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Robert Knox’s First Poetry Book Due in March

Posted on March 4, 2017 by BobknoxMarch 4, 2017

My first collection of poems, “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty” is scheduled for release in March. These are poems about plants, gardening, flowers, nature, talking to trees, getting stared at by a hummingbird. Seasons change and so do … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Beirut, Delphi, flowers, garden, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, Greece, hummingbird, plants, Syrian refugees | Leave a reply

From “Trump the Musical” — New Poems Online

Posted on February 14, 2017 by BobknoxFebruary 14, 2017

I have four new poems online this month on Verse-Virtual.com, the online poetry journal for which I serve as contributing editor, including a political parody entitled “From ‘Trump the Musical.’” Here’s how the poem begins: From “Trump the Musical” I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Poetry | Tagged 2016 presidnetial election campaign, Firestone Feinberg, great blue heron, online poetry journal, poems, poetry, Trump, Trump the musical | Leave a reply

Build a Wall? Lessons From 1920

Posted on January 25, 2017 by BobknoxJanuary 25, 2017

If you wanted to build a wall a hundred years ago, it would have had to be on the Atlantic. I’ll be speaking on my novel “Suosso’s Lane” at Duxbury Library on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2 p.m., my first opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Suosso's Lane | Tagged 2016 presidnetial election campaign, Anarchists, Build a wall, criminal justice, Immigration, Italians, Red Scare, Sacco, Sacco and Vanzetti, Suosso's Lane, wrongful conviction | Leave a reply

Women’s Marches Knit the World Together

Posted on January 23, 2017 by BobknoxJanuary 23, 2017

  It’s very unusual to see the entire world celebrating — or even acknowledging — the same important moment at the same time. The last example of this to my mind is the worldwide welcoming of the new millennium at … Continue reading →

Posted in American History | Tagged 2016 presidnetial election campaign, 2017, human rightrs, Immigration, Jan. 21, Women's March | Leave a reply

Sacco & Vanzetti, Democratic Stresses, and Dangerous Times

Posted on January 16, 2017 by BobknoxJanuary 16, 2017

I’ll be speaking on my book “Suosso’s Lane” at Duxbury Library on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2 p.m., my first opportunity following the inauguration of a new administration to address the potential lessons for our own time from the notorious Sacco … Continue reading →

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My Poetry Collection To Be Published in March

Posted on January 7, 2017 by BobknoxJanuary 7, 2017

My first poetry collection, a chapbook titled “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty,” is scheduled for publication by Finishing Line Press in March. I’m grateful for a couple of recommendations by fellow poets and writers that will appear in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Finishing Line Press, Firestone Feinberg, flowers, Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty, gardening, poems, poetry, Robert Wexelblatt | Leave a reply

Sacco and Vanzetti in a Time of Trump

Posted on December 30, 2016 by BobknoxDecember 30, 2016

It’s a New Year. I hope 2017 is not the year in which we say goodbye to the two century-plus long experiment in American democracy. Or, equally as worrying, the beginning of a political breakdown that will lead to social … Continue reading →

Posted in Suosso's Lane | Tagged 2016 presidnetial election campaign, criminal justice, Immigration, Italians, Joe DiMaggio, Sacco and Vanzetti, Suosso's Lane, Trump, trumpery, Vanzetti | Leave a reply

My Post-Election Poems Published Online

Posted on December 10, 2016 by BobknoxDecember 10, 2016

The December issue of Verse-Virtual.com, the online poetry journal, published four of my poems in response an election that I can only describe — using the mildest term I can think of — as disappointing. Here’s an excerpt from my … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Poetry | Tagged 2016 presidnetial election campaign, It Can't Happen Here, online poetry journal, poems, poetry, Twilight, Twilight Zone, William Blake | Leave a reply

Interview of Author Robert Knox Live on Website

Posted on November 28, 2016 by BobknoxNovember 28, 2016

Author Richard Schiver has published his online interview with me. He regularly interviews authors through contacts made on Goodreads.com and publishes them on his own as a service to the reading public and as a favor to writers like me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Response and Reviews | Tagged Anarchists, Goodreads.com, interview, poetry, Robert Knox, Sacco and Vanzetti | Leave a reply

New Poems Published in South Florida Journal and Other Sites

Posted on November 6, 2016 by BobknoxNovember 6, 2016

There’s a certain satisfaction in writing to order. Here’s my first attempt at a “ghazal,” a form that is variously attributed to Arabic poetry, or Persian, or Urdu literature, depending on what reference source you look at. I can’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Beth Moon, ghazal, Poemeleon, poems, poetry, Postcard Poems and Prose, Rilke's Bayon, Sonia Greenfield, South Florida Poetry Journal, Turner, Verse-Virtual | 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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  • Why We Love Mary Oliver’s Poetry
  • My Story “The Shadow of the Family” Published in New Reader Magazine
  • Read “The Country/The Country”: When Followers of Would-be Tyrant Mr. Pig March on the Capital, They Are Met by “A Wall of Flesh”
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