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Free download of Echoes of the Mind’s Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories ends today (Tuesday, January 18, 2022).

You can download a copy of the ebook version of my latest book of short stories through midnight PST tonight (1/18/22) only at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1056565.

Writing Sets Us Free (and free short story book link)

Writing sets us free,
To transform that which now is,
To what it could be.

Render for others,
The world from new perspectives,
So that they may see.

One word at a time,
Ours the power to create,
A new universe.

Share my worlds with me,
A journey of the mind’s eye,
With lessons to teach.

Download my book free
But just for two days this month
At the below link.

(January 17-18, 2022 you can download my book of short stories, Echoes of the Mind’s Eye, free of charge, but only at https://www.sma...

Sonnet To a Friendly Critic

My novel and newest book of poetry free through January 15, 2022

For two days only you can down load the ebook versions of both my novel and my newest book of poems but only at the links below. The books are available at Amazon, B&N, Walmart and other bookseller sites in print and ebook versions, but this sale is only valid through Smashwords at the links below.

Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume 2

Hire Lernin’ An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education

On Childhood

Childhood
Wonder in all things,
Magic, trust, discovery,
Joy in simple play.

Childhood’s End
A child is transfixed,
By a rainbow in full bloom,
Adults curse the rain.

Today’s Points to Ponder

Ever notice . . .

The louder the man,
The weaker his argument,
The smaller his brain.

On Truth

Opinions are made of flexible cloth,
That can adapt to drape any body,
Regardless of how strange or fine its shape.

Truth is made of rigid, hard, brittle cloth,
That must be worn exactly as it comes,
Alter it for comfort’s sake, and it breaks.

On News Reporting

Education is the lie you believe.
Propaganda is the truth you dislike.

God is Dead

My original poem (from Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems)

god is dead
he died of a bad review
in Entertainment Tonight
that accused him of being
a fascist
and a
prude

he is being replaced
by a new
non-sectarian trinity
of
Me, Myself and I
all of whom
are free
to kill god
and say
god is dead,
dead is god
god dead is,
is god dead

I think I have heard
somebody suggest
(and therefore I have)
that the depaftment of health
will soon issue
antiexistentialistdespairpills
to every man, woman and child
sitting in fro...

When Men Rape Nature

When men rape nature,
Sterile children may be born,
Of concrete and steel.

Angles sharp and tall,
They grow to the sky daily,
On their mother’s grave.

Then in false homage,
They build a fake monument,
With locks of mom’s hair.

This is Central Park,
A manufactured green space,
For all that was killed.

Malodorous meat,
Offered to the hungry dogs,
Who think it prime beef.

This poem is a variation on a theme I wrote about when still in College titled “Central Park”. You can read that origin...

Hire Lernin’ teaser #4: The adventure begins

Few things shine as bright,
As a new adventure’s start,
Hope springs eternal.

Siren’s song beckons,
Calling us towards the rocks,
Will our course hold true?

If the course is true,
The vision clear and focused,
All may yet end well.

Battles may be won,
Pyrrhic victories are these,
If innocence lost.

This is another teaser, likely the last one, for my novel “Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest through the Realm of for-Profit Education.” You can sample 20 percent of the book free by using the...

Hire Lernin’ (teaser #3) – The Interview

Apply for dream job,
Three days later interviewed,
Next day job offered

Would you celebrate?
Jubilation or caution?
Dream job or nightmare?

Chapter 3 details,
An actual interview,
Which one will it be?

Chapter 3 of my novel details the protagonist’s interview for a dean’s position in a proprietary, for-profit business school. Although the novel is fiction, this chapter (as with many others) closely parallels my own experience in my first academic posting for a similar position in NYC ...