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Richard Wagner’s “Tristan Und Isolde” (Prelude)

Performed by Daniel Barenboim at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, 1983.

 

The sky before dark tonight was another encroaching universe.

The sky before dark tonight was another encroaching universe — a smothering, grave world of darkening gray pearl.  I imagined it first as an endless ether of flurried lead. It looked at once as shapeless as smoke, and as hard and dull as immovable concrete.

A storm is coming.

“Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”

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Sunrise at Miller Place Beach, NY (Photo)

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Photo credit: Iracaz at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Quick site update – new poetry section

Hey, gang!  Since I first began seeking publication about three years ago, I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of my poetry published.  My poetry section here at the site was getting quite long, so I began a second section for my newly published work — “My poetry, from 2016.”

Both sections can be found at the menu to the left here at my blog.

Thanks!

Run-down truck, Long Island’s North Fork (Photo)

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Photo credit:  http://www.cgpgrey.com [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Jamaica, Queens (Photo)

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Photo credit: By Seshball (Queens, Jamaica) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine features “Confession”

I’m honored today to see “Confession,” easily my most popular poem to date, featured in Issue 10 of Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine.  As in the past, I am grateful to Editor Samantha Rose for allowing me to share my work alongside that of so many talented writers.

Issue 10 can be purchased in paperback format for just $3.41 right here:

Issue 10 in paperback

Issue 10 can also be downloaded in PDF format for free!  Just click here:

Issue 10 for free in PDF format

 

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“Make America Hate Again,” broadcast by The Young Turks

These people aren’t Americans.  They can’t be.

 

The Wonder Bread – Hostess Bakery in Jamaica, Queens (Photos)

My family tells me that all of us kids got sweets whenever we went there in the 1970’s to buy bread.  Being about four years old at the time, I can’t really remember that.

I definitely do remember loving Twinkies when I was a baby.  Strangely, I also remember seeing the Wonder Bread logo on the backs of trucks when we were driving.

That factory had a long run.  It closed only in 2011, believe it or not, after being in business for 130 years.  130 years … wow.

These photos were taken by Jim Henderson (via Wikimedia Commons).

 

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