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Monday, July 10, 2023

Things to Do When You're Invisible

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Coney Island boardwalk; I was one of the NPCs I have reached the age where I am invisible to most people. I recently roamed the Coney Island...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Reviews of My Past 10 Books, With Thanks to Mother Cabrini

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This is me with Ana Almanzar, founder of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Book Club. Ana recently left our foundation to become Deputy M...
Sunday, June 4, 2023

The Evolution of a Saturday

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Posting here about an ordinary Saturday, which began when I noticed a Rambler Rose blooming on a vine that my wife and I feared had died ove...
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Haiku at Sandy Hook

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Emerald City. I can see it from Jersey. There is no wizard. It's no secret: I love New York's skyline , and I often write haikus abo...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

This Is the Way Poetry Month Ends

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It ended with a howl! This is a photo taken April 29, 2023, of Talena Lachelle Queen , the poet laureate of Paterson, NJ, reading Allen Gins...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Poetry Month in New Jersey, 2023

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What to do early on a Saturday night in New Jersey? How about some poetry during National Poetry Month? This coming Saturday, April 29, the ...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

What's the Best (or Worst) Cover Version of a Song?

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A busker in Helen, Georgia, singing "Angel From Montgomery" as good as John Prine, almost as good as Bonnie Raitt. What's the ...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Poem: 'Byzantium in Jersey'

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My grandfather, 1969, Budd Lake, NJ Last week's poetry prompt from Dimitri Reyes intrigued me greatly. "Today is my grandfather...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Poem: 'Grief's Cliche'

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I have only one prompted poem to offer today for February, and it was written in March. Another that I wrote was too personal (naming names)...