Great April News: Publication of "It's the Kind of Thing" 🎊

Cotton-candy-colored blossoms and publication: sweet treats of April

So pleased to share that my nature poem. “It’s the Kind of Thing,” has been published in the current, April issue of The Bluebird Word.

Here are the opening lines, and clickety click to read the rest. Also, check out the work of the marvelous, talented fellow writers in the issue, including dear friend Antonia Albany’s wonderful Spent Water Balloons.

To this continued writing life! ✍️

“It’s the Kind of Thing”

if I wrote it you might
not believe me, but I’ll
write it anyway.

For a second, I mistook
riffs of an electric guitar
on the radio
of a passing car

for a stray cat or kitten
and looked up
from my book
for a tail and a lean cat needing care.

Read the rest and the entire issue at: The Bluebird Word.

My Poem Published in Dulcet! 🦄

Thrilled to announce that my poem. “Legacy,” was published today in Dulcet! My poem is on page 44. The theme is “Moonglades: A Reflective Issue.”

It’s also a great joy to be publication twins with my talented friend, Terri McCord; check out her amazing poem, “the world turns pointillist,” on page 21!

Dulcet is open for submissions. Check out their theme calls and submission guidelines at: clickety-click.

Photo courtesy of Camille Brodard at Unsplash.com.

2 of My Poems Published in October Hill Magazine's Fall Issue: Volume 8, Issue 3! 🥳

Photos by yours truly. 🤗

Splendid news to share: two of my poems, “Yellow,” and “Listening to a Grandfather-Clock ASMR Recording after Reading a Short Poem by Lorine Niedecker” were just published in the latest issue of October Hill Magazine!

Check out the opening lines of “Yellow” below, and clickey-click on this link to read the two full poems at the issue, as well as the work of many talented fellow authors as well. Also, consider submitting your own work—they were wonderful to work with.


“Yellow”

today it feels exceptionally good

to use this yellow

marker, to draw it across

the lightly lined page,

just to run as heavy as possible a line

with the fine nib

pressed into the thinner gray line

to mark it off that I’ve already

answered early work emails, had

lunch, cleaned up after, organized

my desk, sorted through a stack of books

for donation, and it feels good, too,

to hover in the air above the page

to think about drawing a sun with wavy rays,

the petals of a sprightly daisy, a compact car

negotiating a curvy road, but then…

[continued at October Hill Magazine: clicky]

Poetry Publication in Songs of Eretz! ✍️

I’m so pleased to announce that a poem I wrote about roller skating was published today in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review’s Spring 2023 issue! The theme is “Growth.” It’s also a great joy to appear in the same issue as my dear friend, Charles. Follow the linky-link to check out the issue, filled with poetry and photography by many talented artists.

A splendid way to start National Poetry Month! To all of the poems we’ll read, write, and celebrate this April!