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November 11, 2021
Happy Veterans Day to All Veterans!
Thank you for your service. Thank you for your sacrifice. Thank you for putting country above self-interest. Thank you one and all who served with honor to maintain our freedom with deeds, not words. God bless you all!
Death of a Quiet Soldier (from Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems)
Behind enemy lines you gave your life,
The risks you knew and embraced willingly,
Red, black and green berets fought by your side,
And brought your body home to family.
Later in a ritual of their own,
They wou...
November 6, 2021
Podcast: A reading of Chapters 3, 4 and 5 from my novel, Hire Lernin’
Links to select readings of my sonnets from my first two books of poems
November 4, 2021
I’m Not Woke
I’m not woke
won’t buy a pig in a poke
’cause my common sense ain’t broke
won’t slip my head in your yoke
no joke
CRT? That’s not for me
of mind manacles I’m free
so go climb or hug a tree
and let rational people be
your Marxist-inspired lies even a blind man can see
if all you see is racism
I suggest you change your prism
try a little optimism
it will free you from the prison
of binary-thinking derision
racism, alas, exists
but by no means just in whites
the antidote is to resist
polarizing angry fig...
November 1, 2021
Three podcasts with my reading of three complete short stories . . .
October 31, 2021
“Redemption” — A free, complete short story reading in honor of Halloween
The following link is to today’s podcast featuring my reading of the complete short story “Redemption” from my most recent short story collection, Echoes of the Mind’s Eye. I recorded it today in honor of Halloween as it is the only short story in the collection that could be classified as paranormal fiction. (My short story collection spans the gamut from hard and soft science fiction to mild horror, psychological horror, philosophical fiction and romance none of ...
October 30, 2021
“Redemption” — A free, complete short story reading in honor of Halloween
The following link is to today’s podcast featuring my reading of the complete short story “Redemption” from my most recent short story collection, Echoes of the Mind’s Eye. I recorded it today in honor of Halloween as it is the only short story in the collection that could be classified as paranormal fiction. (My short story collection spans the gamut from hard and soft science fiction to mild horror, psychological horror, philosophical fiction and romance none of which I hope fit neatly into ap...
“Redemption” — A short story in honor of Halloween
The following link is to today’s podcast featuring my reading of the complete short story “Redemption” from my most recent short story collection, Echoes of the Mind’s Eye. I recorded it today in honor of Halloween as it is the only short story in the collection that could be classified as paranormal fiction. (My short story collection spans the gamut from hard and soft science fiction to mild horror, psychological horror, philosophical fiction and romance none of which I hope fit neatly into ap...
October 24, 2021
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