Bengali Translations

My poems “Transcending Definitions” and “Blue Pines” were translated into Bengali and published in two newspapers operating out of Bangladesh yesterday. Huge thank you to Talukdar Lovely for the time and energy she put into her translations!

The image is from the print newspaper, Dainik Bangladesher Alo. The other publication by Dainik Desher Kantha is available online via the link below…

https://desherkantha.com/news/poetry/1f1d39ac-ab3e-6e90-86dc-df9c2a0e188c

Replete with Splinters and Feathers

I’m stoked to share that three of my poems were recently published in the September 2026 issue of Live Encounters. Big thank you to Mark Ulyseas for including my work in his venue. “Of Soft Lashings and the Burden of Baptism,” “It is Akin to a Bleeding Sieve, Let Us Be Honest,” and “Of Tattooed Angels and Alien Ascendence” can be read via the link below…

https://liveencounters.net/2026-live-encounters-editions-2026/scott-thomas-outlar-three-poems/

There are moments in life that serve as inflection points. I’ve reached one. No turning back.

Phoenix in Ascension

I’m stoked to share that my poems “Burn, Baby, Burn” and “Original Jesters” have been published in the new 15-year anniversary edition of Live Encounters that was released this month. Big thank you to Mark Ulyseas for including my work in his venue and congratulations on reaching such a cool milestone. Those two pieces can be read here…

https://liveencounters.net/2024-anniversary-editions/scott-thomas-outlar-burn-baby-burn/

Of Mad Choirs and Dissolving Marrow

I’m happy to share that three of my poems have been published in the latest issue of Unlikely Stories Mark V. Thank you to Jonathan Penton for including my work in his venue. “Three Chambers of the Hippo,” “Into Further Temptation,” and “A Patient Path by Subtle Degree” can be read at the link below…

https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/three-chambers-of-the-hippo-into-further-temptation-and-a-patient-path-by-subtle-degree