My March Into Hell During March 2025I’ve spent the first half of March 2025 at the side of Virgil and Dante, more or less, with these 3 booksMar 18Mar 18
Tomorrow Is YesterdayLike Charlie Brown running toward a kickoff with Lucy spotting the football, I submit poems every year for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards…Feb 23Feb 23
In Praise of Book Clubs (and ‘The Marriage Portrait’)This is, ostensibly, a review of “The Marriage Portrait” by Maggie O’Farrell. So let’s start with that.Feb 13Feb 13
A Baker’s Dozen of HaikusIn November, I began pairing an original image with a haiku caption. I post these on social media every Monday morning.Feb 11Feb 11
My Year in Books (2024)It seems I only read 11 books in 2024, while a friend wrote and recently published his first.Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
Summer’s Highlight: Mom’s 75th HS ReunionOne highlight this past summer was a Friday afternoon in late June that I spent happily surrounded by a eight women at a country club in…Sep 1, 2024Sep 1, 2024
Marcel Proust in Plain VanillaIs there anything better than ice cream on a hot summer’s day?Jul 10, 2024Jul 10, 2024
A Bouquet of Haikus in New JerseyThis post is all about poets, organizations, and events in New Jersey… all who inspired me to write a poem a day during Poetry Month 2024.May 15, 2024May 15, 2024
