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My poem, "Pantheism" has been accepted for publication in the 2023 issue of Artemis. The theme for the issue is "Transformative Nature."

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My poem, "Pantheism" has been accepted for publication in the 2023 issue of Artemis. The theme for the issue is "Transformative Nature."

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My poem, “Pantheism” has been accepted for publication in the 2023 issue of  Artemis . The theme for the issue is “Transformative Nature.” This is the fourth time they have published my poetry. My thanks to the editors.

My poem, "Pantheism" has been accepted for publication in the 2023 issue of Artemis. The theme for the issue is "Transformative Nature."

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My poem, "Pantheism" has been accepted for publication in the 2023 issue of  Artemis . The theme for the issue is "Transformative Nature." This is the fourth time they have published my poetry. My thanks to the editors.

We end April and National Poetry Month with the beginning of Eliot’s The Wasteland

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Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius

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A wonderful poem by John Keats

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A poem by Yusef Komunyakaa

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Two of my poems are included in the Centennial Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia. Purchase your copy from Amazon.

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Two of my poems are included in the Centennial Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia.

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Two of my poems are included in the Centennial Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia. Purchase your copy from  Amazon .

Two of my poems are included in the Centennial Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia

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Two of my poems are included in the Centennial Anniversary Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia. Purchase your copy from  Amazon .

A poem by Poet Laureate Emeritus of Virginia, Kelly Cherry, who died far too young.

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Therapy dogs on the Fredericksburg Campus of Germanna

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Setting up at Fredericksbug Germanna Bookstore

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Today April 27 from 1 to 5 I am signing books at the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Campus Bookstore. You don’t have to be a student to shop there.

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Setting up at the Downtown Fredericksburg library branch

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Stop in at the CRRL Fredericksburg branch today April 26 until 5:30

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Marianne Moore, one of the great American poets of the 20th Century

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Today I’m signing books at the Fredericksburg branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library from 2:30 to 5:30. Stop by and say hello.

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Signing my books at the Porter branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Stafford VA

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Book signing at the Porter Branch library

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Milton’s great sonnet

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I will be at the Porter Branch of the CRR Library today April 25 from 2:30 to 5:30 signing my books. Stop by and say hello. 2001 Parkway BoulevardStafford, VA 22554

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An Ezra Pound imagist poem

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Book signings for the week of April 24 to 28

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Ain’t it the truth?

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Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday

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Every day should be World Book Day

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I took these photos last night & this morning and am waiting for the aliens to come out.

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For Earth Day a John Masefield Poem

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Is satire even possible?

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The temptation

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The stirring end of one of Tennyson’s best poems

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s most well-known poem

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Yeats’ great poem is about his personal mythology but the first stanza fits our times

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A fine poem by Virginia poet Kelly Cherry who died far too soon

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A lesser known poem by Poe

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Jane Hirshfield is one of my favorite contemporary poets

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Shelley’s poem reveals the fate of all kings and dictators

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An appropriate poem for Spring by Wordsworth

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Galway Kinnell one of the outstanding poets of the second half of the 20th Century

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Doris Roe, my senior year high school English teacher, had me memorize and recite this poem. It remains a favorite Shakespeare Sonnet.

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Goethe on critics

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A poem of mine influenced by Emily Dickinson

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This poem of mine was influenced by rereading Emily Dickinson and particularly her “I am nobody” poem. It is included in the chapbook collection, Finite to Fail . I have a few print copies left. Otherwise, only the eBook version is available from Amazon .

A favorite Emily Dickinson poem

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An Easter Poem by Christina Rossetti

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A recent poem of mine published in Aji Magazine

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Watch my April 7, 2023 Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. I discussed "Poetry as Witness" - how poems speak of the human experience in ways that witness what may need to be changed or reformed.Click the link below:https://fb.watch/jM1mYW8s_I/

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Watch my April 7, 2023, Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library - "Poetry as Witness"

 Watch my April 7, 2023 Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. I discussed "Poetry as Witness" - how poems speak of the human experience in ways that witness what may need to be changed or reformed. Click the link below: https://fb.watch/jM1mYW8s_I/

Watch my April 7, 2023, Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library - "Poetry as Witness"

Watch my April 7, 2023, Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. I discussed “Poetry as Witness” – how poems speak of the human experience in ways that witness what may need to be changed or reformed. Click the link below: https://fb.watch/jM1mYW8s_I/

Join me today April 7 at Noon EDT at a Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library - "Poetry as Witness"

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Join me today, April 7, 2023 at Noon EDT, for Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. I will be discussing “Poetry as Witness” – how poems speak of the human experience in ways that witness what may need to be changed or reformed. Click the link below: https://fb.watch/jM1mYW8s_I/

Join me today April 7 at Noon EDT at a Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library - "Poetry as Witness"

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Join me today, April 7, 2023 at Noon EDT, for Lunch and Learn offered by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. I will be discussing "Poetry as Witness" - how poems speak of the human experience in ways that witness what may need to be changed or reformed. Click the link below: https://fb.watch/jM1mYW8s_I/