Poetry and commentary, 2023

The past year was a nice one for poetry and commentary.  If you’d care to follow my writing, you can find links to everything I’ve published in 2023 at the link below.  🙂  



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“Everybody wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.”

This is honestly some of the best advice I’ve ever heard.

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“Dusk,” Maxfield Parrish, circa 1942

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(Probably not.)

I walked for 5 miles EXACTLY tonight, according to Google Fit.

Law of Infinite Probabilities and all that.

I have NO idea if I am using that term correctly.



Illustration of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King,” Gustave Dore, 1868

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(There’s a reason, though — they’re tasty.)

Ours is not to reason why; ours is but to eat the fries*.

*Or tater tots.

Seriously, though, I need to start watching my cholesterol or whatever.



Variant cover to “Detective Comics” #1072, Kelley Jones, 2023

DC Comics.  Cover B, Card Stock Variant.

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Fun with spammers.

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“Hiraeth.”

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Source: Muralidharan Nair Facebook page

Cover to “Sandman” #8, Dave McKean, 1989

DC Comics.  Vertigo.

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