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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  • Cheating Death Updates

    Cheating Death Updates The Acadamy of Hearts and Mind will publish three of my poems in their next issue. The poems are ” Lost Illusions Stripped Away,” “7th Extinction Event”, and “the Last Bee Ends Humanity’s Reign”. They also published “Cheating Death 22 Times.” Cheating Death Updates include audio clips. Cheating Death Updates – here…

  • SixFold Voting Delayed

    SixFold Voting Delayed the SixFold Voting Delayed Until May 1, deadline for submitting is April 23, 2019 at midnight EST. six fold site This is a good contest. Well worth submitting to. Each writer agrees to rate the writing of other writers in three rounds of voting. The finalists get published and money. The rest…

  • White Lady Dressed in Death

    White Lady Dressed in Death The Opiate Literary Review has published my poem, “White Lady Getting off the Bus” which is a surrealistic poem about a white lady getting off a bus dressed in death playing the flute of life. white lady White Lady Dressed in Death White lady Dressed in death Playing games Green…

  • Updated Publication Credits

    updated publication credits. Good news Cosmos Fans! I am continuing to get published. Foliate Oak Literary Magazine has published ‘Fake Things” foliate literary review Plethora will publish October Falling Rain in their next edition. I also have just published my first Instagram poems as I reported earlier. here is the poem, Fake Things with the…

  • Cosmos Joins Instagram Poets

    Cosmos Joins Instagram Poets! Cosmos Joins Instagram Poets! have joined the Instagram poetry world. Just posted my first ten poems. Learned a lot. Had to use an external software package as posting to Instagram from your computer is not user friendly. I gave up after trying to figure it out and downloaded a great program.…

  • Plenthora Publishes Wearing Masks

    Plethora Publishes Wearing Masks Good news Cosmos Fans. Plethora Published Wearing Masks in their recent edition https://www.plethorablogazine.com/post/poems-by-jake-cosmos-aller   Poems by Jake Cosmos Aller Wearing a Mask is not a political statement to my friends in America and around the world to those who think that somehow the corona virus only infects other people that it…

  • Hell is Here to Stay

    Hell is Here to Stay and other Poems updated with audio files Here are some poems that I like. The first four have been published, the last is unpublished. The first, fourth and fifth one were the product of dreams. God’s Confession was written after a night drinking in Bangkok. As some of you may…

  • Growing Kombucha and Kefir in Korea

    Growing Kombucha and Kefir in Korea     When we moved to Yeongjong island, near the Incheon Airport,we found that we would be deprived of two of our three favorite miracle foods, Kombucha and Kefir. But we were pleasantly surprised to find we could order our third favorite health food item, wheat grass for home…

  • red crab season in Incheon

    Red Crab season in Incheon It is red crab season in Incheon. The red crabs are smaller than King Crabs and are bright red in color and are harvested off the Incheon harbor. There are crab and seafood restaurants all over town which is one of the nicer things about living in a Port City,…

  • Computer Rants

    Computer Rants I have had a love-hate relationship with computers and with Microsoft for years. I often plead with my computer to just do what it is supposed to do rather than screwing up, giving me endless error messages and in general Fucking with my head. So, about a year ago, I started writing these…

  • Fake Thing Fake Jake Fake Smiles

    Fake Thing Fake Jake Fake Smiles Fake Jake Poems Nathanda Review in Malawi has published two of my poems, Fake Jake and Fake Smiles from my “Fake Things” Collection Fake Thing Fake Jake Fake Smiles Fake Jake Many years ago I proclaimed to the world I was Jake And I was not a fake But…

  • Visit to Poet Hill in Seoul

    Visit to Poet Hill and Sajik Park in Seoul When I launched the World According to Cosmos, my original intention was to have 60 percent of the site devoted to poetry, and fiction, 30 percent devoted to political rants and observations, and 10 percent devoted to travelogues. This is my second travelogue entry. I have…

  • AI Taking Over the World

    These are my poems about AI taking over the world. Part of my Fake Things chapbook. AI Fake Photos xrealistic fake photos of people who don’t existThe AI industry Is getting closer and closer To their goal Of creating totally fake personas That are almost impossible To spot Truly fake people For a fake world…

  • American Dreams

    Your one Phone call published my poem about visas called “American Dreams”. it is a bit cynical look at the visa process written when I was a visa officer in Mumbai, India back in 2003 when each day we had over 1,000 people lined up for their two minute chance at the getting a visa.…

  • New Years Visit to Oregon Coast

    Former People published three of my poems, “New Years Visit to the Oregon Coast”, ‘Indian Casino Thoughts” and “Casino Thoughts” New Years Visit to the Oregon Coast The end of the year We drove to Bookings on the Oregon Coast We had a pleasant drive through the mystic fog shrouded Redwoods. The gathering gloom of…

  • Dogs of War Are Howling

    Dogs of War are Howling and other poems were published earlier in Synchronized chaos. I wrote the poem, “Dogs of War are Howling” in 2003, and updated it in 2017. SYNCHRONIZED CHAOS. Poetry from Jake Cosmos Aller The Dogs of War are Howling The Dogs of War Have been set free Of their cage And…

  • Take Down Anne Coulter’s Wall

    Take Anne Coulter’s Wall When I launched the “World According to Cosmos”, the original idea was that it would be 60 percent poetry and fiction, 10 percent travelogue and 30 percent political rants. This is my first rant of many to come. in it, I take down Anne Coulter’s defense of Presdient Trump’s Wall I…

  • Poems About Fake Politics

    these are my poems about “Fake Politics” part of my ‘Fake Things’ chapbook.

  • Reflections on the Passing of the Years

    these are my reflections on the passing of the years Worst Year Ever 2017 How Much I despise You Following 2016 the second worst year ever Will 2018 be any better ? And what we have suffered The darkness settles on the land Like a curse on the land As our mad demented senile dotard…

  • ” the World According to Cosmos” updates

    새해 복 많이 보내세요 (Saehae bok manhi bonaeseyo). happy new years in Korean! from a cold Korean day 2018 End of the Year Updates to World According to Cosmos I have just updated my blog, “the World According to Cosmos” with fresh content for the new years. I have over 300 followers and over 1,000…

  • fake booze poems

    third of my fake food rants for today mostly related to fake booze i.e. fake alcoholic beverages, fake beer, fake wine, fake vodka, fake beer, fake rum, and some success stories in the battle against fake things – development of real soju and Malaki traditional drinks in Korea that are now mostly real booze not…

  • Cosmos’s Music Play List 2018

    Cosmos’s music play list 2018 Like my book and movie lists, I have been keeping track of the music that I have listened to during the year. Due to copy right restrictions I can not share the music with you all. But I would love to hear what music you all are enjoying during the…

  • Movies Watched During 2018

    Jake’s Cosmos Aller’s Movies Watched During 2018. Like my book list, I have been keeping a list of movies and TV shows watched during the year. Here is my list of movies watched during 2018. I saw 76 movies/TV shows during the year. Many of them I saw while flying to and from Asia four…

  • books read during 2018

    Jake Cosmos Aller 2018 Reading List I read a lot this year, completed 85 books, and started book reviews on Good Reads. As usual a very eclectic reading list. My goal for 2019 is 100 books including a lot more poetry, and short stories as I continue my publication quest, and I’d like to read…

  • More Fake Food Poems

    more poems about fake food From GF bread, (really good for you) to Healthy Choice food choices meh not so good for you and KFC and McDonalds more fake food for ya Fake Bread Fake Bread Nowadays Most of the time I eat fake bread GF bread For health reasons My wife can’t tolerate the…