I live at the boundarybetween urban and rural lifeat the threshold of the countryside,where daily birdsongsoothes my woes, and calms my strife I ride out across rolling fieldswhere factories encroach upon the rivered wildthe beck meanders like a playful childand bullocks feeding at the marginssnort and stamp their feet at passersby I press on to... Continue Reading →
#NaShiHaiKuMo2022 Day 23
Happy Birthday, W.S.!
‘The Line’ Featured at Masticadores USA
Many thanks once again to editor Gabriela for featuring my poem. Here's a sneak preview: Pay out the linecast it cautiously(not over-cautiously) anddip it deepinto the wellspringof your wild imagination:come up singing... Continue reading at MasticadoresUSA! I wrote this two years ago, but this is the first time it has been published. I think my... Continue Reading →
Riddles for dVerse #poetry
I.Carver of mountainscover of distant moonsexpansivelightest when hardestto crackonly takesthe subtle trickle ofa tear II.Deceives the deceiverbeguiles the believerfuels the fire of self-devouring flameburns all without reasonto self-love is treasonpleased to meet you:hope you guess my name* III.Longest when night nears endingalmost to madness sending the afflictedworrier, or loveralone, seeking escape beneath the coverof darknessnumbering... Continue Reading →
#NaShiHaiKuMo2022 Day 21
...please refer to yesterday's shit haiku for context
Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women – Coming Soon!
Submissions are now closed for Gabriela Marie Milton's forthcoming anthology, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women. She will be contacting those who submitted at the end of April/beginning of May. I will be publishing the anthology, with a publication date in early June. Thank you once again to Gabriela for her hard work... Continue Reading →