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February 24, 2019
Five of my Poems and a Profile of me on Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review – Winter 2019 Issue
The Winter 2019 issue of the Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review contains 5 of my poems and a profile of me along with other fine art and literature. Thank you Editor Amy Payne. This is the third time FLAR has published my work.
“Cliffside Village” and “Caesar Rages Against his Fall” are from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud, and the latter also by the #MeToo Movement.
“Exile in Fragments” is from another unpublished collection that imagines an exile from the Syrian civil war.
“Inquisitions” comments on our Age of Outrage and Uncivil Discourse, while “Dragon Teeth Mountain – Second Extract” sets a more contemplative mood and shows my long admiration for Chinese poetry (read in translation).
You will soon be able to purchase a had copy of the Review HERE but can read a copy now on Issuu.
Gravel Magazine has accepted two of my poems for publication
Gravel Magazine has accepted two of my poems for publication: “Birth Season” is from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud. “The Art of Disharmony” derives from experiencing two category 3 hurricanes while living in Pensacola.
This is the third time that Gravel has published my poetry and I am grateful to the editors.
February 22, 2019
Poetry Quarterly will also publish my poem “The Honey of Miracles” in their Winter 2019 issue.
Poetry Quarterly will also publish my poem “The Honey of Miracles” in their Winter 2019 issue.
February 21, 2019
My poem “First and Last” honored with the Poetry Quarterly 2018 Rebecca Lard Award
Poetry Quarterly has selected my poem, “First and Last,” as their 2018 Rebecca Lard Award Winner. I am honored for this selection.
“First and Last” is from an unpublished collection, Dark Fathers, about my relationship with my father, which as is often the case was for a long time a problematic one. This poem describes the time when he and I began to reconcile, which always involves forgiveness on both sides. That catharsis and reconciliation began after his major heart attack, which he thankfully survived for another 23 years, a time that allowed us to become loving friends as well as father and son. But in the time of the poem, that was unknown as was his very survival.
Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers and the Poetry Quarterly team for this high honor.
You will soon be able to purchase copies of the issue from their bookstore.
The parent of PQ, Prolific Press, also published my collection, Final Inventory, last October, and you can purchase a copy from their Bookstore.
February 20, 2019
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine Issue #10 is out with four of my poems
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine Issue #10 is out featuring four of my poems. You can read it HERE. I am most grateful to the editors for choosing to prominently place all four at the end of their issue.
February 19, 2019
You can read my poem “The Orphan” on The Big Windows website now
You can read my poem “The Orphan” on The Big Windows website now.
February 17, 2019
Thank you to Free Lance Star for highlighting local Fredericksburg area authors (including me)
Thank you to the Free Lance Star for highlighting local Fredericksburg area authors (including me) and to Rick Pullen for facilitating this article.
February 14, 2019
Thank you Light: A Journal of Photography and Poetry for accepting my poem “Fecundity” for publication mid-March
Thank you Light: A Journal of Photography and Poetry for accepting my poem “Fecundity” for publication mid-March in their “Labor” issue.
