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May.24.2013
I can’t say enough good things about the folks at A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and how they handled my poem, “Tutor.”
They make submissions a breeze through the online submissions manager (Submishmash/Submittable). They acknowledge submissions immediately and respond promptly, as promised, and do...
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May.08.2013
I’m very happy to announce that two (that’s right, two–count ‘em!) of my poems were published today in Vol. 3 of WORDLAND. The theme for Vol 3 is “What They Saw In The Sky.”
The first poem, Escapee, I wrote after watching a little girl wishing–maybe succeeding–at removing herself...
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May.08.2013
I just got word from Rick Lupert of Ain’t Got No Press / Poetry Superhighway that my poem I Got Yer “Grumpy” Right Here, Pal will be anthologized later this year. The Anthology will be called Ekphrastia Gone Wild and will feature poems based on other works of art. “Grumpy” was originally published...
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May.06.2013
My Beloved Sandra’s off to Vegas on Wednesday & everyone knows I’ll miss her. But I have no desire for Vegas. Everybody who knows me knows why.
There are a few cities I might be willing to visit, however briefly. Memphis might be one. The song “Walking In Memphis” always makes me cry;...
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Apr.22.2013
He’s about six and a half feet tall, and sweatier than a Sumo wrestler in a steam room.
He’s ordered his monsterburger, his Mega Coke, and his oversized fries and he’s crowding out the four-foot-nothing mother in line ahead of him, her toddler tugging on her untucked T-shirt, to the point where...
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Apr.20.2013
A complete stranger sees me through the coffee shop’s window, enters, trudges over to my table and speaks, fairly loudly, even before I can acknowledge his intrusive, uninvited presence.
“What’s up with you guys that can’t go anywhere without your little computer open in front of you, clicking...
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Apr.17.2013
I was reminded last night, sadly, why I should avoid the April Poetry Month Open Mic event—at least the most local one—which I generally forget, from year to year, how generally disappointing I find it.
Twenty-one poets signed up to read, so individual reading time was limited and, frankly, in...
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Apr.17.2013
We all know a love song when we hear it, no matter what language it’s in.
“The distant ports will not entice me. Leave me to open seas, and salt-laden winds”, by Nadeem Naimy
In the season of bombs, lovebombs are the best response.
My short prose, Farsi Love Song, which urges us all...
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Apr.14.2013
He gets up early. It's 4:20. He has to pee and the lyric of some Kinks tune is running mercilessly through his head. Even before he thinks about being fully awake, he thinks about a creating survey:
--Songs you wake up singing.
--Current Favorite Tune.
--All-Time Favorite.
--Song...
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Apr.08.2013
My poem, Firetower, is featured today in THE NORTHERN CARDINAL REVIEW.
NCR features only poetry from Canada and US states that border Canada. One more good reason to thank my lucky stars I’m living in Vermont, which is as close to Heaven On Earth as it gets, in my opinion.
Do check it out: “...
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Apr.02.2013
Oh, sure; we just had the Vernal Equinox and the days are getting longer and all that jazz, but….the sun’s still 93 million miles away and–here in the Northland, anyway–Spring’s still “a ways off”, as the locals say.
Everybody’s waiting for it eagerly. I’ll bet you are, too. While you’re...
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Mar.31.2013
My poem, “Late Snow, By The Numbers” is up in the newly-released edition (#38) of THE ORANGE ROOM REVIEW. As usual, the editors–Corey and Rachael–have compiled some really fine work. It’s all good, but I’m particularly fond of Richard Martin’s poem, “Snowing”, which shares much of my own sentiment...
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Mar.31.2013
I wasn’t sure exactly when the print version was due for publication, but…
The extraordinary compilation of poetry and short fiction (including my own poem, Tutor, published in October) which has been gathered online over the past few months by the editors of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place is making...
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Mar.26.2013
It came as an almost complete surprise. I submitted my work & they responded by saying they’d received it, but I’d have to wait 3 months to see whether or not they’d publish it. I got the word today, and…
I AM TOTALLY PSYCHED TO ANNOUNCE: MY WORK INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT WORLD HAIKU REVIEW...
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Mar.22.2013
The inaugural issue of *82 Review is up, as of 3/21, and my poem “Charlie” is among its many readable pages. You should check him out.
As always, I’ll be posting him up at EGGS OVER TOKYO, but I’m going to let the *82 folks keep him exclusively for a while.
Do pop on over & say hello...
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About Ron.
(Sample published work at: EGGS OVER TOKYO)(Live blog at: SCRAMBLED, NOT FRIED)(Prose-ish at: SIX SENTENCES) Ron. started reading and writing poetry seriously in the late '60s, when a floral-necktied student teacher dumped a bunch of books on his desk, one of...
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