I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Spillwords Press NYC, Dagmara, and staff for the honor of being nominated for Publication of the Year for 2025 for “Worn Slap Out.” Thank you to all those who voted for me in June. This is a piece written in the North Carolina dialect from the…
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Tender Embraces – Visit Gifted
Tender Embraces – Visit Gifted light embraces us gifts abundant manna from heavenpure joy clings, and anchors us, like the song of treeseach child buzzes around us, like gold pollen to bees smiles sway like timeless joy and wrap us like a giftwords of reason spill over us like a starlit waterfallhummingbirds dance as they…
Thank You, Nigel Byng, For Another Wonderful Review!
Nigel’s writing has done it again, but this time, with a wonderful review of “One Petal At A Time”! Here’s a small portion: …This book is sorrowful and yet still beautiful. Tragic and yet empowering. Anyone who wrestles daily with the demons that come attached to substance abuse and addiction, and its ability to destroy…
Finally! Pick Up “One Petal At A Time” At Amazon, Already A Top New Release!
You can FINALLY pick up your paperback copy of “One Petal At A Time,” already a Top New Release and Bestseller, at Amazon! See Dr. Claudia Black’s Endorsement of My Book Below Expressed with such raw emotion and honesty, this is an incredibly powerful book for any reader, but if you grew up in a…
“Rhymes Of Woe” Now Live On Hotel Masticadores
words I write tiptoe across rhymes of woe close windows tight days argue with night my words, fears in pen dare I stamp and send To continue reading, please visit Hotel Masticadores, and be sure to like, comment, subscribe and share!
To All My Readers, you are my family
My big window parading all my friends so close by, yet no one tattled or told me today was the day they would die. Yesterday, the sun was a bit worn-out, and some rain cried while wetting the earth, but still, I saw the new Creeping Jenny’s annual birth. My eyes don’t work well…
My New Piece “Cusp of Spring” Now on Masticadoresindia
youthful buds whisper tiny voices animate stolen secrets weave does, calves leaping jesting with siblings grassland tickles bare shoulder, he is smitten giggles come softly fledgling’s plump lips quiver as butterfly kisses on soft velvety cheeks elicit joyous moans amidst tears, she utters love you, my cherished red-headed woodpecker plays a jazzy drum beat To…
Exciting News “Reflections and Revelations” Coming soon
I am proud to have four poetic pieces in Susi Bocks’ new poetry compilation, “Reflections and Revelations, The Short of It, Volume 2 – 2022.” Stay tuned for the release date. Click here for more details. Susi Bocks – writer/author/poet, has self-published two books – Feeling Human and Every Day I Pause. You can find…
My new poem “gossip” now live on masticadoresIndia
Gossip sundry whispers flutter like silky snow bending, twisting around rapt ear perching amid folks ripe for evil Please go to MasticadoresIndia ( now called ChewersMasticadores ) to read the rest of this piece. Follow and subscribe to MasticadoresIndia if you like great stories and poetry. I heard gossip explained this way to me a…