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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  • ARA Canal Incheon

    updated with information about two other stream bed walks I have discovered. One is near Kimpo airport, the other is near Kyunghee University, my old stomping ground. That one is one of the longest biking trail in Seoul stretching from Euijongbu to the Han River parks. ARA Canal Incheon provides 18 km of great walking/biking…

  • Making American Sports Great Again

    making American Sports Great Again What is Wrong with Professional Sports and how to Fix It books read during 2018 NBA https://www.nhl.com/ https://www.mlb.com/ https://www.nfl.com/ American Professional sports are in trouble! Attending a professional sports game has become unaffordable for the average person and that is a damn shame. Fewer children are learning how to play…

  • Recent Publication Credits

    Recent Publication Credits Updated Publication Credits Cheating Death Updates Plenthora Publishes October Rain ” the World According to Cosmos” updates Some recent publication credits.   Cherry House Press is publishing my “Dream Girl” in an anthology of Dreams due in April. cherry Hill Press   Hello Jake.   We hope to publish the anthology in…

  • Cosmos’s Excellent Vietnam Journeys

    Cosmos’s Excellent Vietnam Journeys I first went to Saigon with my spouse, Angela, back in 1995 when I was in Bangkok working for the Embassy and she was in the military in Texas. We spent two wonderful weeks and always wanted to go back. This winter we decided we would go to either Thailand, Vietnam…

  • Cosmic Dreams and Nightmares

    Note:I am taking a two week trip to Vietnam and will update my blog when I return with my reflections on my trip, updated publications etc. Cosmic Dreams and Nightmares I don’t dream dreams.  I dream movies complete with action, music, food, smells everything.  In this one I had a vision of  a possible future. it…

  • Walking Through the Fall of Korea

    Walking Through the Fall of Korea I wrote this story to submit to the Seoul Fiction writer’s contest, “From Seoul to the World”. The action takes place 25 years in the future after a North Korean bioweapon is released after President Pence cancels Peace Talks with North Korea and pursues a military option. the weapon…

  • Cosmos’s Cheritas and Haiku

    Cosmos’s Cheritas and Haiku updated with my latest micro poetry latest Micro Poems Love Haiku 1. Thursday Evening 2. Waking Up to No You 3. One Moment, One day 4. You Are My Angel 5. Saying Goodbye for Now 6. Know I Must Say I do 7. I Can Not Get Rid 8. I Float…

  • 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.

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