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North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia, looking south, 1951

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The original source for this photo is the National Archives; I found it via the cool people at Virginia Life Stories.

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A misty Roanoke morning, November 2025

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Tell me these do not look like coffins.

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I thought Dracula had arrived in Roanoke — which would be weird, because there’s no place for The Demeter to dock.

Either that or my lifelong descent into madness had finally yielded its first visual hallucinations.

Turns out these thick metal implements were left there by an excavating company.  They’re just smallish plow blades for pushing aside snow, seen from the rear.  (They are open on the other side.)

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Poetry and commentary, 2025

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The past year was the best ever for poetry and commentary, with publications in the United States, Britain, Ireland, Germany, India and Bangladesh — along with a short story publication in Chile.

You can find all the links to my 2025 poetry and commentary at the link below. Thanks for coming along for the ride.  🙂

Poetry and Commentary, 2025

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Christmastime in Roanoke, Virginia

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2025.

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Signing a book for a friend.  🙂

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The Galway Review publishes my poem “Where Would We Go?” — and also selects it for its 2026 anthology.

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I’m ecstatic!  The Galway Review today published my poem “Where Would We Go?” — and also selected it for its next anthology, The Galway Review 14.

You can find the poem at The Galway Review online right here.

The anthology will be released in April 2026; I’ll post purchasing details when they become available.

The Galway Review is the leading literary magazine for Galway, the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland.  It features contemporary reviews, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and photography, and seeks to publish work that is “beautiful and different.”

I am once again grateful to Managing Editor Ndrek Gjini and his colleagues for allowing me to see my work showcased by this important literary resource for Northern Europe and beyond.

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My poetry appears in three new anthologies by Cooch Behar Magazine.

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I am delighted today to learn that my poetry has been published in three new anthologies by Cooch Behar Magazine in India.

My poem “she” appeared in the new Illusion anthology, my poem “March Midnight Window” appeared in the Longing anthology, and my poem “The Mountain At Summer, Seen From Passing Car” appeared in the Joy anthology.  You can purchase the respective volumes here, here and here over at Amazon.

Thanks, as always, to Editor Sourav Sarkar for allowing me to see my work appear in such outstanding publications!

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Roanoke rainbow.

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At right is the Taubman Museum of Art.