Chris Abbate's poems have appeared in numerous journals including Connecticut River Review, Cider Press Review, and Comstock Review. He is a two-time nominee for a Pushcart Prize and has been nominated for a Best of the Net award. His first book, Talk About God, was published by Main Street Rag in 2017. His full-length collection, Words for Flying, was published by FutureCycle Press in 2022.

Other poems by Chris Abbate in Verse Daily:
April 30, 2022:   "How to Use a Bible" "Recycle the flyer from the new church..."

Books by Chris Abbate:

Other poems on the web by Chris Abbate:
Five poems
"Cleanliness"
"God, Bowling"
"Learning to Dunk"
"Hartford, 1947"
"Ode To A Couch"

Chris Abbate's Website.

Chris Abbate on Twitter.

About Words for Flying:

"Why do the best of Chris Abbate's poems make me cry? It's because, as with any great music, beautiful singing can have that effect on us. And we wipe our eyes so that we may keep on reading."
—Paul Hostovsky