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July 27, 2016
Aji Magazine has accepted my poem “Murmuration” for publication in its Fall 2016 issue.
Aji Magazine has accepted my poem “Murmuration” for publication in its Fall 2016 issue.
July 25, 2016
GFT Press has accepted 3 of my poems, 2 for print and 1 for online publication.
GFT Press has accepted 3 of my poems, 2 for print and 1 for online publication.
July 23, 2016
My poem “River and Father” was published in Gravel Magazine.
My poem “River and Father” was published in Gravel Magazine.
July 21, 2016
Jazz Cigarette has accepted my poem “A Lark is Hunger in the Blood” for publication in October.
Jazz Cigarette has accepted my poem “A Lark is Hunger in the Blood” for publication in October.
July 19, 2016
July 14, 2016
A fine advanced study—not an introduction to Yeats
Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form by Helen Vendler
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I want to take a class taught by Helen Vendler. It would not be an easy A. Instead, it would challenge and open new doors and windows into some of my favorite poets. Vendler is the poet’s great reader, one who spends time and effort rereading and rereading again, studying the structure, asking why the poet went this way instead of that. She is a student of form and its revelatory impact on content.
In this book, Vendler makes an intense study of Yeats, form by form, seeking to understand his choices whether conscious or not, explicating the impact of choice on each poem and of the poem on the form. Not an introduction to Yeats but rather a fine advanced study for those who have already spent some time with his poetry. If that’s you, then read this book.
July 13, 2016
The Summerset Review has accepted my poem “Still Knowing” for publication in an upcoming issue.
The Summerset Review has accepted my poem “Still Knowing” for publication in an upcoming issue.
July 11, 2016
Dual Coast Magazine has accepted and published my poem “All Journeys are Metaphors”
Dual Coast Magazine has accepted and published my poem “All Journeys are Metaphors“
July 8, 2016
Thank You Three Line Poetry
Three Line Poetry has accepted another of my poems—guess how many lines it has.
June 28, 2016
My poem “Terminal Butterfly” was published in the Fall 2015 issue of Temenos Journal
My poem “Terminal Butterfly” was published in the Fall 2015 issue of Temenos Journal (p. 39)
