Frank William Finney

poet, retired lecturer (Literature)

United States

Frank William Finney is the author of the chapbooks Birds in a Boneyard (Bainbridge Island Press, 2025), The Folding of the Wings (FLP Books, 2022), and two collections published in Thailand.

Originally from Massachusetts, he taught literature at Thammasat University in Thailand from 1995 until 2020. His poems appear in numerous publications including Brussels Review, Green Mountains Review, Orbis, The Plentitudes, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, Slipstream Magazine.

Portfolio
The Hemlock Journal
01/30/2026
The Hemlock Anthology Volume Two: Available Worldwide

In quiet gratitude, we announce that The Hemlock Anthology is now available for purchase worldwide. Born from many voices, it gathers poems, reflections, and stories that arise from diverse cultures and ethnicities. This anthology stands as a meeting ground of minds. We are honoured to feature writers from around the world and grateful to readers...

Kelsay Books
The Orchards Poetry Journal: Winter 2025

The Orchards Poetry Journal is an anthology that is released bi-annually. Our Winter 2025 issue features work by the following poets: Alfred FournierAlina ZollfrankAllison Mei-LiAngela PattenAnn BodlingAnn ChinnisAnna BirchAnna Egan SmuckerArielle ArbushitesArvilla FeeBarbara KrasnerBarbara LootsBen TeckenBonnie WehleC

Bainbridge Island Press
Birds in a Boneyard

by Frank William Finney Birds in a Boneyard presents twenty-one poems that navigate the shadowed corners of memory and mortality with unflinching honesty. Frank William Finney draws readers into landscapes where ravens perch on tombstones, abandoned chicken coops dot wooded hillsides, and the natural world bears witnes

Midsummer Dream House
#5

5, Midsummer Dream House Magazine "Let's go back in time to 1998." - Live at the Lark Tavern by Ian Woollen "I was trying not to sleep. The last time I fell asleep in a place that wasn't my bed, my life was ruined." - Meme-ingless by Thomas J.