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. 🙂
Thank you for the birthday wishes!!
Tag Archives: Mary Washington College
Rest easy, Professor Chris Kilmartin.
I was saddened to learn this morning of the passing of Chris Kilmartin, PhD, a pillar of the University of Mary Washington community. News of Dr. Kilmartin’s death was shared to social media today by his wife, Dr. Allyson Poska.
“Dr. K.’s” accolades as an educator and psychologist are far too numerous to list here, but he is remembered fondly by so many alumni as a favorite professor. I feel certain that his loss will be felt far and wide.
Spillwords Press Publishes My Prose Poem, “Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter”
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.
The Stray Branch publishes three of my poems and six of my photos.
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
The Bards Initiative and Poets Anonymous select my poem for annual Gathering anthology.
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.
DISGUISE MODE.
See what I did there?
Mid-life is what you make it.
My “Confession” is included in Horror Sleaze Trash Quarterly.
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!
Silent Spark Press will publish my poem “Where Would We Go?” in its upcoming Virginia Poetry anthology
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.
Allison’s Haiku
A portraiture of
heterochromia are
your rococo eyes.
Photo credit: Socrasal, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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