poem “The Streetcorner at Dawn” 13 Aug 202215 Aug 2022 I am going to "sacrifice" the poem I wrote this morning and post it here, which means that I won't be able to offer to a journal or magazine, since…
Author post Summertime Blues 21 Jun 2022 Even I have noticed that I haven't posted for a while, though there has been a little news. However, I've been distracted not only by the generally miserable state of…
Announcement… In Print 17 Oct 202117 Oct 2021 My two copies of The Vincent Brothers Review arrived today, bearing my story, "The Silence," as well as eight other short stories, twenty-nine poems, four nonfiction works, and eleven pieces…
Author post… Estivation…. 29 Aug 2021 The summer doldrums seem to be a cyclical affliction of the publishing world. Maybe it's because so many editors and staffers go on vacation, especially those work work on magazines…
Announcement… “Blank Wall” and “Mud and Salt” 15 Mar 2021 Two of my recent poems have just appeared in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of The Wayfarer, an excellent compendium of essays, interviews, poems, and regular columns on a variety of…
Announcement… “The Air like Water” 7 Aug 2020 My poem, "The Air like Water," has just appeared in the Grey Sparrow literary journal. Cast your eyes on it at: Grey Sparrow: "The Air like Water" As usual, the…
Announcement… Live Virtual Reading 11 May 202011 May 2020 Live events being off the table for now, Rich Soos, editor at Cholla Needles, just set up a virtual table: he asked all the poets who have been featured lately…
Announcement… “Six Poems” 7 Apr 20207 Apr 2020 Here we go: issue #41 of Cholla Needles magazine just came out, and it includes six of my recent poems, being: "To the Remembered" "Has to Be" "This Box of…
Author post… Signs from Heaven 21 Mar 2020 One thing I love about our apartment is its windows. We are on the second floor, and our street is narrow and bordered mostly with older, graceful buildings. There's a…
Author post When Clichés Come to Life 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Clichés are much derided in writing circles, and rightly so: they are a lazy way to express the character of a situation, and usually they have been heard so often…
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