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Snow this morning.Flakes as bigas oak leaves flutterin the eddying air,as if their appointmentwith the groundmight wait. I watch themfrom a windowthat overlooksa small porchheavy withgarden tools—artifacts from a forgotten season.I sip a third cup,warm in the warm houseand curl … Continue reading →

My poem, Beyond Wealth, was published today by OneArt. Here is the poem: Beyond Wealth On the deserted boardwalk at Coney Island, just before a storm roared in, gray-black clouds peeked over the Ferris Wheel— waves strained the imagination. On … Continue reading →

My Poem, Last Winter is in Issue 30 of MacQueen’s Quinterly. Here is the poem: Last Winter False spring today. A mild breeze fans the bare trees as if in rehearsal. I walk along the riverbank lost in thought. It … Continue reading →

Here is the third of my published poems by The Write Launch: Here is the third of my published poems by The Write Launch: What the Body RemembersIt grew back straight and softwith the texture ofmulberry silk. Surreptitiously, I searched … Continue reading →

I had two poems published in the current edition of The Write Launch. Here is the second: Fine Art After six generations in my wife’s family,we were selling the house,and I was assigned to clean the attic—told not to get … Continue reading →

I have three poems in the current issue of The Write Launch. Here is the first: A Turn Around Town I take the cobbled path through townthat I have walked for years.The streets are for the wary—ice strewn here and … Continue reading →

I have a second poem in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Here is the poem: Sounding Off Most days my lifeis hijackedby the cacophony of everyday.All those quietthings I love— like raking leaves,shoveling snow,or sitting in the garden suncommuningwith the birds— … Continue reading →

I have two poems in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Here is the first. What I’ve Been Missing It’s a two-parka morning.Bare beech branchesshiver in the considerable wind. Yet, I am out on my lawn chairin the back yard,head tilted to … Continue reading →

I’ve two poems in the current issue of Misfit Magazine. Here is the second: My Sister’s Memoir I bought the last copyout of the display windowat the bookshop on the corner,where your face had smiled at meevery time I passedas … Continue reading →