You heard it here first.
She is already a superior poet to me — with a tiny fraction of the time and effort. (Don’t ya just hate the people who have inordinately high aptitudes? Damned wunderkind.)
It is a good thing that I love her so madly; otherwise, I’d be jealous.
The Piker Press today published my poem, “Orchard, Girl and Frost.” 🙂
As always, I’m grateful to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for founding this wonderful creative community!
To all the really cool people who reached out to me yesterday, thank you so much for the birthday wishes!! You really made the day special — and I am lucky to have such fine friends. 🙂
Long Island, New York. Here’s a set of incriminating photos from someone who really should be named our class archivist — Carrie Schor (formerly Carrie Harbach). I believe most of these come from our junior and senior years (1988 – 1990). But I’m not sure. That snow-colored, skinny little gnome Nolan in the red Adidas t-shirt looks considerably younger than a high school student.
That shot at the beach is of a couple of members of the International Student Organization.
More next week.
The really cool people at Spillwords Press today featured my prose poem, “Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter.”
Thanks once again to Chief Editor Dagmara K. for allowing me to be a part of this terrific community of readers and writers.
I am so grateful to have three poems and six photos published in the Spring/Summer 2026 Issue of The Stray Branch. Despite some challenging circumstances surrounding her family’s health, Editor and Founder Debbie Berk today released the new installment of this outstanding independent literature magazine. (I know I am not alone in admiring Ms. Berk’s extraordinary commitment to the creative community that she established.)
The poems selected were “imagine the moon as companion,” “An Altogether Different Slumber” and “Blue Wolves Move in an Indigo Wood.” The photos were a selection of black-and-white shots that I took throughout Salem and Roanoke, Virginia.
You can purchase a copy of the magazine right here:
The Stray Branch — Spring/Summer 2026
I am so happy to report here that my short nature poem, “The Mountain at Summer, Seen from a Passing Car,” will be included in the upcoming Gathering poetry anthology. Gathering is an outstanding annual collection developed by Poets Anonymous and The Bards Initiative, and published by Local Gems Press.
The book is slated for an August 26th release, following a book launch that day at 7:30 PM at the Courtyard Dulles Airport Chantilly, 3935 Centerview Drive, Chantilly VA 20151. (The doors open at 7 PM.)
For preorder information, please see the Local Gems Press website here.
I am quite grateful to The Bards Initiative President James P. Wagner, along with Lesley Tyson and Megan McDonald of Poets Anonymous.
This will mark the 45th anthology where my writing has appeared.
I am so pleased to share here that my poem “Confession” was included in Horror Sleaze Trash’s quarterly print edition. (The poem was published online in March.)
You can download the entire issue for free right here:
Thanks again to Editor in Chief Arthur Graham for allowing me to see my writing in this irreverent, cutting edge literary magazine!
I am so happy to learn just now that Silent Spark Press will publish my love poem “Where Would We Go?” in its upcoming anthology of Virginia Poets.
The book, which is scheduled for an October 11 release, will be “a thoughtfully curated collection created for readers who appreciate regional literature, lyrical expression, and the enduring power of place. Featuring about 100 poems by Virginia poets, this anthology invites readers on a literary journey through the state’s history, landscapes, communities, and cultural identity.”
Virginia Poets can be preordered right here.
Thank you, Silent Spark Press, for allowing me to find my work published in such a meaningful tribute to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
