During the past several months, I’ve been writing poems drawn from dreams. I’m going to describe the process I use. I suggest to myself …
Continue Reading“Free Verse,” recently published in “for a better world 2020” by Greater Cincinnati Artists
Book Review – If It Bleeds, by Stephen King
classic Stephen King with ordinary daily-life details and characters who behave like real people
Continue ReadingRecommended: Clues from the Animal Kingdom by Christopher Kennedy
The images, connections, and metaphors Kennedy comes up with will make any poet turn green with envy.
Continue ReadingUnder the Gumbo Limbo Tree, by Mike Wilson
(this short story appeared in Solidago Journal, Spring 2018, Issue Four) Dear Arnie. There’s no reason for me to go on without you, so either …
Continue ReadingBook Review – A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea is the title of Isabel Allende’s latest novel, drawn from poet Pablo Neruda’s description of Chile as “the long …
Continue ReadingPoetry Writer’s Tip – Try Translating, even if you don’t speak the language
translating puts you in the head of the poet…
Continue ReadingBook Review: The Red Lotus
a thriller appropriate to read during a pandemic….
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