October 2025 publication of Rust and Slag, chapbook from Moonstone Press, available directly from the publisher: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/holland-ken-rust-and-slag/SWPIKEVXEOQ5TUF5OAIKEAS7?cs=true&cst=custom
Ken Holland continues to cross the broad pond of poetry, sometimes getting to the other side, more often falling into the muddy waters. His work has been published in numerous literary journals such as Rattle, Atlanta Review, Southwest Review, The Catamaran Literary Reader, The Antigonish Review, and The Cortland Review. He’s been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize, and his poem, “Lucidity” was selected by Kim Addonizio as the winner of the 2021 New Ohio Review poetry contest. In addition, his poem “The Likes of Us” was a finalist in the 2022 Lascaux Prize in Poetry. Also in 2022, his book-length manuscript, “Summer of the Gods”, was a semifinalist in competitions from Able Muse, Word Works’ Washington Prize, and Longleaf Press. His chapbook, “Rust and Slag” was a finalist in the 2024 Concrete Wolf contest, and a finalist in the 2025 Moonstone Press competition, to be published by Moonstone. Also in 2025, his poem “Sepia Life” was a finalist in the Bicoastal Review competition. No longer drawing a paycheck, he spent his working years at various publishing houses, including Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins, and feels grateful to have paid his mortgage by working with books, publishing colleagues, and amazing booksellers. He lives in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York.
The Poetic Endeavors and Mishaps of Ken Holland 