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Poet, writer, lover of music and kitty cats. Ken's wife. Po-editor at Eclectica Magazine, author of The Bean Books. She/her
Honored that my poem about mansplaining and the cosmos found a good home in Thimble Magazine! This issue's great--you should take time to enjoy ALL the poems.
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Someone Always Needs to Explain
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Someone Always Needs to Explain
Someone Always Needs to Explain
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December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Honored that my poem about mansplaining and the cosmos found a good home in Thimble Magazine! This issue's great--you should take time to enjoy ALL the poems.
www.thimblelitmag.com/.../someone-...
Someone Always Needs to Explain
www.thimblelitmag.com/.../someone-...
Someone Always Needs to Explain
Good news! I have two poems, "More Reasons I Can't Flee the US" and "Shelter" in the new Willows Wept Review. It's a terrific winter issue, full of writing and art about nature and resilience. I'm on page 31... #willowsweptreview. #poetsofinstagram
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Issue Thirty-Nine: Winter 2026
Our winter issue dwells in deep time and lived aftermath, moving between the geologic, the historical, and the human. Brantingham’s opening suite reminds us that “you can still see the ice age if you ...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Good news! I have two poems, "More Reasons I Can't Flee the US" and "Shelter" in the new Willows Wept Review. It's a terrific winter issue, full of writing and art about nature and resilience. I'm on page 31... #willowsweptreview. #poetsofinstagram
www.magcloud.com/webviewer/32...
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December comes! My column in the Rockland County Business Journal features Nyack poet Julie Agoos this month. Have a look! rcbizjournal.com/2025/12/08/g...
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
December comes! My column in the Rockland County Business Journal features Nyack poet Julie Agoos this month. Have a look! rcbizjournal.com/2025/12/08/g...
COVER REVEAL for my first full-length collection of poetry in way too many years, Why I Don't Take Xanax®, on Kelsay Books. You'll find my Rattle poems therein, as well as lots of poems about the 70's, drunken squirrels, and, oddly, hope. Written by a fully vaxxed poet! Out later this winter.
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
COVER REVEAL for my first full-length collection of poetry in way too many years, Why I Don't Take Xanax®, on Kelsay Books. You'll find my Rattle poems therein, as well as lots of poems about the 70's, drunken squirrels, and, oddly, hope. Written by a fully vaxxed poet! Out later this winter.
This lucky poet has two books coming out this fall/winter. First up is my chapbook from Bottlecap Press, Before The World Was On Fire. It's about growing up in the 60's and 70's, and being an old gal in the 20's. And how you get through everything with the power of the word.
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This lucky poet has two books coming out this fall/winter. First up is my chapbook from Bottlecap Press, Before The World Was On Fire. It's about growing up in the 60's and 70's, and being an old gal in the 20's. And how you get through everything with the power of the word.
Wednesday, October 29 at 7 PM, Pearl River Methodist Church--join six Rockland County poets who have written for a very, very long time. Julie Agoos, Tim Doyle, Maureen Henry, Wally Glickman, Brian Kates--and MOI! Thanks to Rockland Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili for setting this up. Do come!
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wednesday, October 29 at 7 PM, Pearl River Methodist Church--join six Rockland County poets who have written for a very, very long time. Julie Agoos, Tim Doyle, Maureen Henry, Wally Glickman, Brian Kates--and MOI! Thanks to Rockland Poet Laureate Juan Pablo Mobili for setting this up. Do come!
How can you both escape the current horrors and resist them? Read Eclectica, the literary magazine with a conscience and also fabulous poetry, CNF, and fiction. And lots of other stuff. Autumn issue OUT NOW, and free for all to read. www.eclectica.org/index.html
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
How can you both escape the current horrors and resist them? Read Eclectica, the literary magazine with a conscience and also fabulous poetry, CNF, and fiction. And lots of other stuff. Autumn issue OUT NOW, and free for all to read. www.eclectica.org/index.html
Local Rockland County poets face the current discouraging times with encouraging verse and soulful advice in this month's Grist for The Mill, from the Rockland County Business Journal. Link in comments.
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Local Rockland County poets face the current discouraging times with encouraging verse and soulful advice in this month's Grist for The Mill, from the Rockland County Business Journal. Link in comments.
Delighted to see my poetry column live at Rockland County Business Journal. Grist for the Mill this month is about Mary Lou Buschi, an excellent local poet. Link in the comments.
September 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Delighted to see my poetry column live at Rockland County Business Journal. Grist for the Mill this month is about Mary Lou Buschi, an excellent local poet. Link in the comments.
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Thanks to Midwest Quarterly for including this poem about my eleventh finger (no kidding) in their summer issue!
August 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thanks to Midwest Quarterly for including this poem about my eleventh finger (no kidding) in their summer issue!
Hi, Bluesky poets and writers! I'm poetry editor at the venerable Eclectica Magazine, one of the 'net's first 'zines. General submissions for poems are just about filled up for the autumn issue, but if you've got something really good, why not shoot it our way? www.eclectica.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hi, Bluesky poets and writers! I'm poetry editor at the venerable Eclectica Magazine, one of the 'net's first 'zines. General submissions for poems are just about filled up for the autumn issue, but if you've got something really good, why not shoot it our way? www.eclectica.org
Three Poems open.substack.com/pub/wrongtur... Delighted to be included in Wrong Turn Lit today! These are all favorite poems.
Three Poems
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August 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Three Poems open.substack.com/pub/wrongtur... Delighted to be included in Wrong Turn Lit today! These are all favorite poems.
Hey, we're busy reading POEMS over at Eclectica Magazine. Our Autumn issue comes out around October 1. How about trying our WORD CHALLENGE? Include the words Curio, Cider, Foil, & Dolorous in a poem of any style, and send it to us through our WORD CHALLENGE portal. No reading fee!
August 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hey, we're busy reading POEMS over at Eclectica Magazine. Our Autumn issue comes out around October 1. How about trying our WORD CHALLENGE? Include the words Curio, Cider, Foil, & Dolorous in a poem of any style, and send it to us through our WORD CHALLENGE portal. No reading fee!
Did you know? Rockland County, NY, has more poets than you would believe. We have so many poets that poetry even poets it up in the Rockland County Business Journal--because poetry is the business of life. This month's column stars poet/creativity coach Mary Jo Lillian. Happy August!
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Did you know? Rockland County, NY, has more poets than you would believe. We have so many poets that poetry even poets it up in the Rockland County Business Journal--because poetry is the business of life. This month's column stars poet/creativity coach Mary Jo Lillian. Happy August!
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Are you the reason?
July 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Are you the reason?
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Thus ends the “Great Experiment.” We kinda had it coming.
July 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thus ends the “Great Experiment.” We kinda had it coming.
Bella has the antidote to neo-fascism and despair; Fancy Feast for kitties, and the newest issue of Eclectica Magazine, one of the net's OG 'zines, for hoomans. Link in comments to the best poems in forever and fab prose, too.
July 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Bella has the antidote to neo-fascism and despair; Fancy Feast for kitties, and the newest issue of Eclectica Magazine, one of the net's OG 'zines, for hoomans. Link in comments to the best poems in forever and fab prose, too.
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
New column's up about Rockland County, NY's Wally Glickman in RCBJ. Wally's delightful. Read all about his last performance at Nyack's Big Red Books. Link in comments, photo by Richard Fulco.
July 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New column's up about Rockland County, NY's Wally Glickman in RCBJ. Wally's delightful. Read all about his last performance at Nyack's Big Red Books. Link in comments, photo by Richard Fulco.
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This is beyond cruel, especially for young folks who are going through it. Cutting off LGBTQ+ youth from specialized suicide prevention help is a death sentence disguised as bureaucracy.
Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.
Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.
June 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is beyond cruel, especially for young folks who are going through it. Cutting off LGBTQ+ youth from specialized suicide prevention help is a death sentence disguised as bureaucracy.
Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.
Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.
Still processing the loss of Brian Wilson. May he go with God. His hits with the Beach Boys were inescapable--and stunning. His NYT obit identifies someone else I love, Judee Sill, as a fan. She, too, had an often-tragic life. She created this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=40O8...
Lady-O (Remastered)
YouTube video by Judee Sill - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Still processing the loss of Brian Wilson. May he go with God. His hits with the Beach Boys were inescapable--and stunning. His NYT obit identifies someone else I love, Judee Sill, as a fan. She, too, had an often-tragic life. She created this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=40O8...
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A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.