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2025 Best of the Net nominee, Poetry. Nature, books, hiking, reading, writing, root for the underdog, music always. I share my previously published poetry at shortsurpriselife.com.
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We live in an occupied country, misunderstood; justice will take us millions of intricate moves. - William Stafford, “Thinking for Berky” #poem #poetry #booksky

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Excited to have two poems appearing in an upcoming issue of MORIA, published at LA-based Woodbury University. Lovely publication and I’m honored to be included with some terrific folks. #booksky #writing #poem #poetry

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A monstrous little something for #shortpoemsunday, which originally appeared in Last Leaves Magazine. #writing #poem #poetry #booksky

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A favorite by a favorite, William Stafford. “I can’t eat that bread.” - from Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems by William Stafford #poetry #poem #booksky #writing

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

“The politician will consume the poet,” Goethe warned. This is as close as I’ve come to writing a political poem. The landscape described is like a dream collage of where I grew up. Thanks to the Bond Street Review, where it first appeared. #poem #poetry #writing #booksky

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

“One must have a mind of winter …” Hiking with my love past frozen kettle ponds and holly tree groves near Plymouth, MA. Tree silhouettes in January will always be among my favorite things. #poetry #poem #writing #hiking #nature

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Sharing my poem “Enough,” which first appeared in the Delta Poetry Review, Vol. 6, Issue 18. I’ve written a lot about family & impermanence lately. Many thanks to the editors. #poetry #poem #writing #booksky

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Happy to hear the terrific poetry mag Rattle is featuring “Late Bloomers” - poets who started publishing regularly in their fifties - in a special edition this fall: “It’s never too late to develop and share your voice.” To submit, click below. #poetry #poems #writing #booksky

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s a link to my poem “Running Trails,” a nominee for the 2025 Best of the Net awards. Best viewed in landscape format. Grateful to the good folks at the excellent journal Susurrus for their faith in my work. #poem #poetry #booksky

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

My daughters and grandchildren visited my fave childhood haunt, the recently restored Carnegie Library in Palestine, Texas. We donated three copies of my wife’s children’s book. Our beloved “CiCi” would love knowing she is now part of this beautiful library! #booksky #library #reading #books #poetry

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

I've added "Enough" and "Strange Mockingbird" to my previously published poems site (linked below). It's where I share many of my poems published in various journals over the past three years. And all for free, except you'll never get that time back. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

You can read my poem “Home” in the latest edition of The Harvard Advocate by linking to it below for free. A little slice of East Texas in Harvard Square. Gratitude to the editors. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment