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“Ulysses and Calypso,” Arnold Böcklin, 1882

Oil on mahogany wood.

HxB: 103.5 x 149.8 cm; Öl auf Mahagoniholz; Inv. 108

Care for a little spooky poetry for the Halloween season?

Then check out Local Gems Press’ new Halloween-themed anthology — Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025.  You can order it from Amazon at the link below:

Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025

(If you do purchase the book, I hope that you’ll peruse my poem about ghosts around Roanoke, “This Windy Morning.”)



“Landscape with Cows Watering in a Stream,” Robert S. Duncanson, 1871

Oil on canvas.

American Poet publishes three of my poems.

I am honored today to see American Poet publish three of my poems: “Ode to a New Black Ballpoint Pen,” “Like White Plumeria Petal” and “Hardy Orchids Haiku.”

You can find them right here.

Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Faiyaj Islam Fahim, for allowing me to see my work at this outstanding website devoted to American Poets.



Illustration for Homer’s “The Odyssey,” François-Louis Schmied, 1928

Compagnie des bibliophiles de l’Automobile-Club de France.

“The role of a writer …”

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”

— Anais Nin



“Ghosts on a Tree,” Franz Sedlacek, 1933

Three of my poems were published today over at European Poetry.

The poems were “At the Coffee Shop,” “All Our Faults Are Fallen Leaves” and “Fawning Haiku.”  You can find them right here.

Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Faiyaj Islam Fahim, for featuring my work at this outstanding literary resource for Europe and beyond.



Artwork for Antent’s “Hope to See You Again,” 2023