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 →
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 →
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 →
My first collection of poems, a chapbook titled “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty,” has been published this month by Finishing Line Press. The book consists of 27 poems, many of them related to gardening, the outdoors, planting a … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →