August Gladstone is a Writer, Poet, Troubadour and Clown. He’s used his theatrical upbringing (on Broadway at age six) to craft absurd comedies, working as a produced screenwriter and performing across the country under manifold mediums including an appearance in the 2024 Netflix is a Joke Comedy Festival. An award-winning poet, he’s been published by Pa’Lante!, Winged Moon, Inlandia and more. As a lyricist, he’s written for members of Supertramp, Crowded House and Ringo’s All-Stars.
Selected work
Night Owls
No Pulp Poetry Club, 2025
Five Poems by August Gladstone
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2025
The Smoker's Kama Sutra
Plutos, 2024
The Great American Novelist
Soon
Vine Leaves Press
Trailhead Station
Soon
Vine Leaves Press
For The Last Time
Vine Leaves Press, 2025
Great Gray Wonder!
¡Pa'lante!, 2025
Recently I Joined a Gym
Moonstone Arts Center, 2025
High Desert Haikus
Moonstone Arts Center, 2025
Ephemera
The Winged Moon, 2025
Frostbitten Friend
Hare's Paw Literary Journal, 2024
Witches Brew
The Vagabond's Verse, 2025
Maxxinista
The Vagabond's Verse, 2025