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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to American poet Louise Glück

Congratulations to Louise Glück

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nob...

Review: Holy Heathen Rhapsody

Holy Heathen Rhapsody by Pattiann Rogers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am constantly impressed by Pattiann Rogers craft, the careful music of her words, and her ability to interweave nature, science, spirituality, philosophy and everyday life. This is another fine collection I will reread again and again. 

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Review: A Juror Must Fold In On Herself

A Juror Must Fold In On Herself by Kathleen McClung
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kathleen McClung uses her experience as a juror to create poems in traditional forms. He craft is excellent and the poems are interesting and real. The interplay of the proceedings with her stray thoughts and her contemplation of the role she is playing all weave together in this worthy collection.

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Jean Cocteau on Poetry

The first poem I had published

In 1977, “After Rain” was published in a now defunct journal called”The Poet.”

After Rain

When the filthy air falls in rain
you can forget your footprints.
They, like life and youth,
have probably deserted you.
With the cold wind burning in
thru your thin clothes and
cutting your flesh up like meat,
the rain has probably passed, left behind,
the consistent creep of frost
out of the same night air.
It bleeds from the moon,
this iced dust, and clings
to the rain felled leaves.
The silver crunch of walking
thru the silence of ice is heresy.
But it does leave the sure imprint
of your past in the morning-
to-be- melted frost after rain.

Printed in The Poet 11/9/77

Plutarch on Poetry

Haunted Waters Press will publish my poem, “Severance,” in their upcoming annual issue

Haunted Waters Press will publish my poem, “Severance,” in their upcoming annual issue. This is the third time they have printed my poetry and  I thank the editor, Susan Utley.

Sandburg on Poetry

Dorothy Parker’s advice about Young Writers

Thank you Heron Tree which has published my poem “Enlargement” – Read it for free

 Heron Tree #7 which includes my poem “Enlargement” is available for free download HERE. My thanks to the editors, Chris Campolo and Rebecca Resinski.