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Walking With Thoreau: Thinker, Writer, Nature Prophet

Posted on October 11, 2017 by BobknoxOctober 11, 2017

How can we let this year go by without doing something to recognize the bicentennial year of the birth of Henry David Thoreau? Concord, Mass., the metaphysical heart of all things Thoreau, put together a website http://thoreaubicentennial.org/ with a full … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Response and Reviews | Tagged Alcott, Civil Disobedience, Concord, Emerson, Thoreau, Transcendentalist, Walden, Walking, Wildness | Leave a reply

Vietnam, Draft Resistance, and A Lesson in Self-Knowledge — My Story ‘Commitment’

Posted on October 4, 2017 by BobknoxOctober 4, 2017

“Commitment,” a story based on my own fraught attempt at draft resistance during the Vietnam War, was published by the journal “3288 Review” two years ago. After watching most of the recent PBS documentary “The War in Vietnam,” I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, fiction | Tagged 3288 Review, Commitment, draft, Ken Burns, Medium, reistance, Vietnam | Leave a reply

A September Story: My Short Story “Back to School” Published Online

Posted on September 19, 2017 by BobknoxSeptember 19, 2017

My short story about troubling days for a substitute high school teacher is up on the online journal “Beneath the Rainbow.” The editors did a great job designing a page for the story and were very generous with space for … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Poetry, Verse-Virtual.com | Tagged Beneath the Rainbow, Charlie Hedbo, Paris, poetry, school, teaching, Verse-Virtual.com | Leave a reply

My Poem on Charity and Hospitality in an Age of Plastic

Posted on September 6, 2017 by BobknoxSeptember 6, 2017

My poem on the difficult issue of living charitably and hospitably, as moral authorities such as the writers of the New Testament say we should, is appearing in the September issue of the online poetry journal, Verse-Virtual. The poem is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Verse-Virtual.com | Tagged Book of Matthew, Charity, Firestone Feinberg, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, Hospitality, Immigration, Perseids | Leave a reply

I’m Taking “Suosso’s Lane” to a Five-Author Panel at Duxbury Library

Posted on August 28, 2017 by BobknoxAugust 28, 2017

Five mystery writers led by “sinister minister” Judy Campbell, the author of the Olympia Brown mysteries, will speak on the their writing process and their books and then take questions at Duxbury Library, 77 Alden St. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, … Continue reading →

Posted in Duxbury Library, Suosso's Lane | Tagged Judy Campbell, mysteries, novels, thrillers | Leave a reply

Garden of Verse: Singing the Catastrophic Climate Change Blues

Posted on August 21, 2017 by BobknoxAugust 21, 2017

It’s still inconvenient. It’s still the truth. If anything, more studies, more data, and more direct observation of the polar ice caps have only caused climate scientists to fast-forward their predictions of the catastrophic dislocations and probably disasters that rapid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Songs, Verse-Virtual.com | Tagged Arctic, blues, global warming, ice cap, sea level rise | Leave a reply

My Poem About Trees Reaches for the Sky

Posted on July 21, 2017 by BobknoxJuly 21, 2017

  My poem titled “As A Tree,” appearing in this month’s issue of Verse-Virtual.com begins with a reference to the tree’s unblushing approach to reproduction, characteristic of the plant world’s expression of necessary physical functions such as growth, nutrition, birth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Verse-Virtual.com | Tagged Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, Oak trees, online poetry journal, poems, poetry, Verse-Virtual | Leave a reply

My Poems on Turning 90, that Springtime Family Feeling, and Thinking Like a Tree Published in Poetry Journal

Posted on July 4, 2017 by BobknoxJuly 4, 2017

My new poems “Chasing Ninety,” marking a dear relative’s milestone; “Family Way” on watching spring bring people together; and “As A Tree,” seeing the world through the point of view of a tree are published this month on Verse-Virtual.com, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged catkins, Firestone Feinberg, flowers, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, Oak trees, online poetry journal, poems, poetry | Leave a reply

Plymouth Library’s Poster for My Poetry Reading on Monday, June 12

Posted on June 6, 2017 by BobknoxJune 6, 2017

I will be reading from my new book of poems, “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty” at Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St., Plymouth MA, on Monday, June 12, 7 p.m. Also a slide show of photos from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged flowers, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, online poetry journal, Plymouth, poems, poetry | Leave a reply

Newspapers Hail New Book of Poems by Robert Knox

Posted on May 28, 2017 by BobknoxMay 28, 2017

Two Massachusetts newspapers covered the release of my book of poems “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty.” The Old Colony Memorial, the community newspaper for the town of Plymouth, Mass., where I used to live and work, published a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Firestone Feinberg, flowers, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, online poetry journal, poems, poetry, Verse-Virtual.com | Leave a reply

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Read my essay on the poetry of Mary Oliver, America’s favorite poet

People love Mary Oliver’s poetry because, commentators said, it’s “accessible.” But accessibility doesn’t mean that her poems lacked artistry. See my blog post “Why We Love Mary Oliver’s Poetry.”

My short story “The Shadow of the Family,” a fantasy on a family holiday gathering has been  published in the current issue of the online magazine “New Reader Magazine.” You can read the whole story in my blog on this site, robertcknox.com

My short seasonal memoir, “The Seven Days of Christmas” is published on Beneath the Rainbow. Here’s the link:  http://beneaththerainbow.com/the-seven-days-of-christmas/

My new poetry chapbook, “Cocktails in the Wild,” is out!My new poetry chapbook “Cocktails in the Wild,” published by Unsolicited Press, is available at http://www.unsolicitedpress.com/store/p139/robertknoxpoetry. Poems include “Cocktails on the Balcony,” “Voluptuous,” “The Perfect Candidate,” “The Paradise of Birds,” and others.

My first poetry book “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty” has been nominated for a Massachusetts Best Book Award, for best poetry book published in 2017.

My poems continue to appear on Verse-Virtual.com each month.  See my poems and photos at http://www.verse-virtual.com/robert-knox-2018-december.html

My essay on repealing the Second Amendment appears on Medium at https://medium.com/@bobknox/in-dysfunctional-countries-thousands-suffer-from-the-rule-of-ak-47-and-then-there-s-the-strange-623afae9f38a

Three of my poems were published recently by the Blue Nib at http://magazine.thebluenib.com/article/poetry-by-robert-knox-ash-slade/

My story on working at Riker’s Island — where I was “woked” to who goes to prison in America — is online at http://beneaththerainbow.com/behind-bars/

How do you manage to keep order and get down to real teaching when you’re a new substitute teacher and don’t know any of your students? To make matters worse, the regular teachers are on strike. My short story “Back to School” is up on the online journal “Beneath the Rainbow.” The site provided an attractive design for my story and generous bio space for me. http://beneaththerainbow.com/back-to-school/

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