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The “In The Life” part of Poetry In The Life

Sometimes there is nothing going on, for what seems like ages, and then all of a sudden life seems to jump into a warped combination of fast-forward and simultaneous activity.  Everything at once, too soon, events arriving anticipated but yet…

Definition of Poetry and Horror

Horror, I think what it does is it really incisively takes away everything extraneous about people and then says “Okay, this is your core. You don’t have your job. You don’t have your money. You don’t have even your relationships,”…

Charleston, SC in the early Spring

I’m back a few days now from a business trip to Charleston, South Carolina.  And it was just in time.  I was really ready for some Spring-like weather, and Charleston didn’t disappoint.  I’m starting to post photos from the trip…

Countdown Deal: Stars Crawl Out From Their Caves

 My book, Stars Crawl Out From Their Caves, is on countdown deal at Amazon this week, only $0.99 instead of the regular price of $3.99. You can also read my new work in progress, Sisyphus, for free on wattpad.  The collection…

Words Working for Their Keep: Dean Young’s First Course In Turbulence

First Course in Turbulence, Dean Young’s fourth book of poems, displays a virtuosity of image simultaneously with an economy of words.  He suggests meanings, sets tone, foreshadows later parts of poems, and sometimes does so all at once. In “The…