Poetry and About Poetry

Congrats to Kristin LaFollette 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Contest winner

Five of my poems are included in the current issue of The Mystic Blue Review

Mourning the loss of a great poet. Richard Wilbur wrote fine poetry and yet was often underestimated because it hearkened to traditional forms in a time of radical experimentation and self-exposure. http://wapo.st/2gIc8EW

My poem “Pilgrim” is included in issue #30 of Poetry Quarterly available in print or electronic subscription here:   https://poetryquarterly.com/

The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Geoffrey C. Ward My rating: 5 of 5 stars A tough read—there were atrocities and heroes, sages and fools on all sides. If you have done any significant reading/research, you will not learn anything dramatically new here–but the stories and then overall perspective from this distance all make this a worthy read. For those to whom this is all new, a must read. We are who we are today in the US and in Vietnam because of this war–for better or ill. View all my reviews

The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Geoffrey C. Ward My rating: 5 of 5 stars A tough read---there were atrocities and heroes, sages and fools on all sides. If you have done any significant reading/research, you will not learn anything dramatically new here--but the stories and then overall perspective from this distance all make this a worthy read. For those to whom this is all new, a must read. We are who we are today in the US and in Vietnam because of this war--for better or ill. View all my reviews

Thank you Orange County Public Library for keeping my poetry in circulation http://ow.ly/ktRX30fIWKq

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. ― Carl Sandburg

Thank you Library of Virginia for carrying my poetry collection

Poetry Quarterly will publish my poem “Pilgrim” in an upcoming issue. 

Poetry Quarterly will publish my poem "Pilgrim" in an upcoming issue. 

Mystic Blue Review will publish 5 of my poems in its next issue.

Mystic Blue Review will publish 5 of my poems in its next issue.

“There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when ‘our’ side commits it.” ―George Orwell

“There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when 'our' side commits it.” ―George Orwell

My poem “ The Exile Before His Desk ” is in Issue #5 of Dual Coast Magazine

My poem " The Exile Before His Desk " is in Issue #5 of Dual Coast Magazine