Was really excited when I got the acceptance notification from The Argyle for my poem Here at the Track (the Race and the Boy) -- and not just because it features my son.
A privilege and a joy to be included in the Summer 2025 issue of St. Pete's own Neptune Poetry.
New poetry in Sarasota's Magazine 1 and at the Wildsound Poetry Festival. Check it out.
A genuine privilege to have two of my poems featured in the Winter 2025 edition of St. Petersburg's own Neptune Poetry. I'm in extraordinary company, and am immensely grateful to publisher Denzel Johnson-Green for including me, and for a few... Continue Reading →
Been excited to announce this for awhile: my poem, Carry Along Home, has been published in Volume 2 of Suspended Magazine.
Proud to have my poem, Beasts of our Own Legend, published in the 2023 issue of isotrope: Literary Journal. This publication is an international literary journal based out of the Finger Lakes Community College. One of the things I've found... Continue Reading →
I continue to experiment with poetry -- and, to my delight, I keep finding some success with it.
I'll be honest: I am not sure the tipping point between someone who is having fun experimenting with poetry and an actual poet, but given the amount of good poetry news I've had in the last year or so, I... Continue Reading →
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