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“Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala” up on LatinosUSA – English Edition!
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing my poem “Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala” on LatinosUSA! This poem is based on a true story about my being trapped in a car with a sexual predator when I was a teenager. I used mythology to tell my story. You…
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Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
It’s Mother’s Day, and the first thing I saw on my computer screen today (courtesy of AI) was a photo of you, Mom, on the slideshow from my photos app. I’ve been missing you. I feel weepy today. These are some of my favorites of your youth (and vulnerabilty). Because…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Casey Robb’s “Morning Glory Moon”
Casey Robb’s poetry collection Morning Glory Moon: A Weaving of Free Verse and Forms is a masterful work that includes sonnets, villanelles, ekphrastic poems, pantoums, blank verse, free verse, terzanelles, rondels, and rondelets, among others. That alone makes this book a manual for developing poets. Although crafted according to rules of rhyme, meter, repetition, and formulas, the poems…
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Poetry Up on The Short of It!
My gratitude to Susi Bocks for publishing a selection of poems today on The Short of It. Please head over to her beautiful site to read the poems.
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“tiny monster” is up on Circle of Salt
I was so delighted to be invited to collaborate on an ekphrastic poem with Nolcha Fox, Yongbo Ma, Helen Pletts, and Belinda Subraman. We used Belinda’s adorable acrylic painting, “baby monster”, which is my featured image for this post. Thank you, Kelly Sauvage Moyer, for publishing our collaboration on Circle…
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“Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala” up on Spillwords
Thank you, Dagmara K, for publishing my poem, “Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala” on Spillwords. Before I share the poem, I would like to provide background. I know many women can relate to what I am about to share. When I was in high school, my family moved…
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Another Fun Poetry Collaboration with Yongbo Ma
Thank you, Yongbo Ma, for submitting our collaboration to the first issue of Poetry Appreciation in 2025. Published by Changjiang Literature & Art Press in December 2025, ISBN 978-7-5702-4302-0. I call Yongbo the World’s Poet Laureate because he translates many poets’ works. I’m certain they are all as grateful as I…
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Breaking News!
Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry made the Poetry 2025 Book List! Unfortunately, you have to scroll through a list to locate the book. https://www.clmp.org/news/poetry-of-2025/ And “There’s Never Enough of Me”, another Rengay poem by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, and me, has been published on LatinosUSA. Thank you, Nolcha, for publishing…
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Nickolas Allison Reviews Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry
Thank you, Nick, for your thoughtful review of Bro ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry! And I enjoyed the Rengay poem you wrote as part of your response to the book. Please check out the other features on Nick’s website, The Chaos Section Poetry Project, linked below. https://thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/
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Francis Weller on Grief
Have you noticed how difficult it is to grieve a loss? We are encouraged to “move on,” “tears won’t bring them back,” “get on with your life,” and so on. Is our troubled relationship with grieving related to our fear of death? Francis Weller speaks and writes about grief in…
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