Friday, October 16, 2026

Two Readings in Anticipation of "These New Orbs"

 



   Publication dates often get pushed back, and these readings were set up after the yet-to-be-released These New Orbs. It is available for pre-sale, and if you are interested,  contact me, I'll tell you how. 


  


    The Stone Soup reading (below), hosted by Chad Parenteau opens with some new poems I hope you'll have a listen to. 


    Here is one from September at the NAV Arts in Manchester, NH, series hosted by Jon Wesick. 



Saturday, October 3, 2026

"Consider The Orange (After a Lithograph By Marguerite Gager)" , a poem inspired by my mother's art, published in North of Oxford.

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Lithograph by Marguerite Gager 


   First, please, give the poem a read.

    My mother was a lifelong artist. When she passed in 2019, many of her prints, paintings, and photographs were distributed to my sisters and brother. There were a lot. We did a multi-round draft where we took turns picking our favorites. 

    The work inspired a poem which appears in the October issue of North of Oxford. (curated by Diane Sahms-Guarnieri and g emil ruetter)


    Give it and the rest of the issue a read. 

    The print above, which I don't know whose house it ended up in, and like much of her work, I loved it. The title, which I cannot read, is on the bottom left. Maybe one of my siblings, the one who owns it can tell me?