Verse 1 I looked for home in other people Searched lost souls for a needle in between truth and betrayal I misplaced faith, forgave,...

A lot is made about generational differences in music, but I believe the divide may often be exaggerated. When I was young, I thought...

Kathleen O’Toole speaks to so many levels of experience, elements of history, and states of being in her poetry collection This...

You know that moment in a relationship when you thank God and your lucky stars for every one of your experiences and every prior moment...

Eli V1: Angst and doubt have become your brand / You ground your worry-stone to a grain of sand Erode yourself, wringing your hands / Oh...

Review of Ariadne Awakens: Instructions for the Labyrinth, by Laura Costas Part manual for deconstructed thought; part call to remember...

Here are a couple of drafts that call to mind Maya Angelou's words, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know...

Hi Steve. Thank you for granting me this interview. Poet, performance artist, publisher, family man… I’m sure you inhabit many more...

I enjoyed a thoughtful and whimsical first day of school with some wonderful students. For today's warm up, I asked students to reflect...

I’ve been blogging roughly once a month for four years, with my first blog post being August 1, 2019 — a little audience and a lot of ...

I bet it’s rare to encounter an artist that matches your passion and timeline. I felt that in Sinead O’Connor. I loved her energy and...

I love words and spend much of my time playing with them. And not often, but perhaps more often than most, I come across a word I hate,...

I share a song I wrote in celebration of, and worry for, my Girl. I imagine most Moms & Dads can relate. There were a few years there...

I have read some magnificent poetry collections this month! And in my last post, I promised to return with some mini-reviews. So here...

As my students have made clear to me, to say you’re “cool with the kids” is not cool, but they laugh, which is heartening. I have two Gen...

In I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir (Atmosphere Press, 2022), Fran Abrams plays her life back at fast pace and it’s quite a...

Having banked a dozen or so songs, Steve and I buckled down to record four last month on a little four track digital recorder. We sent...

Rocker, singer-songwriter, musician, Thomas Anderson, composes accessible, thoughtful songs that range from wistful and haunting to...

What do you want for Christmas? “Just a smile,” my Dad would always answer. I knew he meant it and I always made good on the ask. Now,...

Before posting these mini-reviews, I took some time to post excerpts on Amazon and Goodreads, depending on where I found the collections....