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5 days ago1 min read
Poetry Month 1: A Recitation of "Porphyria's Lover"
An audio recitation of Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover."
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![The Art from the Artist: A Primer and Plea](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/703c47_a50757815fb94868883e97b0e9b97178~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/703c47_a50757815fb94868883e97b0e9b97178~mv2.webp)
7 days ago11 min read
The Art from the Artist: A Primer and Plea
A new essay from your resident contrarian.
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Dec 27, 20249 min read
2024 in Perspective
Greetings, readers! I hope you all had a nice holiday season and are as ready for the New Year as I am. 2024 was both challenging and...
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![I Suppose it's Fall: A Poem](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/703c47_a47e518317b740259164ceb6d91ec1ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/703c47_a47e518317b740259164ceb6d91ec1ef~mv2.webp)
Nov 15, 20241 min read
I Suppose it's Fall: A Poem
The leaves and acorns fall and leave a densely populated gram on the cemented places that should still be nature places. The weather is...
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Nov 1, 20241 min read
A Reminder before Voting
When crossing the road, the person who looks only left, the person who looks only right, both get hit by cars.
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Feb 9, 20241 min read
Poetry Month 2: Stormborn
Stormborn: A Poem Peter, come out of the clouds. You fly too high. The virtues of the ground outweigh reaching for the crib. Born of the...
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Sep 29, 20238 min read
A Writer Looks at Forty
Yes, I am a poet (playwright), two hundred years too late… I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, choking me. When I...
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Jun 2, 20231 min read
My Poem Won a Prize!
I am so excited to announce that a poem of mine, "The Rain Dance," has won 2nd Prize in Blue Institute's Words on Water Writing Contest...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Descent to Timon's Cave: A Video Recitation
Something a little different today: a video recitation of my new poem, "Descent to Timon's Cave."
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
No One Tells You: A Poem
There are things you assume you know— the waves of emotion, the choice of conflagration or inhumation, the cavern in your heart. But...
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