Crazy Covid Dreams
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been having crazy covid dreams. But before I get into them, I just want to say, I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since…
HOW WE ARE HUMAN
What better way to start a new year than by reviewing HOW WE ARE HUMAN, a book of poems by Luke Maguire Armstrong. It found its way to my desk…
The Measure of a Man
In my last post, I wrote of the incredible feat that Nik Wallenda had accomplished when he became the first man to cross Niagara Falls. He was successful in fulfilling…
Illustrious Poetry in New York’s KGB Bar
Taras Shevchenko was a political poet, during the Tsarist regime in Russia in the latter half of the 19th century. He illuminated through his poetry the plight of the Ukrainian…
Writing As Therapy
Although I’ve written many poems, I’ve only published one poem on my site. For me, poetry has been largely a way to deal with powerful feelings that arise, often unexpected…
Poetry
I’ve written a lot of poetry, inspired many times by some angst I was going through. I found it cathartic. I got my love of poetry from my father, who…