Poems Dark Found
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DVDs Under The Bed /The Shining/Omen/Insomnia/ /Night and Fog/Pan’s Labyrinth/ /Nosferatu/Angels and… read more
Avé Maria, Misericordia
I Avé Maria Native American Taino island, Borinquén, Puerto Rico, U.S. raped colony, carcass being eaten down to splintered bones,… read more
Post 9/11: Not in My Name
The U.S. is going through a dark time where we need poets who are good at writing accessible… read more
The Precariat
Montréal Serai included two of my poems in their latest issue. In the following editorial excerpt, Prasun Lala introduces… read more
July 20th Forest Hills Library Open Mic
Come out and read a poem or sing a song! I’ll be featured for 20 minutes and plan to deliver… read more
Trumpian Laughter
After reading about Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget for discretionary expenditures, I wanted to laugh but simply couldn’t. Currently,… read more
Welcome to My Father’s Day
The following poems are from an unpublished manuscript titled, Snakes and Ladders. There are Fellow Travelers and then There are… read more
Without a Grain of Salt
As a follow-up to my post of Paradise Lost: Borikén on Tuesday, I intuitively felt the need to mention PEN… read more
Allen Ginsberg (June 6, 1926-April 7, 1997)
As a Brooklyn College MFA student from 1996 to 1998, I was extremely fortunate to know Allen as my teacher… read more
In a Bottle or a Teacup Today?
In a Bottle or a Teacup Today? Asked about his fighting philosophy, Bruce Lee said flow… read more
A Tennis Poem: Old School Sweating
A Tennis Poem: Old School Sweating I was trained to watch the ball— the back in the day… read more
Workshop: To Form and Rhyme
A Sonnet Game If you twist veracity with end rhyme, fill in schemes to simply help sonnets run, will… read more