Marco Katz Montiel (ell@/l@/su)
@marcokatz.bsky.social
Writing these days.
"Unable to Care For" - the unbearable sadness of having to give up a feline companion
"Unable to Care For"
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February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"Unable to Care For" - the unbearable sadness of having to give up a feline companion
Super Bowl Sunday coming up, so Periodic Poetry Presents
"Bad Bunny Thinks It's Funny"
"Bad Bunny Thinks It's Funny"
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Super Bowl Sunday coming right up, so Periodic Poetry presents"Bad Bunny Thinks It's Funny"
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February 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Super Bowl Sunday coming up, so Periodic Poetry Presents
"Bad Bunny Thinks It's Funny"
"Bad Bunny Thinks It's Funny"
This morning, Dissident Voice published my latest, "Exoneration." The editor (who usually just lets me know one way or the other) wrote, "What kind of system of law could render a 'bad judgement' that puts an innocent man to death? Nice poem Marco."
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February 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This morning, Dissident Voice published my latest, "Exoneration." The editor (who usually just lets me know one way or the other) wrote, "What kind of system of law could render a 'bad judgement' that puts an innocent man to death? Nice poem Marco."
"Piggly Press Conference" a sestina by Marco Katz Montiel
Periodic Poetry for 28 January 2026
7 days without a poem makes one weak
Periodic Poetry for 28 January 2026
7 days without a poem makes one weak
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January 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"Piggly Press Conference" a sestina by Marco Katz Montiel
Periodic Poetry for 28 January 2026
7 days without a poem makes one weak
Periodic Poetry for 28 January 2026
7 days without a poem makes one weak
One Night, One Take - Soundcloud
Trombone & Guitar - One Night, One Take
One night in the last decade of the twentieth century, Marco Katz and Dom Minasi played this set in one take.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
One Night, One Take - Soundcloud
Composed for a dear friend currently living in Persia…
Persepolis | Dissident Voice
Katayoun, reverential, from afar sees rain Gently fall on the end of theocracy’s reign. She has waited so long, protected her daughter, Hardly daring to hope for democracy’s reign. Her parents once we...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Composed for a dear friend currently living in Persia…
Tracks from my wasted youth…
Marco Katz Plays Jazz
Listen to Marco Katz Plays Jazz by Marco #np on #SoundCloud
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January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Tracks from my wasted youth…
“Tony and Sal Get Even”
“Tony and Sal Get Even” — a short story by Marco Katz Montiel – Jerry Jazz Musician
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January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“Tony and Sal Get Even”
Third installment of Periodic Poetry,
because 7 days without a poem makes one weak.
because 7 days without a poem makes one weak.
Periodic Poetry on Instagram: "While reading literature with inmates of Canadian prisons, I saw this article: “Why are so many federal inmates dying shortly before their release date?” by Lauren Batta...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Third installment of Periodic Poetry,
because 7 days without a poem makes one weak.
because 7 days without a poem makes one weak.
On this day, a federal holiday, the United States formally celebrates the ninety-seventh birthday of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (15 January 1929 - 4 April 1968)
First Celebration of the Year | Dissident Voice
Four score and seventeen years have gone by Since the birth of one whose death made us cry. We celebrate him for shining a beam That made our nation live up to its dream. He had a dream, which was our...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
On this day, a federal holiday, the United States formally celebrates the ninety-seventh birthday of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (15 January 1929 - 4 April 1968)
J.W. Pepper Sheet Music just posted this demo recording of "Silver Samba," a brass quintet I composed to honor my patron Dr. Peter J. Silver. I hope someday to hear - and, if given permission, post - a recording of this by a live brass quintet.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
J.W. Pepper Sheet Music just posted this demo recording of "Silver Samba," a brass quintet I composed to honor my patron Dr. Peter J. Silver. I hope someday to hear - and, if given permission, post - a recording of this by a live brass quintet.
Second Installment of Periodic Poetry
"Calling It as She Sees It"
A villanelle by Marco Katz Montiel
"Calling It as She Sees It"
A villanelle by Marco Katz Montiel
14 January 2026 - "Calling It as She Sees It" - A Villanelle by Marco Katz Montiel We are not asking for war, not a bit; Our country was “already invaded.” She is just calling it as she sees it. ##poe...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Second Installment of Periodic Poetry
"Calling It as She Sees It"
A villanelle by Marco Katz Montiel
"Calling It as She Sees It"
A villanelle by Marco Katz Montiel
"Calling It as She Sees It" - second installment of Periodic Poetry coming this Wednesday…
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"Calling It as She Sees It" - second installment of Periodic Poetry coming this Wednesday…
For the first time, a poem made me laugh while I was writing it.
“‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War” by Alex Arsenic, CTV News, 6 January 2026
“‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War” by Alex Arsenic, CTV News, 6 January 2026
Stop Sending Butt Plugs to Bahrain | Dissident Voice
So please, stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain. Bahrain wants no sex toys from Canada Sent to Trump’s troops. They go against the grain. To some, these packages might seem mundane, But Bahrain consider...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
For the first time, a poem made me laugh while I was writing it.
“‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War” by Alex Arsenic, CTV News, 6 January 2026
“‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War” by Alex Arsenic, CTV News, 6 January 2026
7 January 2026 - The first installment of Periodic Poetry
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"Premio Novel de la Paz" un poema bilingüe para María Corina Machado, who - caught between Trump's disdain and an angry mob of dictators - can use our good wishes.
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"Premio Novel de la Paz" un poema bilingüe para María Corina Machado, who - caught between Trump's disdain and an angry mob of dictators - can use our good wishes.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
7 January 2026 - The first installment of Periodic Poetry
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"Premio Novel de la Paz" un poema bilingüe para María Corina Machado, who - caught between Trump's disdain and an angry mob of dictators - can use our good wishes.
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"Premio Novel de la Paz" un poema bilingüe para María Corina Machado, who - caught between Trump's disdain and an angry mob of dictators - can use our good wishes.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Begging your indulgence for this self-serving post, I desperately wanted to share my latest publication in Dissident Voice. (The poem has no desperate urgency; it's just that I desperately want to see my name in ink.)
Bipartisanship Bounces Back | Dissident Voice
We are diverse and multicultural, A fact that we’ll prove by tipping our hat, Letting in those called pathological. Let’s see the Leftwing DSA top that! Yes, it’s true, the National Socialists Now, ac...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Begging your indulgence for this self-serving post, I desperately wanted to share my latest publication in Dissident Voice. (The poem has no desperate urgency; it's just that I desperately want to see my name in ink.)
Coming 7 January 2026
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New poetry every Wednesday, because
7 days without a poem makes one weak.
Periodic Poetry
New poetry every Wednesday, because
7 days without a poem makes one weak.
January 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Coming 7 January 2026
Periodic Poetry
New poetry every Wednesday, because
7 days without a poem makes one weak.
Periodic Poetry
New poetry every Wednesday, because
7 days without a poem makes one weak.
Chris Rea (1951-2025) composed this wonderful Christmas song:
"Chris Rea's Christmas tragedy: How singer's family have been left heartbroken after he became the third of his siblings to die within just three months" By DANIEL HAMMOND
"Chris Rea's Christmas tragedy: How singer's family have been left heartbroken after he became the third of his siblings to die within just three months" By DANIEL HAMMOND
Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas - (Live on National Lottery Stars, 2000)
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December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Chris Rea (1951-2025) composed this wonderful Christmas song:
"Chris Rea's Christmas tragedy: How singer's family have been left heartbroken after he became the third of his siblings to die within just three months" By DANIEL HAMMOND
"Chris Rea's Christmas tragedy: How singer's family have been left heartbroken after he became the third of his siblings to die within just three months" By DANIEL HAMMOND
“National parks add Trump’s birthday to list of fee-free days and remove MLK Day, Juneteenth”
This headline practically forced me to compose a snarky sonnet.
This headline practically forced me to compose a snarky sonnet.
Fee Free for Me but Not for Thee | Dissident Voice
While dumping on the days of observance for Juneteenth (our finest celebration of Independence) and the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., the current administration finds another way to honor a...
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December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“National parks add Trump’s birthday to list of fee-free days and remove MLK Day, Juneteenth”
This headline practically forced me to compose a snarky sonnet.
This headline practically forced me to compose a snarky sonnet.
Reasoning, accusations, blame, and calls for action all have their place in political discourse. In political poetry, I feel best when engaged with human emotions.
Blues | Dissident Voice
Funny how we blew past the beauty And just now we hold on to the wreckage Bobbing among undulating blue waves Looking up for the first time At a sky so blue Funny how just now I wonder If I ever knew ...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reasoning, accusations, blame, and calls for action all have their place in political discourse. In political poetry, I feel best when engaged with human emotions.
Taking a page out of E. B. White’s book, ICE actually calls the operation "Charlotte's Web." With that, I decided to complicate the already complicated sestina form with phrases from the book - some pig, terrific, radiant, and humble - as well as Charlotte and web.
Charlotte’s Web | Dissident Voice
Over the doorway was written “some pig,” A rude thing to call people terrific. Those who find work bear a smile radiant Even when they’re forced to act so humble, As ICE slips down the coast toward Ch...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Taking a page out of E. B. White’s book, ICE actually calls the operation "Charlotte's Web." With that, I decided to complicate the already complicated sestina form with phrases from the book - some pig, terrific, radiant, and humble - as well as Charlotte and web.
Potentially prurient possibilities in this publication provided plausible permission to platitudinize, thus the brief literary statement that follows my Elizabethan sonnet:
’twas Biology Did Him in | Dissident Voice
What’s the big deal big wheels in Congress feel That the president wants to keep hidden? He knows that we know that he’s prone to steal And we’ve heard from lots of friends he did in. Why make people ...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Potentially prurient possibilities in this publication provided plausible permission to platitudinize, thus the brief literary statement that follows my Elizabethan sonnet: