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Cooch Behar Magazine publishes my work in its AIM anthology.

I am so honored that Cooch Behar Magazine has included my work in its new AIM Anthology, in celebration of World Common Literature Day on October 24th.  You can find it right here on Amazon.

Thank you, Editor Sourav Sarkar, for allowing me to see my writing published by this excellent independent literature publication in India.



Mark Woodward wins Spillwords Press September 2025 Publication of the Month.

I hope you will join me in congratulating Mark Woodward for winning the Spillwords Press September 2025 Publication of the Month Award.  Mr. Woodward won for his poem, “Crossed Wires.”

(And for those of you who voted for the short story of mine that was nominated, I do thank you.)  🙂



Care for a little spooky poetry for the Halloween season?

Then check out Local Gems Press’ new Halloween-themed anthology — Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025.  You can order it from Amazon at the link below:

Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025

(If you do purchase the book, I hope that you’ll peruse my poem about ghosts around Roanoke, “This Windy Morning.”)



American Poet publishes three of my poems.

I am honored today to see American Poet publish three of my poems: “Ode to a New Black Ballpoint Pen,” “Like White Plumeria Petal” and “Hardy Orchids Haiku.”

You can find them right here.

Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Faiyaj Islam Fahim, for allowing me to see my work at this outstanding website devoted to American Poets.



Three of my poems were published today over at European Poetry.

The poems were “At the Coffee Shop,” “All Our Faults Are Fallen Leaves” and “Fawning Haiku.”  You can find them right here.

Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Faiyaj Islam Fahim, for featuring my work at this outstanding literary resource for Europe and beyond.



My poem “This Windy Morning” will be included in Local Gems Press’ annual Halloween anthology!

I’m thrilled to share here that a poem of mine will be included in this year’s installment of Local Gems Press’ annual Halloween anthology, Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows 2025.

The poem is “This Windy Morning,” and I am grateful to Maddie McGivney and Bards President James P. Wagner for letting me join the holiday fun.  🙂

You can preorder a copy of the book, if you wish, right here at the Local Gems Press website.



Two of my poems were published today by All Your Poems Anthology.

I am honored to have two of my poems published today in the October 2025 issue of All Your Poems Anthology.  The poems selected were “Like White Plumeria Petal” and “Fawning Haiku.”

If you would like to purchase a copy of the October issue, you can find it here at Amazonhere at Barnes & Noble or here at Apple Books.

I am grateful to Editor and Publisher Storm M. Grayson for accepting my work for such a wonderful indie lit magazine.



If only I could say no to crack.

I rise with an alarming CRACK!

Is it my knees or is it my back?

As for why my feet are raging —

these are mysteries of aging.



Just a quick reaniminder …

If you happened to enjoy my zombie story over at Spillwords Press,  it’s been nominated for Publication of the Month for September 2025.

You can vote for the story right here — just bear in mind that you must register with Spillwords Press first.



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Poetry Hall translates more of my poetry for Issue 29

I’m delighted to share here that the Poetry Hall quarterly bilingual journal once again translated my poetry for its global readership of Chinese readers.  The poems selected were “Ode to a New Black Ball Point Pen,” “Nihilist Night Haiku” and “Hardy Orchids Haiku.”

You can find Issue 29 right here over at Amazon.

Poetry Hall is a distinguished international literary magazine in which poems appear in English along with their Chinese translations, side by side.  As always, I am grateful to Editor-in-Chief Xu Yingcai and translator Zhang Ning for allowing me to showcase my work within its pages.