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Re(En)Vision Day 2: Stan Galloway

Riff on Susanna Jones (original Version) after Langston Hughes   Susanna Jones           (as good a name as any)                    wears black and      red like a nocturnal rocket’s tail           shimmery spume                    motile syncopated step           fish quiver … Continue reading

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Welcome to 30 for 30 Season 7

For the last 6 years, I have been presenting poets, famous and unknown, one each day, during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month. This began as a project to attract people to my web site, a … Continue reading

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When All Else Fails, There’s Always Poetry to Soothe the Soul

Here’s one Clouds   almost touched myself today               not far             from the place             that separates time   time and time again clouds have seized me by the hand               have bundled me off to the … Continue reading

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The Impeachment of Macbeth: A Poem by Edward Belfar

Here; s a link to a wonderful poem by Edward Belfar that was recently featured in HIGHSHELFPRESS.

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Call for Poets: Seventh Annual 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration

The seventh annual 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration will again take place in April, and I am pleased to announce that it is once again being sponsored by  Potomac Review. This year’s judge is David Lotte, and the winner will … Continue reading

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Gene Bruskin: A Profile

Here’s an article from DCTrending about Gene Bruskin, a former labor leader and playwright whose play, The Moment Is Now, will be presented in Baltimore from February 28 through March 8.

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A Review of Shuggie Bain

Here’s a review of Douglas Stuart’s emotionally charged novel, Shuggie Bain, which I just recently read for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

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Talking Creativity and Collaboration with Author Mike Maggio

Here’s a link to an article that just came out about me. Thanks for Norah Vawter for featuring me on DCTrending.

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In Memoriam: Grace J. Neyssen

The Housekeeper(fr. “Memories of Bedford-Stuyvessant”) He didn’t come one Thursday,Mr. Woods, my father’s bookkeeper.Meyer, the plumber, hadn’t seen himdown on the Bowery, on the blacklittered sidewalk, lying againsta brick building, a fifthof whiskey in his hand.Every third Thursday he came,tall, … Continue reading

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s(Quid) Pro Quo

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