For information my new full-length book, chapbooks, and anthologies in which my work appears, please select the My Books tab on the menu bar above. Respite has been nominated by The University of Arkansas publication, The Foliate Oak, for The Pushcart Prize. Praisepoem has been nominated by Joyful for The Pushcart Prize. Songs from the Sparrow, a mini e-chapbook of my children's poems, is available on Victorian Violet Press. For Maggie whenever I may find her and Late prayer to Isis for my grandmother's soul will appear in Issue 8 of Leaf Garden Press Journal. Beata Beatrix will appear in the February issue of Flutter. Broken Lullaby will appear in Victorian Violet. Illumination will is in the November issue of Flutter. Secret and Overlooking Autumn in Central Park will appear in The University of Arkansas publication, The Foliate Oak. When I was Liberty Moonbeam and A Pacifist Visits Arlington to Explain appear in the Fall issue of tinfoildresses. Lost in Autumn will appear in the September issue of Flutter. Two poems, Papa's Finale and Sunday at St. Jude's, will be reprinted in Read This Magazine, a British publication. One will appear in the September print edition of the magazine, and the other will appear in their ezine the same month. I am delighted to report that the May/June 2009 print issue of Oak Bend Review has been dedicated to me. This is a very great honour, and I am humbled by it. Burying the Stranger, a short story, will appear in the August issue of The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Daphne will appear in an upcoming issue of Flutter. Missing will appear in an upcoming issue of Halfway Down the Stairs. The Visitor will appear in the June issue of Flutter. Sunrise will appear in the Autumn issue of Oak Bend Review. Comet will appear in the summer issue of tinfoildresses. Trial, Sunday at St. Jude's, and Fishing will appear in the May edition of The Foliate Oak, a journal out of The University of Arkansas. Invocation appears in the 3rd Anniversary issue of Goblin Fruit . April Fools appears in the April, 2009 issue of Flutter. For Montine will appear in the September 2009 issue of The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. I am thrilled that my poem Werewolf will not only appear in the May/June online and print editions of Oak Bend Review, but that Katha Pollitt, my favourite feminist poet, will be featured in that same issue. I highly recommend this fine journal to anyone who enjoys serious poetry -- and do yourself a favour and purchase a copy. You will be supporting poetry, but you'll also be acquiring a lovely addition for your bookshelf. My poem, Fig, will appear in the April 2009 print and online issues of The Linnet's Wings, a publication out of Drumod in County Leitrim, Ireland. Solstice Night, The Last Magick, and Sam are in Spring 2009 ken*again. Breakfast with Jeremy, Witness, and For a swinger of birches will appear in Summer, 2009 ken*again. Heart's Treasure, a sonnet, will appear in the spring issue of Lucid Rhythms. Grace and Respite are in the March issue of The University of Arkansas publication The Foliate Oak . Tryst appeared in the February issue of Flutter. Psalm of the Lost Lamb and The Least of These appears in the March 2009 Joyful! My first short story (!), In the Circle of the Wise, appears in the March Moon-Drenched Fables. Photo of my mother at nineteen is in the March/April issue of Oak Bend Review. I have joined Soundzine as an in-house reader. Spoken word is important to me, and this ezine is the finest of its kind. Lady at the Window, Cherry-on-Top, and Hummingbirds appear in the Spring 2009 issue of Soundzine. I am reading these three poems, also, as well as 6 others. One of my own photos illustrates Lady at the Window. Bliss appears in Mississippi Crow Issue 8. For Mary Jane is in the November 2008 edition of Flutter, along with three of my photos. Web appeared in Oak Bend Review, September/October 2008, with the print issue offered for sale at their website. Gardening in Dixie, Quilt Story and Marmee appear in The Clapboard House, Fall 2008 issue. Skydiver appears in Flutter, August/September 2008. Weeds appears in Up the Staircase. My first publication appeared in The Lyric Magazine, Holy Grail for traditional poets, when I was practically a kid. I stopped publishing in the mid-90s, took a hiatus, whatever you want to call it. When I returned to publication in spring of 2008, I set for myself the goal of appearing there again, though I no longer typically write in form. The following summer, I received a call from The Lyric's editor, Jane Mellichamp Milliken, who accepted The Child Who Can Believe. The Lyric published Emily Dickinson, Walter de la Mare, Robert Hillyer, and a cast of thousands in its heydey, so The Child finds herself in excellent company. Dragonflies dart is in the Winter 2008 edition of ocean diamond. Two of my haiku appear in the Winter 2008 edition of Cherry Blossom Review. Buyer's Remorse and This Apple Earth are in the Autumn 2008 edition of ken*again. Two poems, The Pugilist and Vow, are in the Summer, 2008 edition of The Linnet's Wings, a publication out of Drumod in County Leitrim, Ireland, and I am also reading those poems online. Two poems, The Glassmaker's Son and With Child appear in the Summer 2008 edition of Soundzine. The two previously mentioned poems on Soundzine earned a favourable mention on BOOKS INQ: THE EPILOGUE, blog of Frank Wilson, the esteemed Books Editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, who recently retired. I also read those two poems on the Summer 2008 edition of Soundzine, as well as several poems written by other poets. Five of my poems appeared in the 8th Anniversary Issue of ken*again, the literary magazine, including Way of the Raven, Why I never visit, Snow Day, Cherry-on-Top, and Divination. Praisepoem appeared in Joyful! Feedsack Majesty is in Issue 7 of Mississippi Crow, a print journal. Lost Boy appears in the 2008 Summer Celebration online edition and in the print edition of Cherry Blossom Review. |
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