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 poem of the month

Swim at Your Own Risk

it could be dangerous
ominous dorsal fin
pull of the innocent
looking wave
the agony
of hesitation
before first
quick cold
even more
the agony
of watching
from the shore

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good news

Here are two interviews I did recently, one on television and one for National Poetry Month (scroll down to April 30 to see it).

One of my poems was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize!

I'm in the issues of the online journals Muddy River Poetry Review and Innisfree Poetry Journal

"Why I Write"--brief essays by poets, including me!

Garrison Reads Ellen:
Hear Garrison Keillor read my poem, Letter Home, on his National Public Radio program, The Writer's Almanac

quote of the month

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”

— Saul Bellow

Sunday, August 8 — 4 pm
New England Poetry Club reading, Longfellow House,
Cambridge

Saturday, September 4
"CenterPiece" performance, Temple Shalom
Succasunna, NJ

Saturday, November 20 —10:30 am
"Wake Up and Smell the Poetry", HCAM cable television,
Hopkinton

CenterPiece is a one-person play I have written and that I perform. It looks at the patchwork of life experiences we all share, from assimilating our family legends to learning about love and loss to finding our own voices and moving into the center of our lives. Click here for more info.
 
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