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Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including: Threepenny Review, American Poetry Review, Southern Review, Pleiades, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. His debut collection Ways We Vanish (Okay Donkey Press) was a finalist for the 2021 Balcones Poetry Award, and his chapbook Ragnarok at the Father-Daughter Dance was published by Variant Literature in 2024. Originally from Houston, Texas, Todd Dillard now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and two children, where he works at a children’s hospital as a writer and editor. (Source)

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Poems by Todd Dillard

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When I Hear People Talk in the Past Tense About Their Dead by Todd Dillard

September 27, 2026
“I call my dead mom, and she is never / too busy to answer.” — Todd Dillard
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No Rush by Todd Dillard

May 21, 2025
“It’s quiet now, / the storm splits open like sacramental bread, / and I love you I love you. Can you hear me?” — Todd Dillard

Poems curated by Todd Dillard

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Cloudless Snowfall by Franz Wright

August 20, 2025
“by the way thank You for / keeping Your face hidden, I / can hardly bear the beauty of this world.” — Franz Wright