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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  • 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…

  • Fake Food Poems

    Poems About Fake Food These are my poems about fake food. this is the first part of my “fake food” chapbook which is a sub-set of my “Fake Things” manuscript. I hope to shop both around for publication in the Spring. For both collection I use as a working definition of “fake” anything that is…

  • The Dead Never Die on Facebook

    this is a poem about a common occurance in this digitalized age. I often receive face book friend requests from the dead, including my sister who died ten years ago. it seems that the dead Never Die on Facebook. It is very creepy but I have not yet contacted Face Book about it. One of…

  • fake bacon and eggs

    Poems about Fake Bacon and Eggs and other fake foods. Hmm hungry for the real thing yet? Fake Eggs I love real eggs From real chicken Preferably free range Vegetarian fed, No antibiotic feed No hormones added Non-caged chickens, allowed to roam about As God intended them to do Not locked up In chicken coop…

  • favorite face book writing groups

    I belong to a lot of facebook writing groups. Here are some of my favorite groups. Check them out! FB Poets and writers FB author Whisperers FB authority of self-publishing FB authors FB bloggers FB Blue Ink FB Bookaholic FB contemporary poets FB fallen angel FB heart and soul FB I am here in verse…

  • Love Poems from Snarling Cup of Coffee Chapbook Collection, 2nd posting

    updated posting Today’s selection from my chapbook contains Love poems. Most have been published elsewhere. See publication credits for acknowledgment The Story of How We Met Note: This is a true story. For further details see Dreams and the Unexplainable– a Chicken Soup for the Soul book, published September 2017. It all began in Berkeley,…

  • Poems About Fake Things Chapbook

    Poems About Fake Things updated with fresh index, audio and first poem, ‘Fake Things”. Foliate Oak Literary magazine will publish the poem in their next edition. Stay tuned, I will provide a link in due course. just an update. Foliate Literary Review has just published “Fake Things” foliate literary review These are my poems about…

  • “Strangeness in the Air”

    Strangeness in the Air My poem, “Strangeness in the Air”, has been published by Scars TV in their literary calendar for 2018. “Strangeness in the Air” appears on the November 3, 2019 entry. Details follow: Hi there from Scars Publications – we wanted to let you know that Scars Publications released a 2019 weekly literary…

  • latest publication credits

    here is the latest updated list of my publications. most are available on line. I’ve included when available. I would be happy to share a copy of any of these poems or stories with you, just send me a message. Feedback welcomed as always. publication list

  • Snarling Cup of Coffee Chapbook Updated with audio clips

    Table of Contents Note: this chapbook brings together some of my favorite poems, many have been published. An * indicates prior publication. Some appear in my earlier submission to you. The acknowledge page at the end provides a complete publication credit list. Snarling Cup of Coffee and other Poems Note: this chapbook brings together some…

  • the Cosmic Bench in Lithia Park Published in Two Drops of Ink

    One November afternoon, about 5 pm, Sam Adams, an white man in his late 60s was doing his usual daily walk in Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon. Sam had retired to Oregon after serving in the U.S. government as a diplomat for many years. He had grown up in Berkeley but had visited Ashland over…

  • where to find my stories

    i have my stories published on-line at various places. All poetry, Poetry Soup, Cosmosfunnel, Fan Story and Writing.com have published some of my stories and poems Creativity Webzine and Ariel Chart have published a few of my stories and Two Drops of Ink just published my latest short story. See next posting. Ariel chart ariel…

  • broad kill review published “Snarling Cup of Coffee”

    This poem has been published in about five places now. One of my personal favorites as it is a real beatnik style poem I think….. Snarling Cup of Coffee” I like to start my day with a hot cup of coffee I pound down the coffee First thing I do every day as the dawning…

  • Favorite FB Groups

    I belong to a lot of FB writing groups. Here are some of my favorites. Check them out! FB all poetry FB poetry soup FB echoic FB facebook poets FB Romeo’s poetry FB between lines FB idiotic feeble minded poets FB starving poets FB modern poetry league FB poetry share FB Payton’s place FB Raven…

  • Poetry Nook publishes my poetry

    I have started publishing on Poetry nook as well. they have published the following poems fake news fake life and fake death fake love fake people fake gods fake calls hell is here to stay Walls sandwich choices microsoft how i hate you then link is https://www.poetrynook.com/user/jake-aller sign up it is free and join the…

  • Update to Tumbler Publishes my Poetry

    Update to Tumbler Publishes my Poetry update: Jake Cosmos Aller turned 2 today! We hope it was a great year, and we look forward to sharing many more! I have started publishing my poetry on tumbler It is also a good site. Here’s the link, check it out! More Short Cosmos Poems tubmlr link My…

  • Cats Truly alien species?

    cars are alien species the conspiracy my cat poems for your pleasure updated to reflect recent publication of The Cosmic Cat from Berkeley, and the  Buddha Cat from Edsal road – both published in the Universe Journal, Bangalore, India September 30, 2019, also recorded those two poems as well. April 2018 Poems 2017 April Poems…

  • outlaw poetry

    Outlaw Poetry By Jake Cosmos Aller Outlaw Poetry is apparently a thing. I prefer “Neo-Beatnik” but what the hey, we are talking the same thing. Outlaw Poets is a term used in reference to writers of outlaw poetry, a type of marginal poetry with Beat sensibility often categorized as Spoken Word. Works of several such…

  • Howling at the Blood Moon

    Howling at the Blood Moon In honor of the blood wolf moon January 20-21, 2019 here are my “lunatic poems”. and links to various sites which discuss whether the blood moon is a harbinger of impending doom. I leave that you to you to decide…. These are updates to my earlier postings. here is the…

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