Tag: poet
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Telling It to the Trees

I’m looking forward to this book, so I want to share it with you. I follow Mitch Nobis and enjoy his poetry. Ask Micah about Mitch’s basketball poems! If you haven’t read his work yet, here’s a sample from Stone Circle Review. If you like it, show him some love and pre-order the book! They…
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Happy Poetry Month from the Monkey

My son Micah had a poem published recently in Anti-Heroin Chic. I am super proud of him, of course. Check it out!
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Blood Orange Review

My dad turns 90 years old tomorrow and we are planning a surprise party, well, we’re going for mild surprise. Nobody will be jumping out from behind furniture and shouting “SURPRISE!” We don’t want it to be his last birthday. He and I haven’t always gotten along. When I was 16 I ran away from…
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Poem in Valparaiso Poetry Review

We didn’t get out at all this Christmas or New Year’s because I tested positive for Covid, so this poem below, which I wrote reflecting on the winter of 2020 to 21, was actually just as fitting for January of 2023. During the lockdowns I had the joy of writing with an online workshop of…
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Reading with Poetry Square

I’m honored to have been invited by Diane Funston, Poet-in-residence at Yubba Sutter Arts and Culture, to read with Cheryl Latif and Julian Mathews in Poetry Square at 7 PM PT (10 PM EST). Please join us, either live or after the event on YouTube here:
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In Memory of a Good Man

I have written countless posts and shared many videos over the years from my home back in central Pennsylvania. I am deeply saddened to say that we lost one of the quiet giants of that world, a tender, strong, and supporting lover of music, poetry, and art. From hosting the first Sunday services of Music…