New Publishing on CRACK THE SPINE

My poem "Blood and Diamonds" has been beautifully presented by the digital journal CRACK THE SPINE. It is in issue #95 of this page-turnable e-journal. The poem is designed over pages 19-22, and you can read it by clicking on the cover here and then clicking on the right/left arrows to flip the pages. Please do return to the cover page to enter a comment: scroll down past the covers you see for the "Comments" section - click here.

A Re-Publsihing

Ralph Murre has just posted another poem of mine to his great site, RE/VERSE, "The Naturalist," originally published in the print journal LYNX EYE. Here's a link: RE/VERSE

New Poetry at "ROY's

The Fall 2013 issue of RRR - Ray's Road Review was just published and features a recent poem of mine, "A Poet's Poem". You can find it here. I hope you will enjoy it - Thanks for reading.

September Featured Poet on Popular Site

I'm pleased to announce being selected for September's POETRY CORNER on emerging novelist Rosaliene Bacchus' site, A Writers Journey. Rosaliene chose an excerpt from my 3-part poem, "When the Pain Stopped" accompanied by her own meaningful haiku, a link to Dr. Martin Luther King's "Overcome" speech, and commentary. You can get to the Poetry Corner here

New Poetry and Not So New

Thanks to a couple of subscribers, I'm pleased to announce the publication of 3 poems, all available online. The first, an older poem, "For You, Not For Me" was published last April by VOICES DE LA LUNA, an online and print journal. A .pdf of the April issue can be downloaded here. You will find me in the Table of Contents under "Select Poems". The other 2 new poems, "So" and "Why Religion Is a Better Bet Than God" are in the July BROOKLYN VOICE - they are the first poems to appear in a journal from my hometown and you can find them here. Thank you for reading - your comments are always welcome.

Poetry Month - A Belated Link

I am so pleased to be able to post a link recognizing a couple of my (own favorite) poems in honor of APRIL - POETRY MONTH. The post is from my good friend, fellow poet and short story writer, memoirist and journalist and a myriad of other wonderful things, RACHEL OLIVIER. When you get there, be sure to take a tour of Rachel's world - it's marvelous. Click here.

New Publishing at FULL OF CROW

I'm pleased to announce that the fine online journal FULL OF CROW has just published "Beyond Loneliness". Click here and then on "February 2013" and my name. Thank you so much for reading. Comments welcome.