Jake Cosmos Aller
Jake Cosmos Aller
@jakecosmosaller@theworldaccordingtocosmos.com

I am a novelist, poet and retired U.S. diplomat having served 27 years in the Foreign Service. I have been writing poetry and short stories for decades, and have published my poetry and fiction in over 25 literary journals. My poetry can best be described as “neo-beatnik” as growing up in Berkeley I was been heavily influenced by the beatnik writers.
I have completed four SF novels, – Giant Nazi Spiders, the Great Divorce, Jurassic Cruise, and Ft. Ashland. I hope to have all four readied for possible publication within the next six months. I have completed ten volumes of poetry and one volume of short stories.

During my foreign service career, I served in ten countries (Korea, Thailand, India, the Eastern Caribbean (lived in Barbados but covering Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts, St Lucia, and St Vincent) and Spain

I grew up in Berkeley, California and have lived in Berkeley, Stockton, Seattle, Washington DC, San Antonio, Texas and Medford, Oregon, and have traveled to 49 states, and 45 foreign countries. I speak Korean, Thai, and Spanish. I am married with no children. I live half the year in Korea and half the year in the United States.

the views expressed here are my own personal views and do not reflect the views of any of my prior employers.

my web page is https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com

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  • April 25 to April 30 2021 Poems

    April Poetry Madness 2021 Poetry from the Mad Cosmos April 20 to April 25th 2021 Poems April 16 to April 20 2021 Poems Justice In America, Take That, Ann Coulter !April 10 to April 14 2021 Poems April 16 to April 20 2021 Poems April 1 to April 5 Poems April 1 to April 5…

  • April 20 to April 25th 2021 Poems

    April 20 to April 25th 2021 Poems April 16 to April 20 2021 Poems April 10 to April 14 2021 Poems April 1 to April 5 Poems April 6 to April 9 Cosmos’s Poetry  Cosmos 2020 April Poetry Part Two Cosmos 2020 April Poetry Part Two April 2019 Poemsapril April 2018 Poems 2017 April Poems…

  • Justice In America, Take That, Ann Coulter!

    Justice in America, Take That Anne Coulter! I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on Spotify please do so…

  • April 16 to April 20 2021 Poems

    April 16 to April 20 2021 Poems April 10 to April 14 2021 Poems April 1 to April 5 Poems April 6 to April 9 Cosmos’s Poetry  Cosmos’s 2020 April Poetry Part One Cosmos 2020 April Poetry Part Two April 2019 Poems April 2018 Poems 2017 April Poems I have a small request to make. …

  • Former People Update

    Former People Update I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on Spotify please do so now. thank you WHERE…

  • Another Poet Update

    faith Another The Poet Update The Poet Update Where to listen to Podcast, please follow me on social media platforms I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest,…

  • April 10 to April 14 2021 Poems

    April 2021 Poetry Contest – April  1 0  to  April 14 I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on…

  • April 1 to April 5 Poems

    Poetry from The Mad Cosmos 2021 Poetry By Jake Cosmos Aller April 2021 Poetry Contest Cosmos 2020 April Poetry Part Two Cosmos’s 2020 April Poetry Part One April 2019 Poems April 2018 Poems 2017 April Poems I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if…

  • April 6 to April 9 Cosmos’s Poetry 

    April 6 to April 9 Cosmos’s Poetry Cosmos’s 2020 April Poetry Part One Cosmos 2020 April Poetry Part Two April 2019 Poems April 2018 Poems 2017 April Poems Commentary: This is the fifth and perhaps final time I am doing the April poetry challenge.  The goal is to write at least one poem per day. …

  • More Literary Yard Poems

    I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on Spotify please do so now. thank you WHERE TO LISTEN to…

  • starting Podcasts

    I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on Spotify please do so now. thank you WHERE TO LISTEN to…

  • Real Immigration Reform – A Way Forward

    I have a small request to make.  I want to expand my followers on all my platforms. So if you have not signed up yet for this blog, or followed me on intraframe, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or Bloglovin or listened to my podcast on Spotify please do so now. thank you WHERE TO LISTEN to…

  • If You Have Been Around

    If You Have Been Around  Published In Down in the Dirt   Hi there… You are getting this letter because you are a contributor to the current issue of Down in the Dirt magazine (with writing or art), and we wanted to let you know that the brand-new issue of Down in the Dirt was…

  • “Strange Courtesies Extended

    Strange Courtesies  Extended  Until March 8th Critics love STRANGE COURTESIES – Check out review in THEATRESTORM! I San Jose Stage email@thestage.org via thestage.ccsend.com  2:04 AM (9 hours ago) to me STRANGE COURTESIES EXTENDED!     STRANGE COURTESIES streaming availability has been extended until midnight on MONDAY, MARCH 8th!     Jamey Williams as JONNY KWANZI and Adam Green as ZACHARIAH…

  • Rush Limbaugh Is Dead Long Live Rush Limbaugh

    Rush Limbaugh Is Dead. Long Live Rush Limbaugh Blackout Erasure Found Poem In recognition of the passing today one of the most malign influences of modern culture, Rush Limbaugh, I present several takes on his life and legacy from a blackout erasure found poem based on the Washington Post orbit. Rush LImbaugh is Dead Gaurdian…

  • Just Enough For Coffee

    Spill Words and Ink Pantry have published my homeless poem, “Just Enough for Coffee.”  SPill words published four of my poems last year, re-printed below. Enjoy and buy a homeless person a cup of Peets coffee this week just because. Tell them Cosmos sent you. just enough for coffee Cthulu’s Revenge and Other Stories Two…

  • Movies Seen 2021

      Cosmos’s Movies Watched  2021 movies  seen 2020 movies seen 2019 Movies Watched During 2018 movies list Movie Watching Goals 2021 100 movies/TV series by the end of the year. At least one Korean movie per week At least one Spanish movie per month One Bollywood or another foreign language movie per month A mixture…

  • 2020 the Year the World Came Unhinged

    2020 the Year the World Came Unhinged Writer’s Egg Magazine published in the UK for their 7th issue had a theme of 2020 and what it meant.  They published my entry,  “The Year the World Came Unhinged “ The Year the World Came Unhinged       2020 was the year That the world came…

  • Letter to President of UOP

    UOP Letter to President of the University of the Pacific Author note:  I graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in 1979.  It was my third college, after flunking out of Oberlin college. it was a good fit for me as it was a student-centric small-medium sized University,  mostly white in those…

  • Meeting God in a Lake

    creativity web zine Meeting God in aLakeand other Spiritual Poems Encounters with God By Jake Cosmos Aller Author’s Note: these poems are about some of my spiritual encounters in my life. I am not a follower of any traditional religious tradition, sort of an agnostic Buddhist if there is such a thing. But neither am I an atheist.…

  • Cosmos’s Reading List 2021

    1001 Books to Read Before You Die List Cosmos Books Read 2020 RevisedBooks Read 2020 Books read 2019books read during 2018 books read Cosmos’s Reading List 2021 Goals:  100 Books Read Classics One Thriller Per Month One history/politics book per month Read A Lot More Poetry Read At Least One Book A Year in Spanish…

  • More Ink Pantry Poems

    More Ink Pantry Poems Ink Pantry has published some more of my poems Ink Pantry Curators of Fine Words Poetry Drawer: Getting Lucky: waiting for the day: The Rising Storm of Sedition Overwhelms Us All: Tired and Burned Out – Let 2020 Go!!!: Toilet Gate Fit Metaphor for the End of the Trump Affair by…

  • City Limits Publishes Love Poems

    Dreamgirl re-publishedLove Poems Love Poems from Snarling Cup of Coffee Chapbook Collection, 2nd posting medium published love poems City Limits Publishes Love Poems City Limits Publishing has published an anthology of love stories and poems called Loving Words, which feature two of my stories and poems, “Chains that Bind Me” and “Dream Girl” re-printed at…

  • Happy New Years From Seoul

    Happy new Year greeting from Seoul.  I am updating my blog entries over the next few days with lots of fresh content. Stay tuned for updates. Happy New Years from Seoul Happy New Years from Seoul. I am hopeful that this year will be better than the last year and I hope I can meet…

  • seven day challenge

    Writing Practice 7 Day Challenge Poetryezine Publishes Cats It’s time to get started with the 7-day writing challenge! We’re so excited to be writing with you! To help you stay strong and finish your word count each day during the challenge, we’ll send you an email with three sections. The first section is really short.…