Lost in New Jersey

I met Nancy, my wife, in the 1980s at a newspaper called Catholic New York. That paper published its last edition today. Its editor, my frie...

This is the story of my first public poetry reading. I love hearing poems read aloud by their authors in real life. That and listening to mu...

Michelangelo's Pietà, St Peter's Basilica (Creative Commons) This month, I was able to attend two poetry festivals close to home, th...

My apologies for the aging, yellow Kodak print of Dad and me examining my diploma after the graduation ceremony on the Notre Dame campus dec...

Me and a photo of the artist, using a "Warhol Effect" filter. It's only fair I appropriate his style. Nancy and I took a road ...

Wesley Lake, Asbury Park Last week (Aug. 29-Sept. 3), I had fun taking over the Jersey Collective Instagram account . And you can too! There...

Are You Scared? Are You Thinking That Maybe You Aren't That Young Anymore? Scene 1: The disambiguation page on Wikipedia lists 21 possib...

Generic politically correct photo of a diverse couple (courtesy of Ukrainian photographer Vitalii Odobesku) Recalling Past Lovers (RPL) is a...

I own a prayer book that reminds me of Nonna, the way she would recite from her hymnal while rocking in her front-porch chair. She whispered...