#tanka publication: “Over the River to Grandmother’s House We Go”

I'm pleased to share that my tanka, "Over the River to Grandmother's House We Go," has been published in the July 2022 issue of First Literary Review-East. Like "Candia, New Hampshire, 1926: Velma," this poem  was published without its companion piece: Our Other Grandmother who is this person never leaves her chair black maid welcomes … Continue reading #tanka publication: “Over the River to Grandmother’s House We Go”

A Little Poetic License

Publication Announcement I am pleased to have a poem of mine featured in another anthology published by the Peterborough Poetry Project.  The editor of the anthology describes it as "[A]n anthology of postcard poetry ("Post Script") with postcard poems, essays, and a little history of postcards and postcard poetry in the U.S." As soon as … Continue reading A Little Poetic License

Grief Songs Excerpt: “First Sacrament”

My debut poetry collection, Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance, was inspired by family photographs. Some photographs prompted my own memories, while others were taken before I was born or when I was too young to remember. The following account of my baptism came from a biography of my life titled, "An Account of … Continue reading Grief Songs Excerpt: “First Sacrament”