November Morning" - forthcoming
Tender Years Magazine
"The Box Under Father's Bed" - ? 1989
Turtle Magazine
"Baby Animals - Mar 2010
"From My Seesaw" - March 2009, June 2005
"What Would I Like To Do?" - Sept 2005
"Good Morning!" - Sept 1997
"Thunder Bear" - June 1997
"Achoo — At You!" - Sept 1996
"Mother Nature's Flag" - July 1996
"Fruit of the Moon" - June 1994
"When I Wake Up in the Morning" - Dec 1993
"What Would I Like to Do?" - Sept 1993
"Ducks Quack Me Up" - June 1993
"Oops!" - Apr 1993
"Rain Check" - Apr 1993
"Turtles" - Jan 1993
"The Almost Toast" - Apr 1992
"Tomorrow's My Birthday" - Mar 1992
"A Fall of Colors" - Oct 1991
"Monkeys" - July 1991
"Little Daddy Longlegs" - Apr 1991
"I Can" - Dec 1990
"The Peeker of the House" - Dec 1988
"A Holly Day" - Dec 1987
U.S. Kids Magazine
"The Mirror Poem" - May 2004
MAGAZINES FOR ADULTS
Abbey
"The Lost Voice" - Winter 1977
ABC-TV
"The Moon Pie Song" (jingle) - 1991
broadcast on "Good Morning America" tour of the Chattanooga Bakery Company
Accent
"The Jazz Magician" - Mar 1978
Affinities
"The Alabama Wiregrassers" - June 1980
"Hunting the Cotaco Creek" - June 1980
"Divers" - June 1980
Alabama Pediatrician
"The Pediatrician" - Fall 1994
"Cabbage Patched" - Fall 1994
"The Cold Facts" - Fall 1994
"The Unsuccessful Farmer" - Spring 1989
American Bloodhound Magazine
"What Does a Hound Dog Do All Day? - ? 1988
American Health Magazine
"The Emergency Rumors" - Dec 1985
Apalachee Quarterly
"Awakenings" - Winter 1974
Apoet
"The Unspoken Truth of Hunters" - Spring 1984
"When Howard Became Jesus" - Spring 1984
"The Alabama Wiregrassers" - Spring 1984
"Hunting the Cotaco Creek" - Spring 1984
"Divers" - Spring 1984
A Poetry Magazine
"Another Lesson of Laps" - Feb 1982
"Brafferton Indian School" - Feb 1982
Arete: The Journal of Sport Literature (Name changed to Aethlon in 1987)
"Skydivers" ("Divers") - Spring 1984
"A Fighter Learns of Hands" - Spring 1985
"The Weight-Lifting Poet" - Fall 1985
"The Hockey Pro" - Spring 1986
"The Ballet of a Boxing Fan" - Spring 1988
"Homerun Voyeur" - Spring 1988
"Ringing in the New" - Fall 1988
Artist's Magazine
"Heart Art" - Apr 1985
"The Moment of Creation" - Apr 1985
"Andrew Wyeth" - July 1985
"The Self-Portrait Study" - Sept 1985
"The Soul Full Artist" - 1985
"The Veiled Nun" - May 1986
"The Potter" ("The Sculptor of Clay") - Oct 1987
"Georgia O'Keeffe" - May 1988 and Aug 1995
"An Artfelt Thanks" - June 1988
"Two-Point Perspective" - June 1989
"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" - Oct 1991
"Art & Architecture" - ? 1991
"Seeing Double" - Jan 1992
"Art Gallery" - Sept 1992 and May 1996
"Vincent Van Gogh: A Villanelle" - Nov 1992
"Art Is" - Apr 1993
"October Haiku" - Oct 1993
"Henri Matisse" - Apr 1994
"Pablo Picasso" - May 1994
"Artist Archer" - Aug 1994
"Artfelt Emotion" - ? 1994
"Claude Monet" - ? 1994
"Edgar Degas" - ? 1994
"El Greco - ? 1994
"Henri Toulouse-Lautrec" - ? 1994
"Choice Art" - Sept 1995
"Inner View" - ? 1995
"Edouard Manet" - April 1996
Atlanta Review - Cotton Boll
"The Alabama Wiregrassers" (Richard Byers Interview) - Summer/Fall 1988
"The Edge of the Universe" (Richard Byers Interview) - Summer/Fall 1988
"The Martian Hides in the Super Market" (Richard Byers Interview) - Summer/Fall 1988
Aura Literary Arts Review/UAB/University of Alabama, Birmingham
"Hunting the Cotaco Creek" - Spring 1975
"Night Hawk" - Spring 1975
"Seminole Souvenir" - Spring 1976
"A Fighter Learns of Hands" - Spring 1982
"Reunion" - Spring 1982
"Keeping a Gun in the House" - Spring 1984
"Cleaning Out the Closet" - Spring 1984
"Those Dirty Soap Operas I Love" - Spring 1984
Avant Garde Poetry Journal
"Targets" - Feb 1970
Bachaet
"Jarred" - Dec 1970
"Colors" - Feb 1970
Birmingham Post-Herald
"Snickers" - Daily Light Verse Feature first appeard in Bham Post-Herald 1985
became nationally syndicated feature for Tribune Media Services, Apr 1993 to Jan 1998
Bits /Case Western Reserve University
"Lion" - Bits 4 with Eve Merriam, Marge Piercy - July 1976
"Kansas Bin" ("Alabama Bin") - Bits 5 with John Ciardi, Mary Oliver, Linda Pastan - Jan 1977
Bitterroot
"Croak" - Mar 1971
"The Bureau of War" - Summer 1974
"Nocturnal Roll Call" - Winter/Spring 1977
"Abandoned Barn" - ? Winter/Spring 1977
Black Jack
"Coming Home" - ? 1982
Black Willow
"Thirty Four and Falling" ("Falling Down Another Birthday Dream") - Spring 1983
"The Bridge" - May 1993
Caesura - Auburn University
"Alabama" - Spring 1989
Carousel
"The Perfect Sphere" - ? 1976
Changing Education
"Veto Your Bill, Nixon" - Winter 1969
Chess Life
"Hope Chess" - Sept 1987
"Chess Nut" - Mar 1994
Christian Science Monitor
"Summer Storm at Midnight" - May 11, 1978
"A Summer Storm at Midnight" - May 11, 1978
Church Musician
"Of Chorus" - July 1988
"Muse Sick" - Mar 1991
Circus Maximus
"The Tiger and the Ring of Fire" - June 1976
Clarion Ledger / Jackson, Mississippi
"Book Review of ANTS ON THE MELON by Virginia Hamilton Adair" - ? 1989
College English
"Something About Toads: An Esoteric Essay" - Feb 1974
"Gumption" ("Searching the Field") - Mar 1982
Creative Loafing
"The Alabama Wiregrassers" - Mar 19, 1977
"Alabama Bound" - Mar 19, 1977
"An Alabama August" - Mar 19, 1977
"Alabama Spring" - Mar 19, 1977
"The Lady and the Snakes" - May 7, 1977
Dear Magnolia
"The Unspoken Truth of Hunters" - April 1990
Dekalb Literary Arts Journal
"Birthday Funeral" - Spring 1976
"The Basement" - Spring 1976
"Fish" - Spring 1976
"Shadows" ? - Spring 1976
"Billy Howard's Birthday" ("Birthday Funeral") - Spring 1976
"Jimmy's Dad" - Spring 1976
"Cellar" ("The Basement") - Spring 1976
Discoveries Magazine
"The Bass Fisherman" - Aug 1987
Dodeca
"Night Hawk" - Aug 1976
Eclectic
"Wednesdays" - Spring 1973
"The Drive In" - Spring 1973
Elk River Review
"Poetry Pâté" - June 1991
"Flying Awake" - June 1991
"Southern Bred" - June 1991
"Cupid's Revenge" - June 1991
"Baseball Dreams" - June 1991
"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" - June 1991
Eleven/Hofstra University
"Paper Planes - Winter 1981
"Riding Trains" - Winter 1982
"1952" - Spring 1982
"The Bridge" - Winter 1983
"Eve" - Spring 1986
"Telephone Lines" - Fall 1986
English Journal
"Blows" - Sept 1970
"The Road I Took" - May 1973
"Spring Poetry Festival of Poems" (essay) - Spring 1974
"Samuel" - May 1977
"Best Man" - May 1978
"Coach" - Dec 1983
"Poetry Pâté" - Feb 1987
"Writing to Teach: The Lucky Choice" (essay) - ? 1993
"The Bowman's Hand" - Dec 1993
"The Bass Fisherman" - Dec 1993
"Hunting the Cotaco Creek" - Dec 1983
"Cleaning Out the Closet" - Dec 1993
Family Circle
"Catching the Stars" - ? 1987
"I Love You Because" - ? 1987
Florida Magazine/Orlando Sentinel Star
"School Yard Showdown" - Mar 30, 1975
"The Hill Grove House" - Apr 20, 1975
Florida Quarterly
"Sestet for for the Statue of David/Ringling Museum Courtyard" - Apr 1976
Flyfisher
"The Fly Fisherman"("The Bass Fisherman") - Feb 1991
Folio
"The House on the Cliff by the Sea" - Spring 1975
"Cactus" - Winter 1974
Game Country
"Buck Dancing" - Nov/Dec 1989
Gato
"Paper Planes" - Winter 1969
"Youth Movement" - Winter 1969
Georgia Journal
"White Sheets" - Winter 1990
"Shotgun Wedding" - Winter 1990
"For My Son Who Talks in His Sleep" - Summer 1991
Good Housekeeping
"Filling" - June 1986
"Give Me Ten More Years" - Feb 1986 with photo
"Heart Art" - June 1986
"Summerizing" - Feb 1987
"Handmade Magic" - Oct 1988
"The Price of Perspiration" - Sept 1989
"The Perfect Love Poem" - Jan 1990
"Passion's Paradox" - Sept 1990
"No Smoking" - Feb 1991
"Battle Fatigue" - Aug 1992
"The Morning" - Feb 1993
Guideposts
"The Choice is Ours" ("Mind Full") - Feb 1989
"The Christmas Tree Trimmer" - Dec 1989
"The Worst Bad Word" - Sept 1990
"Headway" - Mar 1994
Gypsy #1, Sanctuary International Review - Schwabach, West Germany
"In Search of Brother Self" - Spring 1984
"A Fighter Learns of Hands" - Spring 1984
"The Bass Fisherman" - Spring 1984
"Neighbors" ("When Howard Earned His Wings") - Spring 1985
Handsel
"Citrus Cow" - Jan 1974
Harper's Magazine
"The Alabama Wiregrassers" - Sept 1974
High Country Magazine
"How Come Cowboys Wear Adidas?" - June 1983
written at a Willie Nelson concert in Houston, TX
Hockey Magazine
"The Hockey Pro" - Jan 1979
Hollow Spring Review
"Alabama Bound" - Spring 1976
Hyacinths and Biscuits
"Dogwood" - Feb 1971
"Final Curtain" - Feb 1971
"Lullaby" ("Midnight Lullaby") - May 1971
"Bread" - May 1971
Independent Press/Birmingham
"When Howard Flew Into His Resurrection" - Oct 20, 1976
"Mrs. Bridges" - Oct 20, 1976
"Mama Lou" - Oct 20, 1976
"Come Tuesday Even If It Snows" - Oct 20, 1976
Instructor Magazine
"The If-You-Were Poems and Article" - ? 1986
Italian/American Magazine
"When Grandpa Danced on the Water" - Fall 1985
"Best Man" - Fall 1985
Italian-American Poets - Fordham University
"When Grandpa Danced on the Water" - Jan 1985
Janus Magazine
"Erza: One-Act Play" - Feb 1971
Juice
"The Suicide Poets Quiz" - Spring 1977
Kansas Quarterly
"Washington Hides America" - Spring 1978
Kudzu - Columbia, SC
"An Apology of Cake" - Sept 1977
"Parker's Front Page News" ("When Howard Flew Into His Resurrection") - May/June 1978
"Coach" - Winter 1978-1979
"Cecil and the Dirty Word" - Winter 1978-1979
"Journey Proud" - Winter 1978-1979
"April Voyeur" - Summer/Fall 1979
"Child Bearing" ("Sylvia Plath") - Summer/Fall 1979
"Learning Possum" - Winter 1981
"Cat Planting" ("When Howard Planted the Cat") - Winter 1981
"Safer Than Horseshoes"/Kudzu Press/The Kudzu Collection - Aug 1984
Laurel Review
"The Unsuccessful Farmer" -Winter 1981
Ladies' Home Journal
"Teenage Sage" - Aug 1988
"Claus and Effect" - Dec 1988
"Simply Mauve-A-Lous" - Oct 1991
Light Quarterly
"Mother Knows Best" - Winter 1992
"Musery Loves Company" - Summer 1994
"Existential Brunch" - Autumn 1994
"Cabbage Patched" - Winter 1994-1995
"Freudian Slips Hung Out to Dry" - Autumn/Winter 1995-1996
"Pair Annoyed" - Summer 1996
"Speaking of Flowers" - Summer 1997
"A Note to Odgen Nash" - Winter 1997
"Earth Bound" ("The Brightest Planet?") - Summer 1998
"The Real Garden of Eden" - Winter 1999
"College Bills" ("College Daze") - Spring 1999
"One Speechless Spring" - Spring 2001
"Bathroom Banter" - Summer 2001
"The One That Got Away" - Spring/Summer 2002
"Car Talk" - Winter 2002-2003
"Shoe Talk" - Spring/Summer 2004
"Brave New World" - Autumn 2005
"T. S. Eliot" - Winter 2005
"For Butter or Worse" - Autumn 2007
"I'm Giving Up Dying Today" - Spring/Summer 2009
These next 12 poems are part of the "Feature Poet" - Summer 2010 Issue
"Einstein" - Summer 2010
"Monet" - Summer 2010
"T.S. Eliot" - Summer 2010
"Brave New World" - Summer 2010
"Earth Bound" (The Brightest Planet") - Summer 2010
"For Butter or Worse" - Summer 2010
"Gun Control" - Summer 2010
"Art" - Summer 2010
"Porcupine" - Summer 2010
"October Haiku" - Summer 2010
"The Read Garden of Eden" - Summer 2010
"An Ode to Ogden Nash" - Summer 2010
"Beloved Masochist" - Spring/Summer 2012
"House of Perfection" - Spring/Summer 2012
Louisville Review
"Neighbors" ("When Howard Earned His Wings") - Fall 1979
Loon
"Sidewalk Science in Old Black Shoes" - Oct 1974
"Riding to School" - June 1976
Magic City News
"Vulcan and His Lady Liberty" - July 1985
Marian Helpers Bulletin
"Open Window Game" - July 1978
MAX (Metro Area Express)/Birmingham, Alabama/Poems on Buses Project
"1952" - 1990
McCall's
"From the Astronaut of Your Heart" - Feb 1988
"From the Astronaut of Your Heart" - Nov 1989 (Silver Edition)
"Cleaning Out the Closet" - Nov 1989 (Silver Edition)
"When Grandpa Danced on the Water" ? 1989
"1952" ("Snapshot") ? 1989
"The Bride" ("The Answer of Love") ? 1989
"Figure Skater" ? 1989
Miami Herald
"Divers" - 1989
Mickle Street Review
""Whitman: The Fisherman" ("The Bass Fisherman") - 1984
Mississippi Review
"The Human Cannon Ball" - Winter 1976
"The Lady and the Elephant" - Winter 1976
"Lion" - Winter 1976
"Bandwagon" - Winter 1976
Modus Operandi
"Alabama" - July 1977
"The Colors of Juanita" ("Georgia O'Keeffe") - July 1977
Mountain Review
"The Unsuccessful Farmer" - Sept 1977
MSS Magazine
"When Howard Flew Into His Resurrection" - Spring 1988
"When Howard Learned the Guile of God" - Spring 1988
"When Howard Gave First Blood" - Spring 1988
Muscle & Fitness Magazine
"The Weight-Lifting Poet" - Feb 1983
Negative Capability
"Ladies and Gentlemen: A Southern Album" - Summer 1983
I. "Mr. Freeman Isn't" - Summer 1983
II. "Sidewalk Science in Old Black Shoes" - Summer 1983
III. "The Man With No Name" - Summer 1983
IV. "Man On a Ladder" - Summer 1983
"The Bass Fisherman" - Winter 1984
New Collage
"Mr. Freeman Isn't" - June 1974
New Infinity Review
"Riding to School" - Spring 1976
"Phoebe" ("Walt Whitman") - Winter 1976
"The Hill Ride" - ?
New Laurel Review
"The Ride Down Midnight Mountain" - Fall 1977
New Renaissance
"Toad Mowing" - May 1972
"Clarence" - ? 1976
New Yorker
"Cabbage Patched" - Oct 31, 1994
New York Quarterly
"When Howard Became Jesus" - 1979
New York Times
"The Shiny-Faced Friend" - Apr 7, 1996
"For Butter or Worse" - Mar 14, 2007
North of Wakulla: Anhinga Press, Florida State Univerity
"When Howard Became Jesus" - Dec 1989
Orbis 24
"Tom Tom Tom Tom" - Oct 1976
Oyez Review
"Final Curtain" - Spring 1971
Pennsylvania Poetry Society Prize Poems
"Our Storm" ("Storm Warnings") - Fall 1969
Phoebe
"Fish" - May 1975
"Shadow Boy" - Fall 1976
Pig Iron
"Homerun Voyeur" - Spring 1982
"Who Is This Poet?" - Spring 1987
"Seven Little Existential Poems" - Spring 1987
"Making Love to the Statue of Liberty" - July 1993
"When Grandpa Danced on the Water" - July 1993
Pikestaff Forum
"The Tryout" - Spring 1983
Plaintiff
"Mete" - Spring 1969
"Once Upon a Time" - Fall 1969
"Toad Mowing" - Spring 1970
"Dogwood" - Spring 1970
"Defecation" - Spring 1970
Playboy
"The Fiction of War" - Aug 1984
"That Was The Year That Was" (Ghost Writer for Annual Two-Page Spread) - Jan 1985
Poem
"Hollyword" - July 1976
"Anne Sexton" - July 1976
"A Hymn for Berryman" (Cattle Call") - July 1976
"The Alabama Elm" - Mar 1979
"When Brothers Travel" - Mar 1979
"When Grandpa Danced on the Water" - Mar 1979
Poet Lore
"No Hunting Signs" - Summer 1978
"A Study of Light" - Summer 1978
"Into the Middle of Things" - Summer 1978
"Southern Bred" - Summer 1978
"The Adoration of Eve" - Fall 1992
Poetry Now
"The Tennis Pro" - Spring 1981
"The Ballet of a Boxing Fan" - Spring 1981
"Bareback City Nights" - Spring 1982
"The Blue Haired Ladies" - Spring 1982
"When Howard Watched His Jesus Souvenir" - April 1984
"When Howard Got All Keyed Up" - April 1984
Poetry of the Wheatfield
"He Tried to Blow the Juice" - Spring 1976
Prevention Magazine
"Witch Doctor" -Jan 1989
Princeton Spectrum
"That Brooklyn Night in July" - April 23, 1980
"Painted Windows" - April 23, 1980
"Aries Sideshow" - April 23, 1980
"April Voyeur" - April 23, 1980
"Ruby" - April 23, 1980
Reader's Digest
"Summerizing" - 1989
"Bikini Fits" - 1989
"Claus and Effect" - 1989
"Thanksgiving" - 1989
"The Beau with the Bow" - 1989
"Teenage Sage" - 1989
"Goodness Grace Us" - 1989
"Happy New Year" - 1989
"Father of the Bride" - 1989
"CD or Not CD" - 1989
"No Smoking" - 1989
"I'd Rather By the Book" - 1989
Rolling Stone
"Last Summer" - Dec 6, 1984
"Our Love is Like a Maybe" - ? 1984
"Again the Hunch" - ? 1984
Sakura International Haiku Competition and Anthology
"October Haiku" / 1st Place - Apr 1993
Salt: Nestucca Spit Press
"Prefontaine" - Fall 2005
Sam Houston Review
"An Antique Poster of Bears" - Nov 1977
"1952" - Nov 1977
Sanctuary International Review: Gypsy - Schwabach, West Germany
"In Search of Brother Self" - Spring 1984
"A Fighter Learns of Hands" - Spring 1984
"The Bass Fisherman" - Spring 1984
"Neighbors" ("When Howard Earned His Wings") - Spring 1985
Sand Castles
"Tricks" - Jan 1969
Sandlapper: The Magazine of South Carolina
"The Lady and the Elephant" - Mar 1977
"The Crow, the Seed, and Man" - Feb 1978
Saturday Evening Post
"The Boy from TV Land" - Sept 1985
"Light Verse" - Nov 1985
"On Hold" ("A Hug is Called a Cuddle") - Sept 1986
"The Jazz Magician" - Oct 1986
"Raw Oysters" - Dec 1986
"No Reason for Sneezin'" - Nov 1986
"A Tale of Two Faces" ("Good Cats Bad Cats") - Jan/Feb 1987
"It's Reigning Cats & Doggerel" - Mar 1987
"Ode to the Empties" - Apr 1987
"Clothes Observation" - May/June 1987
"Goodness Grace Us" - May/June 1987
"I'd Rather By the Book" - July/Aug 1987
"Matrimonial Math" - Sept 1987
"On the Road Again, Again" - Sept/Oct 1987
"I Wouldn't Pet on It" - Oct 1987
"Truth Theorem" - Oct 1987
"Rhythm and Blues Method" - Nov 1987
"Of Chorus" - ? 1988
"Our Un-Sun Hero" - ? 1988
"Cabbage Patched" - ? 1988
"The Truth About Youth" - Apr 1988
"No Funny Bones About It" - Oct 1988
"Face Value" - Dec 1988
"No More, No More" - Jan/Feb 1989
"Safety First and Last" - Apr 1989
"Sight Seeing" - July/Aug 1989
"Money Matters" ("Money Talks") - Nov/Dec 1989
"Keen Cuisine" - Mar 1990
"Break Fast" - ? 1990
"Middle Age" - Sept/Oct 1999
Senior Living
"Good Cats Bad Cats" - Aug 1995
Sole Proprietor
"The Great Adono" - Summer 1976
"The Human Cannon Ball" - Summer 1976
"Clown" - Summer 1976
South Dakota Review
"An Alabama August" - Fall 1976
Southern Applachia Mountains Review/Seven Buffaloes Press
"Southern Bred" ("Brothers Travel") ("I Am Coming, Father") - Fall 1983
Southern Bard
"Covington" ("Signs"/"Andrew Wyeth") - July 1975
Southern Bride Magazine
"Marriage Is a Gift of Love" (Anniversary Card) - Oct 1988
Southern Exposure
"When Howard Became Jesus" - Mar 1983
"When Howard Got All Keyed Up" - Mar 1983
"When Howard Bowed His Head" - Mar 1983
Southern Poetry Review
"Divers" - Winter 1977
"1952" - Fall 1983
"Southern Bed" - Fall 1983
"Riding to School" - Fall 1983
"An Alabama August" - Fall 1983
"Final Summer Vacation" - Fall 1983
Southwestern Review
"The Tryout" - Jan 1982
"In Search of Brother Self" - May 1982
Sticks
"Vespers" - Winter 1992
"Devotion" - Winter 1992
"After Mass" - Winter 1992
"Silent Vows" - Winter 1992
"Confession" - Winter 1992
"Second Eve" - Winter 1992
"Evening Reverie" - Winter 1992
"Morning" - Feb 1994
"Morning Glory" - Feb 1994
Street Talk
"TV and the Truth About Life" - Feb 1983
Texas Quarterly
"The Hill Ride" - ?
Texas Review
"Southern Bred" (in review by Paul Ruffin of Returning to Earth) - Spring/Summer 1989
"Lion" (in review by Tom Drinkard of Returning to Earth) - Fall/Winter 1989
"Divers" (in review by Tom Drinkard of Returning to Earth) - Fall/Winter 1989
Tribune Media/Chicago/"Snickers" Newspaper Columnn - 2,000 Light Verse Poems
Snickers, a daily column of light verse created by Charles Ghigna in 1985 and nationally syndicated by Tribune Media Services from April 1993 to January 1998.
The first Snickers were published in The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, McCall’s, Good Housekeeping, and Ladies’ Home Journal.
The Snickers feature began appearing daily in newspapers in Alabama and Mississippi in 1985. Tribune Media Services picked up the feature for national syndication in 1993.
A book titled The Best of Snickers was published in 1994 by The Best of Times, Inc.
More than 2,000 Snickers appeared in newspapers and magazines.
Uptown Beat
"Haircut" - Fall 1970
"And Tomorrow" - Fall 1970
Urthkin - Los Angeles
"Liberty" - Spring 1978
"Champion Pisser" ("The Wiz Kid") - Spring 1978
"The Gang" - Spring 1978
"A Lesson of Night" - June 1979
"You and the Lady with the Hat" - June 1979
"Foldings" - ? 1981
Verse - The Citadel - Spring 1985
"Painted Windows" - with James Dickey, James Merrill, Donald Hall, Richard Eberhart
Video Review
"Video Fix" - Nov 1983
View Point
"Paper Planes" - June 1974
"Tricks" - June 1974
Village Voice
"Getting Up, Again" - Oct 24, 1977
Wall Street Journal
"Father of the Bride" - Mar 11, 1987
"CD or Not CD" - Mar 14, 1988
"Yard Lines" - May 30, 1990
"Break Fast" - ? 1990
"DOS How It Is" - Mar 1992
"PC or Not PC" - Nov 1992
West Hills Review
"The House on the Cliff by the Sea" - Vol. IV, 1983-84
"The Man with No Name" - Vol. IV, 1983-84
"Alabama" - Vol. IV, 1983-84
Whispering Pines Quarterly
"The Howard Poems" - ? 1994
The Writer
"Season's Greetings" - Mar 1970
"The Unholy Water" - Nov 1970
"Photo Finished" - May 1972
"Treed" - Sept 1973
Writer's Digest
"A Poet Isn't Somebody" - June 1976
"The Irene Story" - Sept 1976
"Time Lines" - Sept 1977
"Divers" - Oct 1977 (The Writer's Digest 1st Prize Award for Poetry)
"The Balloon Poem" - Aug 1981
"Semantics: An Uneasy Essay" - Sept 1982
"Write of Lions and Ladies" - Aug 1983
"Light Verse" - Sept 1983
"The Writing Life" - Dec 1983
"Pegasus" - Mar 1984
"Inspiration" - Apr 1984
"Rx for Writer's Block" - May 1984
"Alpha Betting" - ? 1985
"The Insight Writer" - ? 1985
"Tell Me" - Apr 1985
"Invisible Ink" - Oct 1985
"Alpha Betting" ("Letter Perfect") - Aug 1986
"Poem Child" - Apr 1987
"Photo Poet" - June 1987
"Inner View" - Aug 1987
"The Burning Question" - ? 1987
"Lighten Up" (article) - Nov 1987
"Muse Sick" - ? 1988
"Fiction" - Mar 1988
"The Burning Question" - Oct 1988
"Divine Rhyme" - Dec 1988
"Said the Pencil to the Poet" - ? 1989
"Musery Loves Company" - Jan 1989
"Shoes of the Muse (essay)" - Mar 1989
"The Write Choice" - Mar 1989
"Painted Windows" - Mar 1989
"If Words Wore Shoes" - Mar 1989
"Air Force" - Mar 1989
"Light Verse" - Mar 1989
"Fine Vintage" - Apr 1989
"Oh Say Can You See My SASE?" - June 1989
"Poetry Is Not" - Aug 1989
"The Anthology Poem" - Jan 1990
"Poem Hunter" - May 1990
"Short Verse for Sale" (article) - ? 1990
"Ten Questions" (article) - ? 1990
"Music of the Muse" - July 1991
"Bard from Deadlines" - July 1991
"Letter Block" - July 1991
"Silent Echoes" - July 1991
"Poem as Priest" - Aug 1991
"From the Depths" - ? 1991
"A Poem-Making Tip" - ? 1991
"All the Write Reasons" - Dec 1991
"The Joys of Writing Children's Verse" The Basics of Writing for Children - Mar 1992
"The Cricket Song"- Mar 1992
"The Little Daddy Long Legs"- Mar 1992
"What Will I Wear Today!"- Mar 1992
"One Thing That I Wonder"- Mar 1992
"Tomorrow's My Birthday"- Mar 1992
"Nothing New Under the Sun" - Nov 1992
"Writing the Un-True Romance" - ? 1992
"The Eye of the Poet" ("Six Steps to Seeing Like a Poet") - Nov 1992 and Oct 1995
"Spying on the Muse" (article) - Dec 1992
"Buck Dancing" - Dec 1992
"Cleaning Out the Closet" - Dec 1992
"The Order of Words" - Dec 1992
"Shotgun Wedding" - Dec 1992
"For My Son Who Talks in His Sleep" - Dec 1992
"Getting It Write" - Feb 1993
"Oh What the Hack" - May 1993
"The Meaning of Poetry" - Feb 1994
"It Could Be Verse" - June 1994
"Step By Step" ("Writer's Block") - Jan 1995
"Image Making" (for The Forum) - ? 1995
"Fiction: The Novel of War" - Mar 1998
"The Porcupine Poem" - June 1998
"The Writing Life (Interview)" - Aug 1999
Writing Magazine
"The Irene Story" - Mar 1986
"Write-In" (Article) - ? 1987 ($100)
Yellow Brick Road
"Night Wash" - Fall 1979
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