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  HOLE IN THE HEAD re:VIEW  has accepted my poem "Seaward" for publication in no. 3 issue 1 to be released on February 2, 2022. This is the first time they have accepted my work and I thank the Editor, Bill Schulz.

HOLE IN THE HEAD re:VIEW  has accepted my poem “Seaward” for publication in no. 3 issue 1 to be released on February 2, 2022. This is the first time they have accepted my work and I thank the Editor, Bill Schulz.

Aji Magazine  has accepted my poem “Roads Taken” for publication in their 2022 Spring issue. This is the 7th time they have published my work and I thank Editor-in-Chief, ​Erin O’Neill Armendarez, and staff. In 2021, 32 of my poems were accepted for publication plus 47 more in my collection  Writing the Significant Soil  which won the Homebound Poetry Prize and will be published in the summer of 2022. I am deeply grateful to all the editors.

  Aji Magazine  has accepted my poem "Roads Taken" for publication in their 2022 Spring issue. This is the 7th time they have published my work and I thank Editor-in-Chief, ​Erin O’Neill Armendarez, and staff. In 2021, 32 of my poems were accepted for publication plus 47 more in my collection  Writing the Significant Soil  which won the Homebound Poetry Prize and will be published in the summer of 2022. I am deeply grateful to all the editors.

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The Death of a Migrant Worker by Gil Arzola My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

MONO  has accepted two of my poems, 1 for publication in their Issue #2 and 1 for publication on their blog.  MONO  is a UK based journal literary journal “inviting dark humour, satire and brutally honest reflections on ordinary life that sit on the borderline of the melancholic and amusing.”  This is the second time they have accepted my work. My thanks to Editor Kayleigh Willis.

MONO  has accepted two of my poems, 1 for publication in their Issue #2 and 1 for publication on their blog.  MONO  is a UK based journal literary journal "inviting dark humour, satire and brutally honest reflections on ordinary life that sit on the borderline of the melancholic and amusing."  This is the second time they have accepted my work. My thanks to Editor Kayleigh Willis.

You can read my poem “Images Divine and Secular” on  The Big Windows Review  for free  HERE . My thanks to Editor Tom Zimmerman. This is the third time  Big Windows  has published my work. 

 You can read my poem "Images Divine and Secular" on  The Big Windows Review  for free  HERE . My thanks to Editor Tom Zimmerman. This is the third time  Big Windows  has published my work. 

Whether you attended or planned on attending but didn’t make it, you may watch the video recordings from the October Poetry Festival at the links below. If you wish a copy of the Workshop Presentation, please reply to this email.  The event was cosponsored by Germanna Community College and the Poetry Society of Virginia, North Central/Northwest Regions. Our thanks to Germanna, to Luisa A. Igloria, Lyman Grant, Stan Galloway and all who read during the Open Reading portion. Our Hearts as Witness: A Short Workshop on Poetry as a Way of Being Present in the World by Luisa A. Igloria: Reading by Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria: Reading by Lyman Grant: Reading by Stan Galloway: Open Reading:

 Whether you attended or planned on attending but didn't make it, you may watch the video recordings from the October Poetry Festival at the links below. If you wish a copy of the Workshop Presentation, please reply to this email.  The event was cosponsored by Germanna Community College and the Poetry Society of Virginia, North Central/Northwest Regions. Our thanks to Germanna, to Luisa A. Igloria, Lyman Grant, Stan Galloway and all who read during the Open Reading portion. Our Hearts as Witness: A Short Workshop on Poetry as a Way of Being Present in the World by Luisa A. Igloria: https://youtu.be/AyaIYxv0hNg Reading by Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria: https://youtu.be/qhqcoxMLsiI Reading by Lyman Grant: https://youtu.be/XuLWzCsEPFs Reading by Stan Galloway: https://youtu.be/onBQr7VzA2U Open Reading: https://youtu.be/5CR9tw02n1M   

The October Poetry Festival starts today at 5:30 p.m. and is open to all poets and lovers of poetry. Listen, read your own poem, participate in the workshop. Register to attend for FREE here: https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfuqsqToqH9MsX2dfC0LWwZujIOTGxivs

 The October Poetry Festival starts today at 5:30 p.m. and is open to all poets and lovers of poetry. Listen, read your own poem, participate in the workshop. Register to attend for FREE here: https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfuqsqToqH9MsX2dfC0LWwZujIOTGxivs

Just two days left before the October Poetry Festival on October 28 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Cosponsored by Germanna Community College and the North Central and Northwest Regions of the Poetry Society of Virginia, the event is open to all students members, and the general public at any location. Virginia Poet Laureate, Luisa A. Igloria, begins the event with a workshop at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reading of her own poetry. Her workshop will allow participants to explore of poetry helps us be fully present in the world.  Hi there,  You are invited to a Zoom meeting.  When: Oct 28, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Register in advance for this meeting: https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfuqsqToqH9MsX2dfC0LWwZujIOTGxivs  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 Just two days left before the October Poetry Festival on October 28 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Cosponsored by Germanna Community College and the North Central and Northwest Regions of the Poetry Society of Virginia, the event is open to all students members, and the general public at any location. Virginia Poet Laureate, Luisa A. Igloria, begins the event with a workshop at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reading of her own poetry. Her workshop will allow participants to explore of poetry helps us be fully present in the world.  Hi there,  You are invited to a Zoom meeting.  When: Oct 28, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Register in advance for this meeting: https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfuqsqToqH9MsX2dfC0LWwZujIOTGxivs  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

I will be teaching Creative Writing I again in the spring semester at Germanna Community College beginning January 18, 2022.

 I will be teaching Creative Writing I again in the spring semester at Germanna Community College beginning January 18, 2022.

Two of my poems will be included in the Spring 2022 issue of d ecember magazine . This is the third time they have featured my poetry and I am deeply appreciative.

Two of my poems will be included in the Spring 2022 issue of d ecember magazine . This is the third time they have featured my poetry and I am deeply appreciative. 

Join the Poetry Society of Virginia North Central & Northwest Regions and Germanna Community College for an October Poetry Festival. On Facebook, go  HERE . The event will be via Zoom and is free and open to all–students, PSV members, the general public. Register  HERE  and receive a link.

 Join the Poetry Society of Virginia North Central & Northwest Regions and Germanna Community College for an October Poetry Festival. On Facebook, go  HERE . The event will be via Zoom and is free and open to all--students, PSV members, the general public. Register  HERE  and receive a link.

Two of my poems are included in the latest issue of Poetry Quarterly available for purchase in print  HERE .  My deepest gratitude to Editor Glenn Lyvers for his continuing support for good poetry and for featuring my work in this and a number of past issues. 

Two of my poems are included in the latest issue of Poetry Quarterly available for purchase in print  HERE .  My deepest gratitude to Editor Glenn Lyvers for his continuing support for good poetry and for featuring my work in this and a number of past issues. 

  Magnolia Review published this poem I wrote shortly after 9/11 nearly 20 years ago. You can read the poem and the rest of the issue for free HERE .

Magnolia Review published this poem I wrote shortly after 9/11 nearly 20 years ago. You can read the poem and the rest of the issue for free HERE .

The Big Windows Review   will publish my poem “Images Divine and Secular” online on Friday, Nov 5. It will also appear in their printed issue 25, scheduled for Feb 2022.

  The Big Windows Review   will publish my poem "Images Divine and Secular" online on Friday, Nov 5. It will also appear in their printed issue 25, scheduled for Feb 2022.

Poetry Quarterly  will publish 2 of my poems in their next issue. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers for regularly featuring my work. 

  Poetry Quarterly  will publish 2 of my poems in their next issue. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers for regularly featuring my work. 

 My poem, “The Burning Time,” opens the latest issue of the Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. You can read it for free  HERE .  My thanks to the editors for featuring my work in this issue as well as in four previous issues. 

 My poem, "The Burning Time," opens the latest issue of the Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. You can read it for free  HERE .  My thanks to the editors for featuring my work in this issue as well as in four previous issues. 

I am deeply honored that my collection,  Writing the Significant Soil , has won the 2021  Homebound Publications Poetry Prize  and will be published by them. My deepest appreciation to Editor Leslie Browning for her faith in this work. Congratulations to the Finalist and Honorable Mentions:

 I am deeply honored that my collection,  Writing the Significant Soil , has won the 2021  Homebound Publications Poetry Prize  and will be published by them. My deepest appreciation to Editor Leslie Browning for her faith in this work. Congratulations to the Finalist and Honorable Mentions:

Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes  – 1902-1967 Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There’s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan Of...

The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

My poem “The Burning Time” will be published by  Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine  in their Fall/Winter issue available online September 2021.  This is the fifth time they have featured my poetry and I am deeply appreciative. 

 My poem "The Burning Time" will be published by  Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine  in their Fall/Winter issue available online September 2021.  This is the fifth time they have featured my poetry and I am deeply appreciative. 

A Plumber’s Guide to Light by Jesse Bertron My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

“Those who do not want to imitate anything produce nothing.” Salvador Dali

“We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy.” ― William Butler Yeats

You can read three of my poems now published online in Voices on the Wind Issue 85 (Mountain Voices) their final issue.

  You can read three of my poems now published online in Voices on the Wind Issue 85 (Mountain Voices) their final issue.

Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer-winning poet of ‘the difficult magic of the ordinary,’ dies at 82 — Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stephen-dunn-pulitzer-winning-poet-of-the-difficult-magic-of-the-ordinary-dies-at-82/ar-AALu93x

Honored to have my interview published by Haunted Waters Press, available  HERE .  And grateful that they have published my poetry which you can read  HERE . 

Honored to have my interview published by Haunted Waters Press, available  HERE .  And grateful that they have published my poetry which you can read  HERE . 

I am honored that  Voices on the Wind  will publish 3 of my poems in Issue #84–their final issue.  Thank you Editor Leslie Clark for your years of dedication and support for poets and their poetry–and have a great retirement. 

 I am honored that  Voices on the Wind  will publish 3 of my poems in Issue #84--their final issue.  Thank you Editor Leslie Clark for your years of dedication and support for poets and their poetry--and have a great retirement. 

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 Mono has published one of my poems online and you can read it  HERE . 

  Mono has published one of my poems online and you can read it  HERE . 

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day. For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed. How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him. I have spoken too long for a writer. A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it. Again I thank you.

 I will be teaching creative writing again in the fall for Germanna Community College. Register here: Register for Classes | Germanna Community College

 I will be t eaching creative writing again in the fall for Germanna Community College. Register here: Register for Classes | Germanna Community College

Memory of Spring: Poems by Bill Glose My rating: 0 of 5 stars View all my reviews

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I am grateful to  Inwood Indiana  which will publish two of my poems an an upcoming issue: “A Spider and Half Moon” and “A Wild Catalog of Flowers.” This is the third time they have featured my work. 

 I am grateful to  Inwood Indiana  which will publish two of my poems an an upcoming issue: "A Spider and Half Moon" and "A Wild Catalog of Flowers." This is the third time they have featured my work. 

Join me and other poets and fellow officers of the Poetry Society of Virginia as we read “Poems for Our Living and Breathing” on Sunday, April 11 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.  There will be an Open Mic opportunity as well. This April, join us for a two-part reading + open mic series in celebration of National Poetry Month. What is poetry’s role in civic engagement, and in the world at large? A collection of celebrated poets will read poems addressing this issue. Luisa A. Igloria (Poet Laureate of Virginia 2020-22) will host, and offers the poem she wrote for the NY Times Thanksgiving 2020 feature as a starting point. This virtual event will be live on Zoom and a recording will be available on the Muse Facebook page. Register to attend the live Zoom webinar There will be an open mic portion following the reading. Participants may read  one  poem, with a strict 2 minute time limit. Sign up for the open mic here; signups are first come, first served. P...

 Join me and other poets and fellow officers of the Poetry Society of Virginia as we read "Poems for Our Living and Breathing" on Sunday, April 11 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.  There will be an Open Mic opportunity as well. This April, join us for a two-part reading + open mic series in celebration of National Poetry Month. What is poetry’s role in civic engagement, and in the world at large? A collection of celebrated poets will read poems addressing this issue. Luisa A. Igloria (Poet Laureate of Virginia 2020-22) will host, and offers   the poem she wrote for the NY Times Thanksgiving 2020 feature  as a starting point. This virtual event will be live on Zoom and a recording will be available on the Muse Facebook page. Register to attend the live Zoom webinar There will be an open mic portion following the reading. Participants may read  one  poem, with a strict 2 minute time limit.  Sign up for the open mic here ;  signups are first come, first served. P...

I will be reading 2 of my poems on April 6 at a Celebration of Poetry sponsored by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg.  You can view the event here:   https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/events/60133811fcdafa73020b3f033

 I will be reading 2 of my poems on April 6 at a Celebration of Poetry sponsored by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg.  You can view the event here:   https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/events/60133811fcdafa73020b3f03 3 

My poem “Broom” has been published by The Voices Project and may be read for free HERE .

My poem "Broom" has been published by The Voices Project and may be read for free HERE .

You can read my poem “Kharon” along with others written during this pandemic year in iō’s “Tales from Six Feet Apart, available for free  HERE . 

You can read my poem "Kharon" along with others written during this pandemic year in iō's "Tales from Six Feet Apart, available for free  HERE . 

The Virginia Writers Club Journal will publish 3 of my poems in their Summer 2021 issue. Thank you Editor Sofia M. Starnes.

Meat for Tea: The Valley Review  will publish three of my poems (‘Dumpster Diving for Satori,’ ‘Legacy,’ and ‘Our Meager Buffet.’) in their March issue. This marks the third time they have featured some of my poetry. Thank you Editor Elizabeth MacDuffie.

Six of my poems will be included in the April Issue of the VWC Journal published by the Virginia Writers Club.

The Virginia Writers Club Journal will publish 3 of my poems in their Summer 2021 issue. Thank you Editor Sofia M. Starnes.

Six of my poems will be included in the April Issue of the VWC Journal published by the Virginia Writers Club.

  Meat for Tea: The Valley Review  will publish three of my poems ('Dumpster Diving for Satori,' 'Legacy,' and 'Our Meager Buffet.') in their March issue. This marks the third time they have featured some of my poetry. Thank you Editor Elizabeth MacDuffie. There will be a virtual release for the issue on March 6 at 7:00 p.m:  https://www.facebook.com/meatfortea

Here I Am O My God by Dujie Tahat My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Thank you Editor-in-Chief Suzanna Anderson at  Magnolia Review  for reviewing my latest book of poetry,  Dark Fathers from Kelsey Books .

Thank you Editor-in-Chief Suzanna Anderson at  Magnolia Review  for reviewing my latest book of poetry,  Dark Fathers from Kelsey Books .

 You can read two of my poems for free now published in Issue 84 of   Voices on the Wind . 

  You can read two of my poems for free now published in Issue 84 of   Voices on the Wind . 

Artemis Journal will publish my poem “After the Next Last Disaster” in their Summer 2021 issue. My thanks to Editor Maurice Ferguson. This is the third time they have published my work. 

 Artemis Journal will publish my poem "After the Next Last Disaster" in their Summer 2021 issue. My thanks to Editor Maurice Ferguson. This is the third time they have published my work. 

The  Fall 2020 Poetry Quarterly i s available for purchase now. It contains one of my poems. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers. 

 The  Fall 2020 Poetry Quarterly i s available for purchase now. It contains one of my poems. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers. 

 Voices on the Wind  will publish two of my poems in their next Issue #84. This is the second time they have accepted my work. 

   Voices on the Wind  will publish two of my poems in their next Issue #84. This is the second time they have accepted my work. 

Robert B. Parker's Fool's Paradise by Mike Lupica My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

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