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Join me and other poets on June 29

The final issue of Crosswinds Poetry Journal contains my poem “Division”

The final issue of Crosswinds Poetry Journal contains my poem “Division.” They have regularly published my poetry for which I am grateful. Crosswinds will be much missed. Thank you Editor In-Chief David Dragone and colleagues. Purchase a copy here: https://crosswindspoetry.com/product/cwpj-vol-x-2024/

My political ideal as well

Volume II of The Power of the Feminine I: poems from the feminine perspective��contains 2 of my poems

Volume II of The Power of the Feminine I: poems from the feminine perspective��containing 2 of my poems is now available from Amazon in Paperback or Kindle. Thank you Editors Chris Cooper and Donna Biffar.

See you at the Barnes and Noble Central Park, Fredericksburg VA on Saturday April 27 starting at 1 p.m.

See you at the Barnes and Noble Central Park, Fredericksburg VA on Saturday April 27 starting at 1 p.m. They also have Stone Bird, my newest collection.

Helen Vendler has helped me school my ear and eye for poetry

Farewell

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

David Orr on contemporary poetry

���Contemporary poetry isn���t witty. That���s not to say it isn���t funny; on the contrary, it can be extremely amusing, sometimes even intentionally. But for the most part, the art form today vacillates between, on one hand, decrying social and/or personal injustices and, on the other, aiming at a kind of conspicuously literary self-portraiture. This leaves little breathing room for wit, which skates above both approaches like a water strider passing over a couple of submerged hippos.���

I will be reading my ekphrastic poems at the Firnew Farm Artist Circle in Madison County VA on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m.

Poets from the Poetry Society of Virginia and I will be reading our ekphrastic poems at the Firnew Farm Artist Circle in Madison County VA on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. Join us if you can and also view the ekphrastic art.

I will be signing my books at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on April 27

Join Elizabeth Spencer Spragins and me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. as we sign our poetry collections.