Portrait of Dr. John M Blair

Dr. John M Blair

  • University Distinguished Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Aphorism 17: The Grass is Always Greener.” Image. Seattle, WA, US: Center for Religious Humanism.
  • Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Ash Wednesday, Leaving New Orleans.” Willow Springs Review. Spokane WA, United States: Eastern Washington University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Green Girls.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aubade for Ash Wednesday.” 32 Poems. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Ten Thousand Starlings Dreaming.” 32 Poems. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aphorism 16: This World Is but A Canvas.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Cat And Watched Pot.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Aphorism 55: From a Withered Tree a Flower Blooms.” Impost. Pennsylvania, United States: English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “When It Rains It’s All.” Painted Bride Quarterly. Philadephia PA, United States. Retrieved from https://pbqmag.org/john-blair-when-it-rains-its-all/
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Florida Aubade, The St. Johns River.” Painted Bride Quarterly. Philadephia PA, United States. Retrieved from https://pbqmag.org/john-blair-florida-aubade-the-st-john-marshes/
  • Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “All the Light that Rises.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, October). “Pink Anemone". Red Wheelbarrow. Cupertino CA, United States: De Anza College.
  • Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Noli Me Tangeri.” The Columbia Review. New York NY, US: Columbia University.
  • Blair, J. M. (n.d.). “Disarticulation.” Permafrost Magazine. Fairbanks AK, US: University of Alaska - Fairbanks.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, July). “Ekphrasis: ‘Dead,’ Gerhard Richter, 1988.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford CN, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, February). “The Geminids.” Dogwood Literary Journal. Fairfield Conn., USA: Fairfield University. Retrieved from 601 University Dr. Dept. of English
  • Blair, J. M. (2024, January). “Ekphrasis: ‘Untitled (Expulsion),’ Fred Tomaselli, 2000.” Clackamas Literary Review. Oregon City, Oregon, United States: Clackamas Community College.

2023

  • Blair, J. (2023, October). “Aphorism 48: Faith Is the Bird That Sings in the Dark.” Image. Seattle, WA, United States: Center for Religious Humanism.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “O My Little Burning One.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. (2023, October). “Aphorism 57: You Cannot Fail at Being You.” The Common. Amherst MA, United States: Amherst College.
  • Blair, J. (2023, October). “Empty Houses". Crosswinds. Providence RI, United States: Crosswinds Poetry 501(c)(3).
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 75: A Greedy Father Has Thieves For Children.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 58: The Truth Is a Burden That Few Care to Bear.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 53: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 33: All Things Come to Those Who Wait.” Nimrod Magazine. Tulsa OK, US: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Ekphrasis: “El Tío Paquete/The Famous Blind Man". Nimrod. Tulsa OK, USA: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “The Sculpture Garden". Slippery Elm. Findlay OH, US: University of Findlay. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Anemoia.” Swing. Nashville TN, US: The Porch Literary Group. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Elegy For a House In a Field.” Swing. Nashville TN, US: The Porch Literary Group.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 28: A Nod’s as Good As a Wink.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 40: The Burnt Child Shuns the Fire.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, October). “Aphorism 34: We Use the Same Door but We Live in Different Cells.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023). The Shape of Things to Come. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, July). “Aphorism 33: Life Is a Flame That Burns Itself Out.” Reed Magazine. San José CA, USA: San José State University.
  • Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 43: The Story Begins When the Book Closes.” Santa Fe Review. Santa Fe NM, United States: Santa Fe Community Colleg.
  • Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 16: Six Feet of Earth Makes All Creatures Equal.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IA, United States: University of Iowa.
  • Blair, J. (2023, July). “Aphorism 20: The Sound of One Hand.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IA, United States: University of Iowa.
  • Blair, J. (2023, July). “Ekphrasis: “’Nymphs Finding the Head Of Orpheus,’ John William Waterhouse, 1901.”. Pacifica Literary Journal. Seattle WA, United States: Pacifica Literary.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “Aphorism 20: The Sound of One Hand.” The Iowa Review. Iowa City IOWA, US: The University of Iowa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “Aphorism 32: Pain Is Inevitable but Suffering Is Optional.” The Bennington Review. Bennington VT, United States: Bennington College.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, April). “This Is How Afraid We Are.” Folio. Washington DC, USA: American University. Retrieved from https://www.american.edu/cas/literature/folio/
  • Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 37: You Can Only Lose That to Which You Cling.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
  • Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 12: What You Choose Also Chooses You.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
  • Blair, J. (2023, April). “Aphorism 69: The Enemy Is Within the Gates.” Talking River. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, March). “Aphorism 31: The Immortality Box". Philadelphia Stories. Philadelphia PA, USA: Philadelphia Stories 5013c.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, February). “The Different Country.” Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, February). “Oppenheimer on Corsica.” Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, USA: Gival Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 43: The Story Begins When The Book Closes.” The Sonora Review. Tucson AZ, US: The University of Arizona Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 57: You Cannot Fail at Being You.” The Common. Amherst MA, US: Amherst College.
  • Blair, J. M. (2023, January). “Aphorism 16: Six Feet of Earth Makes All Creatures Equal". The Iowa Review. Iowa City IOWA, US: The University of Iowa.

2022

  • Blair, J. M. (2022, December). “Aphorism 42: Happiness is Wherever You Are Not.” Notre Dame Review. Notre Dame IN, US: Notre Dame University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Inverting the Elephant.” New Letters. Kansas City MO, USA: University of Missouri-Kansas City.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 30: There Is Nothing Good or Bad but Thinking Makes It So.” Fourteen Hills. San Francisco CA, USA: San Francisco State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 29: It is a Long Road that Has No Turning.” Catamaran Literary Reader. Santa Cruz CA, USA: Catamaran Literary Reader, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Let Us Go Singing as Far as We Go.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC, US: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). “Aphorism 44: No Fame of Them the World Permits to Be.” Slippery Elm. Findlay OH, US: University of Findlay. Retrieved from https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, October). The Groves. The New York Quarterly. New York NY, US: The New York Quarterly Foundation. Retrieved from https://nyq.org/magazine/issue/68-2/
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, September 1). “Oppenheimer on Corsica.” The Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, US: Gival Press. Retrieved from https://www.arlijo.com/post/issue-164#viewer-8pis8
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, September 1). “The Different Country.” The Arlington Literary Journal. Arlington VA, US: Gival Press. Retrieved from https://www.arlijo.com/post/issue-164#viewer-8pis8
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “The Boys of Los Alamos.” Epoch Magazine. Ithaca NY, USA: Cornell University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “The Flowers of Shukkei-en” (as “The Bus”). Mid-American Review. Bowling Green OH, USA: Bowling Green State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 34: We Are Time’s Subjects and Time Bids Be Gone.” December Magazine. St. Louis, MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 33: Love Is Like a Lily Lifted High and White.” December Magazine. St. Louis, MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Aphorism 32: Let Us Sculpt in Hopeless Silence All Our Dreams of Speaking.” December Magazine. St. Louis MO, USA: December Publishing Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, July). “Eclogue 19: The Light in The Darkness.” The Atlanta Review. Atlanta GA, USA: The Atlanta Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, May). “The Box.” The Tor House Foundation Newsletter. Monterrey CA, US: The Tor House Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.torhouse.org/prize
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, May). “The Body is His Book.” Verse Daily. N/A (online), US: Verse Daily. Retrieved from http://www.versedaily.org/2022/thebodyishisbook.shtml
  • Blair, J. M. (2022). “The Trail.” In A Fire to Light Our Tongues, An Anthology (p. 245). Ft. Worth TX, US: Texas Christian University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Los Alamos (The Cottonwoods).” Epoch Magazine. Ithaca NY, USA: Cornell University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Art of Poison.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, USA: The Comstock Review inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Taking.” The Worcester Review. Worcester MA, USA: Worcester Poetry Association.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “The Harrowing.” Pembroke Magazine. Pembroke NC, USA: University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Aphorism 60: Naked Came I From My Mother’s Womb.” The Lullwater Review. Atlanta GA, USA: Emory University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, April). “Aphorism 37: Empty Pots Make the Loudest Noise.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont, WV, USA: Fairmont State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Los Alamos (The Cottonwoods).” Epoch Magazine. Cornell NY, United States: Cornell University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “The Boys of Los Alamos.” Epoch Magazine. Cornell NY, United States: Cornell University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “The Flowers of Shukkei-en (The Bus)". Mid-American Review. Bowling Green OH, United States: Bowling Green State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Fish.” Solstice Magazine. Palm Desert, CA, US: Solstice Institute.
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Aphorism 42: If You Were as Innocent as You Pretend.” Pacifica Literary Review. Seattle WA, US: Pacifica Literary Review. Retrieved from http://www.pacificareview.com/2022/01/19/aphorism-42-innocent-pretend-wed-never-get-anywhere-john-blair/
  • Blair, J. M. (2022, January). “Aphorism 7: Servir La Patrie Est Une Moitié Du Devoir". Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.

2021

  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “The Woodpecker.” Broad River Review. Boiling Springs, NC, USA: Gardner-Webb University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 66: Like Melting Snow We Will Wash the World of Ourselves.” Concho River Review. San Angelo, TX, USA: Angelo State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 23: The Finger Points at The Moon.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 19: Pearls Before Swine.” Sugar House Review. “Aphorism 19: Pearls Before Swine”, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 52: When God Throws the Dice They Are Loaded.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Aphorism 21: House of Straw, House of Bricks.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, USA: Sugar House Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, December). “Tickling the Dragon’s Tale.” Cutbank. Missoula, MT, USA: The University of Montana.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 54: What Good Is a Door When There Are No Walls?” Chicago Quarterly Review. Chicago IL, USA: Chicago Quarterly Review Books.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 4: As You Sow, So Shall You Reap.” The Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, USA: Colorado State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, November). “Aphorism 25: Medicus Curat, Natura Sanat.” The Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, USA: Colorado State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “The Valley.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Flagstaff.” The Saturday Evening Post Fiction Anthology. Indianapolis IN, US: The Saturday Evening Post.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Come Correct.” Willow Springs Magazine. Spokane WA, United States: Eastern Washington University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Noodling Oklahoma.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford, CT, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Oppenheimer and Old Lace.” Spoon River Poetry Review. Normal IL, US: Illinois State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Considering the Tree.” Spoon River Poetry Review. Normal IL, US: Illinois State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Eclogue 33: Beautiful Words Are Not the Truth.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, USA: University of Tulsa.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, October). “Leverage.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, USA: Comstock Review, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, September). “The Body is His Book.” Pembroke Magazine. Pembroke NC, USA: University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, September). “Aphorism 36: No Lamp Burns All the Way to Morning.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont, WV, USA: Fairmont State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Machine Worries, Machine Hearts.” Quarter After Eight Magazine. Athens OH, United States: Ohio University. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Oppenheimer Scarcely Breathed.” The Madison Review. Madison WI, United States: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Aphorism 19: A Fool and His Money.” Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books, llc. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Aphorism 22: The Profit in What Is Is The Love of What Is Not". Cloudbank Magazine. Portland OR, United States: Cloudbank Books LLC.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “The Altar of the Hand". Jabberwock Review. Starkville MS, United States: Mississippi State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “Junk.” Jabberwock Review. Starksville MS, United States: Mississippi State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, July). “All That Falls.” Connecticut River Poetry Review. West Hartford CN, United States: Connecticut Poetry Society.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, April). “The Testimony of Ebb Cade.” The Bennington Review. Bennington VT, United States: Bennington College.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, April). “Burning.” Briar Cliff Review. Sioux City IA, United States.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “Ralph the Swimming Pig.” Western Humanities Review. Salt Lake City UT, US: University of Utah.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Day the Island Rose.” Western Humanities Review. Salt Lake City UT, US: University of Utah.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Comedy of This King.” The Southern Humanities Review. Auburn AL, United States: Auburn University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “What We Owe this Life.” The Southern Humanities Review. Auburn AL, United States: Auburn University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Good Thief.” Kestrel Magazine. Fairmont WV, United States: Fairmont State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2021, January). “The Drunk on the Roof.” Naugatuck River Review. Westfield MA, United States.

2020

  • Blair, J. M. (2020). “Flagstaff.” In The Saturday Evening Post Fiction Anthology 2021. Indianapolis IN, United States: The Saturday Evening Post Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “A Certain Butterfly.” Connecticut River Review. Hartford CT, US: Connecticut Poetry Society.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Geometries of Longing.” Emrys Journal. Greenville SC, United States: Emrys Foundation. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Walking the Wall.” The Antigonish Review. Antigonish Nova Scotia, Canada: St. Francis Xavier Unversity.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Seeking Dr. Einstein.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Tin Factory.” Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Perseid Meteor Shower as a Metaphor for Joy". Nimrod. Tulsa OK, United States: University of Tulsa. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). 'The Floods of May". The Baltimore Review. Balitmore MD, United States: Baltimore Writers Alliance.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “Misericordia.” Third Point. Lancaster PA, United States: Third Point Press. Retrieved from https://www.thirdpointpress.com/2020/05/misericordia/
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “White Sands.” Prime Number Magazine. Winston-Salem NC, United States: Prime Number Press. Retrieved from https://www.press53.com/issue-181-2020- pnm-award-for-poetry#Blair
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, October). “The Art of Poison.” The Comstock Review. Comstock NY, United States: Comstock Writer’s Group.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Clown Life.” New Letters. Kansas City MO, United States: University of Missouri - Kansas City. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Epithalamion.” California Quarterly. San Francisco CA, United States: California State Poetry Society. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, September). “Under the Volcano.” Broad River Riview. Boiling Springs NC, United States: GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “What Comes Easy.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2020/john-blair
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “Rabbits.” LitMag. New York NY, US: LitMag Publisher.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “Summer Storm with Phone Booth.” Poetry Quarterly. Greenville SC, US: Poetry Quarterly.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, July). “The Strangers We Take Home With Us.” The Burnside Review. Portland OR, United States: Burnside Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “The Tower Minus Six Hours.” Naugatuck River Review. Westfield MA, US: Naugatuck Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Big Bertha.” North Dakota Quarterly. Grand Forks ND, US: University of North Dakota.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Under the Volcano.” Broad River Review. Boiling Springs NC, US: Gardner-Webb University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “The Natural Bitterness of Oranges.” Chicago Quarterly Review. Chicago IL, United States: CQR LLC. Retrieved from 141 Pluma Ct
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Bluebirds.” The Jabberwock Review. Starkville MS, United States: Mississippi State Unversity.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, April). “Run Run Little One.” Talking River Review. Lewiston ID, United States: Lewis-Clark State College.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, March). “Snow Monkeys.” Chautauqua. Wilmington NC, United States: The Chautauqua Institute.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “Sundog.” The Lullwater Review. Atlanta GA, US: Emory University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “The Strangers We Take Home With Us.” The Burnside Review. Portland OR, US: Burnside Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2020, January). “The Shape of Things to Come.” Ocotillo Review. Austin TX, US: Kallisto Gaia Press.

2019

  • Blair, J. M. (2019, December). “Works and Days.” Southern Poetry Review. Atlanta GA, US: Armstrong Atlantic State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “Motorhead.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “The Mother Road.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, December 12). “Six.” Prism International. Vancouver CANADA, Canada: Prism International, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, October). “The Art of Forgiving.” Poet Lore. Bethesda MD, US: The Writer’s Center.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, July). “St. Cassian of the Pens.” Columbia Review. New York NY, US: Columbia University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, May). “Aubade at Easter.” Briar Cliff Review. San Marcos, United States: Briar Cliff University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Glass Mountain.” Concho River Review. San Marcos, United States: The University of Arizona Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Sweetness.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, United States: Sugar House Publishing.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Lorem Ipsum.” The Cincinnati Review. Cincinnati OH, US: University of Cincinnati.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “On the Birth of an Unlucky Child.” Third Wednesday. Redford IN, US: Third Wednesday Publishers.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “Mutter.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2019/john-blair
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Taking Tree.” The Roanoke Review. Roanoke VA, US: Roanoke College. Retrieved from https://www.roanokereview.org/poetry2019/john-blair
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, April). “The Springs.” The Antioch Review. Antioch OH, United States: Antioch College Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2019, January). “The Light Fantastic.” The Sonora Review. Tucson AZ, US: The University of Arizona Press.

2018

  • Blair, J. M. (2018, December). “Blue.” American Literary Review. Denton TX, US: University of North Texas Press. Retrieved from https://americanliteraryreview.com/2018/12/05/john-blair/
  • Blair, J. (2018, October). “We Raise Our Hands for Mercy.” Image. Seattle, WA, United States: Center for Religious Humanism.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Veil of Tears.” Ruminate. Ft. Collins, CO: Ruminate Magazine, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “The Continental Op.” Concho River Review. San Angelo, TX: Angelo State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “The Dance.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Caveat Emptor.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, October). “Golden Years.” The Main Street Rag. Charlotte NC: Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, July). “The Garden of the Good Life.” Dogwood Journal. Fairfield CN, US: Fairfield University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, July). “When Angels Die in Texas.” Rosebud. Cambridge, WI: Rosebud, Inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, April). “The Art of Forgetting.” Bellingham Review. Bellingham WA, US: Western Washington University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, February). “Perfect Fifty.” Negative Capability. Mobile AL: Negative Capability Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2018, January). “Grass Eaters.” Crosswinds Literary Journal. US: Crosswinds Literary Journal.

2017

  • Blair, J. M. (2017, December). “The Little Sleep.” The Comstock Review. Syracuse NY, US.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, November). “The Snake.” River Styx. St. Louis MO, US.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Zed.” Prairie Schooner. Lincoln NE, US: University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Pier.” Boulevard. Richmond Heights MO, US.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Pennies from Heaven.” Boulevard. Richmond Heights MO, US.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “One True Sentence.” The Sow’s Ear. US.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Buddha in the Wall.” The Laurel Review. Maryville MO, US: Northwest Missouri State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Thin Man.” Sow’s Ear Poetry Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “Turm Erlebnis.” The Chariton Review. Kirksville MO, US: Truman State University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October). “The Kitchen Shade.” The Chariton Review. Kirksville MO, US: Truman State University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, October 7). “What Gets Taken.” The Missouri Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, August). “There is a Willow Grows.” Carolina Quarterly. Chapel Hill NC, US: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Retrieved from https://thecarolinaquarterly.com/2017/08/there-is-a-willow-grows-aslant-a-brook/
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, July). “The Buddha’s Son.” Colorado Review. Fort Collins CO, US: Colorado State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, July). “The Buddha’s Wife.” Colorado Review. US: Colorado State University.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, February). “The Morning After the War.” Tupelo Quarterly. Jackson MS: Tupelo Press. Retrieved from http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/the-morning-after-the-war-by-john-blair/
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “This Gray Spill of Mockingbird.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “We All Fall Down.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Spoiler.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Widow’s Peak.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January). “Five Minutes.” Pinch Magazine. Memphis TN, US: University of Memphis.
  • Blair, J. M. (2017, January 20). “The Great Egress.” Sugar House Review. Salt Lake City UT, US.

2016

  • Blair, J. M. (2016). Playful Song Called Beautiful. Iowa City, Iowa, United States: Iowa University Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016). Judas Salt. Greensboro Review. Greensboro NC, US: UNC-Greensboro.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016). The Faith of Your Father. Hiram Poetry Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016). Blood Rain at Stoke Edith. Poetry Quarterly. Harborton VA, US: Prolific Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016, December). “The Bridge.” The New Guard.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016, October). “The Things You Can’t Keep.” Nimrod.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016, July). “The Mockingbird.” Big Muddy.
  • Blair, J. M. (2016). A Desert Season. In Silk Road Review (Vol. 15, pp. 56–70).
  • Blair, J. M. (2016). The Mockingbird. In Big Muddy.

2015

  • Blair, J. M. (2015). Bone Anthem. In Image (Vol. 87, p. 13).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). Desirada. In Tar River Poetry Review (pp. 5–6).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). Hard Pearl. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, p. 53).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). The Lantern Man. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12, p. 2).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). The One Thing. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, pp. 54–55).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). The Other Side. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12, p. 1).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). The Story You Heard. In Ruminate (Vol. 34, p. 52).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015). Window. In Cafe Review (Vol. 26, pp. 4–5).
  • Blair, J. (2015). €œA Song on Geronimo€™’s Grave€. In Image (Vol. 87, p. 12).
  • Blair, J. M. (2015, January). Here Where We Are All Forgiven. Ruminate. Ft. Collins, CO, US: Ruminate Magazine inc.
  • Blair, J. M. (2015, January). The Bridge. The New Guard. New York NY, US: The Writer’s Hotel.
  • Blair, J. M. (2015, January). “What Happens to the Future.” Solstice. US.

2014

  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Aubade for Ash Wednesday. In Painted Bride Quarterly (Vol. 89).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Disagreeable Things. In Cafe Review (Vol. 12).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). How to Know Two. In The Southern Review (Vol. 50.3, p. 448).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Pity Me, O Man. In Louisville Review (Vol. 75, p. 31).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Playful Song Called Beautiful. In Thema (Vol. 26.2, p. 38).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Second The Man. In Louisville Review (Vol. 75, p. 30).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Shooting Dove. In Raleigh Review (Vol. 4.2, p. 18).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Sleeping Dogs Lie. In Iron Horse Literary Review (Vol. 16.4, p. 18).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). The Gift. In Oberon (Vol. 11).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). The Thing Itself Speaks. In Carolina Quarterly (Vol. 64.1).
  • Blair, J. M. (2014). Biggest Snake in the Woods. In Tusculum Review (Vol. 10, pp. 1–14).

2013

  • Blair, J. M. (2013). No Water, No Moon. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 48).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). And Yet It Moves. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 64).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). Blue Moon. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 80).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). Dirt. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 66).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). Joshu’s Dog. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 50).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). The Idle Hours. In Ruminate (Vol. 30, pp. 72–73).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). The Last Poem of Hoshin. In Kestrel (Vol. 31, p. 49).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). The Lesser Poet. In The Florida Review (Vol. 38.1 & 2, p. 62).
  • Blair, J. M. (2013). Three Little Indians. In New Guard (Vol. 3, p. 87).

2012

  • Blair, J. M. (2012). The Occasions of Paradise. Tampa, FL, United States: University of Tampa Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2012). The Yellow Christ. In St. Petersburg Review (Vol. 4 & 5, p. 40).

2011

  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Gauguin in Arles. In Naugatuck River Review (Vol. 5, p. 30).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Her Name is Viaraumati. In California Quarterly (Vol. 37, p. 8).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). How You Will Know Us. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). I Am the Trees Before the Sun. In Hiram Poetry Review (Vol. 72, p. 10).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Oleander. In The Southern Poetry Anthology (Vol. 4). Huntsville, TX, United States: Texas-Review Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Savage Poems. In New Millenium (Vol. 20, p. 36).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Still Live With Puppies. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). Sutra for the Passing of Mary. In Cutthroat (Vol. 10.1).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The Canonical Hours. In The Georgetown Review (Vol. 12.1, pp. 120–124).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The Capillary Attraction of Planetary Bodies. In The Southern Review (Vol. 47.2).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The Dogs of Grass. In Arts & Letters (Vol. 20.1, pp. 8–9).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The Fundamental Limit of Resolution. In The Minnetonka Review (Vol. 7).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The River Sage. In Cold Mountain Review (Vol. 39.2, p. 48).
  • Blair, J. M. (2011). The Trees Take Birds in the Light Growing Air. In The Georgetown Review (Vol. 12.1, p. 30).

2010

  • Blair, J. M. (2010). White Sands. In New York Quarterly (Vol. 66, p. 147).
  • Blair, J. M. (2010). Palmetto Night. In Cimarron Review (Vol. 72, pp. 20–29).
  • Blair, J. M. (2010). Silver Springs. In Talking River (Vol. 27, pp. 104–113).

2009

  • Blair, J. M. (2009). How She Prays the River. In Inkwell (Vol. 26.1, p. 58).
  • Blair, J. M. (2009). Bombs. In Inkwell (Vol. 26.1, pp. 49–57).
  • Blair, J. M. (2009). Fish Story. In The Laurel Review (Vol. 43, pp. 24–26).

2008

  • Blair, J. M. (2008). Valencias. In Atlanta Review (Vol. 25.1, p. 20).
  • Blair, J. M. (2008). Islands in the Moon. In Cold Mountain Review (Vol. 37.1, pp. 75–87).

2007

  • Blair, J. M. (2007). Stealing for Orphans. In Broken Bridge Review (1st ed., Vol. 2, pp. 87–93).
  • Blair, J. M. (2007). The Road to Little Happiness. In Phoebe (Vol. 36.2, pp. 13–29).

2006

  • Blair, J. M. (2006). Broken Window. In Pleiades (Vol. 26.2, p. 39).

2005

  • Blair, J. M. (2005). Low Tide Turning. In The Sewanee Review (Vol. 118, pp. 174–192).
  • Blair, J. M. (2005). Motorhead. In The Antioch Review (Vol. 63.3, pp. 14–26).

2004

  • Blair, J. M. (2004). The Sinkhole. In The Portland Review (Vol. 51.3, pp. 29–33).

2003

  • Blair, J. M. (2003). The Green Girls. Warrensburg, MO, United States: Pleiades Press.

2002

  • Blair, J. M. (2002). American Standard. Pittsburgh, PA, United States: U. of Pittsburgh Press.

2001

  • Blair, J. M. (2001). Mexico and the Borderlands in Cormac McCarthy’€™s All the Pretty Horses. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 42, 301–307.

2000

  • Blair, J. M. (2000). The Bird Frighteners and the Judge’€™s Wives in Eudora Welty’€™s The Optimist’€™s Daughter. Notes on Contemporary Literature, 30, 8–10.
  • Blair, J. (2000). [Review of Percyscapes, by R. W. Rudnicki]. Arkansas Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (2000). Aunt Jane on the Day of the Dead. In Midwest Quarterly (Vol. 51, p. 277).
  • Blair, J. M. (2000). Sundays with Melba. In California Quarterly (Vol. 26, p. 31).
  • Blair, J. M. (2000). Trash Fish. In Green Mountains Review (Vol. 13, pp. 64–71).

1999

  • Blair, J. M. (1999). Oleander. In Poet Lore (Vol. 94, p. 17).
  • Blair, J. M. (1999). Happy Puppy. In Shenandoah (pp. 23–38).
  • Blair, J. M. (1999). Aunt Jane Watches the Dancers. In Midwest Poetry Review.

1998

  • Blair, J. M. (1998). Southern Honor and Sexual Violence in Walker Percy’€™s Lancelot. Southern Studies, 5, 85–94.
  • Blair, J. M. (1998). The Rigolets. In New Orleans Review (Vol. 23).
  • Blair, J. M. (1998). Swimming the Cave. In Berkeley Fiction Review (Vol. 19).

1997

  • Blair, J. M. (1997). Renewal in the Wilderness: Walker Percy€™’s Lancelot and the American Survivalist  Movement. Louisiana Literature, 14.

1996

  • Blair, J. (1996). Southern Humanities Review.
  • Blair, J. (1996). Southern Humanities Review.
  • Blair, J. (1996). The Inheritance of Light. In R. Gonzalez (Ed.), Cicada (p. 207). Denton, TX, United States: University of North Texas Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (1996). In the Midst of Springs Bright Enchantment. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, p. 68).
  • Blair, J. (1996). Inheritance of Light. In R. Gonzalez (Ed.), Madness and Love (p. 206). Denton, TX, United States: University of North Texas Press.
  • Blair, J. M. (1996). My Brother, Sleepless, Listens to the Wind. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, p. 69).
  • Blair, J. M. (1996). Passion Play. Seattle Review.
  • Blair, J. (1996). The Weather Child. In Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review (Vol. 27, pp. 69-).
  • Blair, J. M. (1996). Parting in the Rain (translation of a poem by Shu Ting). In Poetry East (p. 23).
  • Blair, J. M. (1996). This, Too, is Everything; (translation of a poem by Shu Ting). In Poetry East (p. 22).

1995

  • Blair, J. M. (1995). South by Southwest: Texas and the Old South in the Work of Katherine Anne Porter. Journal of the Southwest, 37, 495–502.
  • Blair, J. M. (1995). The Southern Tradition of Honor and Eudora Welty€™s The Optimist€™s Daughter. University of Mississippi Studies in English, 12.
  • Blair, J. M. (1995). The Singing House. In The Lullwater Review (Vol. 6, pp. 38–40).

1994

  • Blair, J. M. (1994). “The Dark Rich Earth of the Heart”: Recent Southern Poetry. The Distillery: Artistic Spirits of the South, 1, 46–57.
  • Blair, J. (1994). [Review of All These Lands You Call One Country, by S. Corey]. Southern Humanities Review.
  • Blair, J., & Delanty, G. (1994). Southern Humanities Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (1994). “Breeding Lilacs in a Dead Land”: The Novels of James Dickey. In Critical Essays on  James Dickey. New York City, NY, United States: G. K. Hall.
  • Blair, J. M. (1994). Mercy. In Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (pp. 21–22).

1993

  • Blair, J. (1993). “The Lie We Must Learn to Live By”: Honor and Tradition in All the King’s Men. Studies in the Novel, 25, 457–472.
  • Blair, J. M. (1993). Sunday Morning. In The Literature Review (Vol. 2, pp. 55–56).
  • Blair, J. M. (1993). The River Heart. In The Literature Review (Vol. 2, p. 57).
  • Blair, J. M. (1993). To Attend to One’s Own Soul: Walker Percy and the Southern Cultural Tradition. The Mississippi Quarterly, 46, 78–89.
  • Blair, J. M. (1993). The Lost Boys. In Sow’s Ear Poetry Review (Vol. 11, p. 22).

1992

  • Blair, J. M. (1992). Nicholas and the Judge: Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter and the Novels of  Charles Dickens. Notes on Mississippi Writers, 24.1, 25–34.
  • Blair, J. M. (1992). To Attend to One’s Own Soul: Walker Percy and the Southern Cultural Tradition. The Mississippi Quarterly, 46, 78–89.
  • Blair, J. M. (1992). Bright Angel. New York, NY, United States: Ballantine.

1991

  • Blair, J. M. (1991). Breath. In Sewanee Review (Vol. 99).
  • Blair, J. M. (1991). Madness and Love. In Sewanee Review (Vol. 99).

1990

  • Blair, J. M. (1990). A Landscape of Darkness. New York, NY, United States: Ballantine.
  • Blair, J. M. (1990). The Lives of Children. In Notrth of Wakulla: An Anthology of Florida Poets. Tallahassee, FL: Appalachee Quarterly Press.

1989

  • Blair, J. M. (1989). The Posture of a Bohemian in the Poetry of Stephen Crane. American Literature, 61, 215–229.
  • Blair, J. M. (1989). The Question of Race in James Dickey’s “Cherrylog Road.” Notes on Contemporary  Literature, 19, 2.
  • Blair, J. M. (1989). Cicada. In Poetry (Vol. 153).
  • Blair, J. M. (1989). Winter Storm, New Orleans. In Poetry (Vol. 153).

1988

  • Blair, J. M. (1988). Rain Dancing. In Louisiana Literature (Vol. 2).
  • Blair, J. (1988). The Hurricanes. In Louisiana Literature (Vol. 2).

1987

  • Blair, J. M. (1987). The Groves. In The New York Quarterly (Vol. 34).
  • Blair, J. M. (1987). The Ambush. In Kentucky Poetry Review.

1986

  • Blair, J. (1986). Black Warrior Review.
  • Blair, J. M. (1986). In the Swimmer’s Dressing Room at the Y. In Cimarron Review (Vol. 75, pp. 33–34).
  • Blair, J. (1986). Swimming in Winter. In The Kansas Quarterly.
  • Blair, J. M. (1986). The Lightning. In New Letters.

1985

  • Blair, J. M. (1985). After the Storm. In Southern Poetry Review (Vol. 25).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). Dragging for the Dead. In Plains Poetry Journal (Vol. 13).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). Handling Serpents. In Plains Poetry Journal (Vol. 13).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). In a Cemetery Beside the Apalachicola Bay. In The Greensboro Review (Vol. 38).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). Old Man, Walking. In The Georgia Review (Vol. 39).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). Pig Days. In Black Warrior Review (Vol. 11).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). Weathering. In The Texas Review (Vol. 6).
  • Blair, J. M. (1985). The Cowboy Singer’s Sestina. In The New Mexico Humanities Review.

1984

  • Blair, J. M. (1984). Joe Prichard. In the Minnesota Review (Vol. 23).
  • Blair, J. M. (1984). Tate’s Hell. In Wakulla Portraits. Tallahassee, FL: Wakulla Publications.
  • Blair, J. M. (1984). Wakulla. In Wakulla Portraits. Tallahassee, FL: Wakulla Publications.

1983

  • Blair, J. M. (1983). Pulled, The River Flows. In Personna (Vol. 2).
  • Blair, J. M. (1983). The Return. In Personna (Vol. 2).

1982

  • Blair, J. M. (1982). Simple Mercy. In Red Bass Winter.

1981

  • Blair, J. M. (1981). Buck Fever. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
  • Blair, J. M. (1981). Dark Mirror. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
  • Blair, J. M. (1981). Heat Wave. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
  • Blair, J. M. (1981). Legacy. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.
  • Blair, J. M. (1981). Like Sand. In Scratch. Orlando, FL: Orlando Arts Council.