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* * * This is just a quick hello. I'm still alive and still writing . . . and I'm reviewing how and where to share that. * * *

* * * Some fellow poets recently encouraged me to enter poetry contests, which I did. Some contests will not accept previously publis...

* * * 110430 CHANGE OF RESIDENT default, foreclosure and eviction portend soon I will leave this home in the interim, it m...

* * * 110421 DOUBLE-TAKE “Odd,” he said. He was the passenger in my car, so I wanted to know. “Well, when I was younger, I used ...

* * * 110411 EASTER CELEBRANTS Dogwoods crowd the banks of wilderness ravines, offering white hosannas to alleluias of green. ...

* * * 110325 THIS I KNOW FOR SURE (for Oprah) A day without poetry is like a night without moonshine. [ASIDE: O Magazine seeks short poems o...