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“Repos dans les Récoltes,” William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1865

“Rest at Harvest.”  Oil on canvas.

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Can’t sleep.

So I washed my comforter and submitted four poems to The Irish Times. It’s a long shot, but hey.

The poems, I mean — not washing the comforter. That I can usually pull off.



Illustration of a man dicing with death, Christoph Weigel, 1764

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“Each day without solitude weakened me.”

“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water.  Each day without solitude weakened me.  I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.  The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.”

— Charles Bukowski

(quote courtesy of Newington Blue Press)



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Photo credit: Artgal73, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

Silkscreen prints from Steve Miller!

These are original silkscreen prints from  Steve Miller — not of musical fame, but of Mary Washington College fame.  They were given to me by the artist many years ago.

Found ’em in storage.  Got ’em up in the Batcave immediately.



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Cover to “Captain Atom” #15, Pat Broderick, 1988

DC Comics.  Canadian edition.

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I got those photos I ordered.

Here’s the interesting thing … the postal service’s new postmark design looks remarkably like the footprint of a very large man.

Hey, the sticker on the front says “Do not bend” — not “Do not stomp on.”



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“Tristan and Isolde,” Hughes Merle, 19th Century

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Spillwords Press features “The Rough, Violet Stone”

I am so honored today to share that Spillwords Press published a recent poem of mine — “The Rough, Violet Stone.”  You can find it right here.

Thanks once again to Director of Development Dagmara K. for allowing me to see my work showcased by such an exceptional online magazine!



“Orka na Ukrainie,” Leon Wyczółkowski, 1892

“Plowing in the Ukraine.”  Oil on canvas.

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