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The Piker Press publishes “The Rough, Violet Stone.”

I’m honored today to see my poem “The Rough, Violet Stone” appear in the pages of The Piker PressYou can read it online right here.

Thanks once again to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for welcoming me into this stimulating community of creators and readers!



Blue Monday.

Campbell Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia shortly after sunrise today.  New Order would approve.



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“Northern Sea in the Moonlight,” Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1823

Oil on canvas.

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“Roofs,” Arkhip Kuindzhi, late 19th Century

Oil on canvas.

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Birds on a wire.

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“Der Blasturm in Schwandorf,” Carl Spitzweg, circa 1870

“The Wind Tower in Schwandorf.”  Oil on paper mounted on canvas.

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Cover to “Terminal City” Library Edition, Mark Chiarello, 2016

Penguin Random House.

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“View of Lower Town,” Bohumil Jaroš

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