Lost in New Jersey

My grandfather, 1969, Budd Lake This is the poem I read at the S.P.E.A.K. open mic in March at the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, NJ. I ...

Like Charlie Brown running toward a kickoff with Lucy spotting the football, I submit poems every year for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards ...

This is, ostensibly, a review of "The Marriage Portrait" by Maggie O'Farrell. So let's start with that. This is a wonderfu...

Back in November, I decided to pair an original image with a caption in haiku, and post these on social media every Monday morning. So far, ...

Recently, every Monday, I've begun posting my photos, using original haikus as captions. Here are a few examples. If you want to follow ...

My photo of Emerald City, viewed from New Jersey What makes a good poem? One answer may lie in the intensity of every word. And perhaps one ...