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This is poetry moment on WPSU – a weekly program featuring the work of contemporary Pennsylvania poets. Your host is poet and author Marjorie Maddox, a 2023 Monson Arts Fellow, author of 20 books, and professor of English and creative … Continue reading →

My poem “What the Old Want” will be featured on Poetry Moment on December 18th. Marjorie Maddox (Professor of English and Creative Writing at Commonwealth University) is hosting this year and will introduce and read the poem. If you are outside of WPSU’s listening … Continue reading →

a little mom poem from PA’s Poetic Voices: MOM likes nothing betterthan to sit on the sandof Deerfield Beachas the sun comes up—coffee and smokesat hand, she scansthe deserted beachlike Pharoah surveysher realm—and satisfied,she summonsthe gulls to breakfast.

Fun poem today in Pennsylvania’s Poetic Voices. Here it is: A LITTLE BIT OF A GOOD THING You will wear purpleand I will teach myselfto bake bread. It will takethat one part patienceI’ve rarely possessed mixed with yeast,flour, and water.I … Continue reading →

A new poem published in Thirteen Bridges today. Here is the poem: Pluviophile Walking the steamy streetsof Alphabet Cityafter two days of heavy rain I hope will never end,the sidewalks smellof a city left behind. Friends lived here onceup on … Continue reading →

I have two poems in the current issue of Hole in the Head Review. Here are the poems: Vellichor There was a time bookstores ran for blocksalong 4th Avenue—the air outsideseasoned with mildew and must. Nowadays, you need a treasure … Continue reading →

My poem, Spice of Life, published as part of the Spices and Seasonings Series, on Silver Birch Press. First published by Thimbleletter. Here is the poem: Spice of Lifeby Steve Deutsch My dad was infinitely betterwith a knife and forkthan … Continue reading →

My poem, Memories, has just been published by MacQueens Quinterly. Here is the poem: Memories You have to train yourself,for they are fading fasterthan dime-store paintin the Florida sun. Surely, you knowwhat I mean.How tightly your grandmotherwould hold the cards … Continue reading →

I’ve three poems up on the Write Launch. Here are the poems: As ChargedThe jury found you guiltyin just an hour and fourteen minutes.Long enough for bathroom breaksand a single show of hands.Your public defenderadvised you to cop a plea,but … Continue reading →

My poem, In the Cards, is in the current issue of Sheila-Na-Gig. Here is the poem: In The Cards My grandmother read tea leaves in a storefronton Belmont Avenue. Outside, pushcarts lined both sides of the street,selling thimbles and twine, … Continue reading →