Nov 26, 2020
This episode drops on American Thanksgiving, and as I'm in a thankful mood I chose "Thanks to English Teachers" for this week's poem, inspired by both those who taught me and my wife, who is herself an amazing and talented English teacher. For them, for her, I am thankful!
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Nov 19, 2020
I had originally meant to read this poem last week, but as I said then the events of the weekend had moved me to write some new poems, and they were very much of the moment. Hopefully they hold up over time as much as this one has - in my opinion. You may or may not have been paying attention to the back and forth of...
Nov 12, 2020
I had originally planned to program one of my more politically-minded poems that I had already published in one of my collections (Blue.), but over the weekend I was moved by current events to share a pair of poems on my Instagram story. If you follow me there, you've likely already read them. If not, hey, I'm on...
Nov 5, 2020
We're well into the Fall season here on the East Coast, and as I was searching for this week's poem, I happened on this piece, which I wrote while on a visit to Los Angeles a few years back. Think of it as something of an elegy for both deciduous trees and man's hubris.
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