“La Ferme de l’Estuaire,” Jules Dupré, circa 1835

“The Estuary Farm.”  Oil on canvas.

Local Gems Press selects “Confession” for its upcoming Bards Poetica anthology.

I’m so happy to share here that my poem “Confession” will appear in Local Gems Press’ upcoming anthology: Bards Poetica: Poems About Poetry.  The anthology posed a truly interesting question to poets — “What is poetry?”

You can preorder a copy of the book right here, if you like.

I am grateful yet again to Maddie McGivney and to Bards President James P. Wagner for allowing me to see my work appear in such an exemplary poetry collection.  🙂



“Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea,” Ivan Aivazovsky, 1887

Oil on canvas.

Source: Druids of the Tuatha on Facebook

Cover to “Matt Wagner’s Grendel Tales Omnibus Volume 2,” Matt Wagner, 2018

Dark Horse Books.

Nerd peer pressure consists of cajoling other writers into submitting their poetry to podcasts.

“Do it!  Do it!  Everybody’s doing it!  I just did it!  See?”



Cover to “House of Secrets” #93, Bernie Wrightson, 1971

DC Comics.

Throwback Thursday: “I’ve been LOOKING for that paint.”

Just a classic Benny Hill skit from … the 1980’s? I’m not sure. “The Benny Hill Show” ran between 1969 and 1989, according to the Internet Movie Database, and he looks relatively young here.

The show was an institution in the house I grew up in, and this particular skit was quoted and re-enacted with reverence. I recently found it entirely at random on Facebook. I took this video using my phone, so that I could share it with people who are not on that platform.



Cover to “House of Secrets” #107, Bernie Wrightson, 1973

DC Comics.

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