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April 13, 2026
Brian Rihlmann

Brian Rihlmann

Brian Rihlmann was born in NJ, and currently lives in Reno, NV. He writes mostly semi autobiographical, confessional free verse. Folk poetry...for folks.

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About Brian Rihlmann

Brian Rihlmann was born in NJ, and currently lives in Reno, NV. He writes mostly semi autobiographical, confessional free verse. Folk poetry...for folks.

He has been published in Constellate Magazine, Poppy Road Review, Cajun Mutt Press, The Rye Whiskey Review and has an upcoming piece in The American Journal Of Poetry.

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  • At the Trough

    Brian Rihlmann was born in NJ, and currently lives in Reno, NV. He writes mostly semi autobiographical, confessional free verse. Folk poetry...for folks. He has been published in Constellate Magazine, Poppy Road Review, Cajun Mutt Press, The Rye Whiskey Review and has an upcoming piece in The American Journal Of Poetry.

  • Turning the Gaze

    "...our eyes saw clearly their chips and cracks..."

  • Casting Them Out

    "...i never saw the revenge exacted on them..."

  • The Hole in a Zero

    "...not in the streets or the bars downtown..."

  • In the Margins

    "...and one after another they flicker and fizzle..."

  • Beyond Your Yes and No

    "...the internal chasm is an abyss between us..."

  • Preteen Anarchist

    "...the others simply saw me as a lunatic..."

  • Embers

    "...the words embedded like slumbering spirits..."

  • Catharsis Goes Viral

    "...cranked up beyond reason and civility...

  • Rigged

    "...study the faces of the aged..."

  • Make Yourself Bigger

    "...dark hoodies in twilight walking slowly towards...

  • Coward

    "...maybe it's no different than before, but ..."

  • A Flattering Question

    "...shattered my glass against their concrete..."

  • Closure

    "...I breathed life into this one..."

  • Not Quite Suicidal

    "...maybe he wasn't quite suicidal..."

  • Bones

    "...maybe there was some feeling there..."

  • Hollows

    "...everything flows downhill into them..."

  • Ask the Glass

    "...it shines like jagged jewels..."