Rising
on Command
cobra
raises its hood
fanning fear
Douglas
J. Lanzo
An award-winning and featured poet
whose first novel, The Year of the Bear, is forthcoming, 153 of Doug’s
poems have been published in 40 publications since 2020 across the United
States, Canada, England, Wales, Austria, India, Mauritius, Australia and the
Caribbean, including Academy of the Heart and Mind, Akitsu Quarterly,
Ancient Paths Online, Ariel Chart, The Bamboo Hut, Bear Creek
Haiku, Better Than Starbucks, Café Haiku’s upcoming 2021 Poetry
Anthology on Relationships, The Caribbean Writer, cattails,
Chrysanthemum, Cold Moon Journal, Current Accounts, The
Drabble, Failed Haiku, 50 Haikus, Frogpond, Grand Little Things, Haiku
Journal, Haikuniverse, Literary Yard, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, The
Pangolin Review, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, The Penwood Review, Plum Tree
Tavern, Poetry Pea, Presence Haiku Journal, Red Eft Review, Scarlet Leaf
Review, The Society of Classical Poets Journal, Studio, Three Line Poetry, Time
of Singing, tsuri-dōrō, Vita Brevis’ 2021 Poetry
Anthology Brought to Sight & Swept Away, Vita Brevis Press
Poetry Magazine, Wales Haiku Journal, WestWard Quarterly, Wild
Violet and The Zen Space. Doug
resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his wife and 12-year old identical twin
sons, fellow internationally published poets, enjoying nature, traveling,
biking, tennis and chess.