As the month advances I discover more poetic flowers blooming in the May’s Verse-Virtual.com, the online poetry journal: The poetry of great truths in J.C. Elkin’s moving and formally appealing poem “Keening for Eve” found in lines such as: “…if … Continue reading →
My thanks to the Carver Library for hosting “Suosso’s Lane” and me on a beautiful Saturday afternoon (May 14). We had a lively question and answer session after I finally finished talking. I met a couple of folks there who … Continue reading →
I’ll be speaking about “Suosso’s Lane,” a novel about the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and reading a few excerpts at the Carver Library, 2 Meadowbrook Way (Carver MA) on Saturday, May 14, at 1 p.m. in the large meeting room. Here’s the … Continue reading →
April was National Poetry Month, a nice designation but nothing near the impact of a national holiday. Emily Dickinson’s birthday maybe? Or Walt Whitman’s? Still, poets get excited about it in sort of busman’s holiday way. Let’s write more … Continue reading →
The theme for the May edition of Verse-Virtual was gardening (or gardens, or flowers), though the online poetry journal is always open to poems on any subject. I am a contributing editor for Verse-Virtual.com, an online poetry journal that publishes … Continue reading →
Today is Primo Maggio (the first day of May), celebrated as Labor Day in much of the world, though not in the United States, to remember the achievements of the trade union movement in bettering the lives of working people. … Continue reading →
Sixty-five people turned up for my Authors Series program in Kingston last week, certainly more than I anticipated. It was a great evening, though I botched the challenge of holding a microphone in one hand while speaking — especially while … Continue reading →