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Published in 'Dance With Your Words – Why Poetry Matters', Palabras Press, March Issue, 2008 (recently rediscovered in my computer files)...

I woke up today with a "blogging muse". It doesn't come to me as often as it should, probably because my mind is usually wrapped around...

A few days ago I had a telephone conversation with a friend and we touched on Leonard Cohen’s song “Suzanne”. This is the song he was...

It is the soul’s inclination to sing regardless of circumstance!!! Not true? Name a faith that doesn't worship through song or chant, a...

I found this in my files and remember writing it in one of those deeply analytical moods, probably during a prolific all night marathon....

As accolades and expressions of grief to/for the great man Leonard Cohen have been pouring across my Facebook News Feed and Twitter...

For the last few days I’ve been aware that I’m getting sorely behind in my initial goal of blogging at least once every three or four...

Novel and novella writing are not just about getting a story out of your head and onto paper as I pointed out in my last blog post;...

As I work on my fifth draft of this novel manuscript I’m dreadfully aware of how much I tend to write in the past tense and certain words...

Dipping your toes into any literary venture can be a befuddling experience. The intrepid person might say "Here's the manuscript you've...

In sifting through literally hundreds of previously written poems this morning I sat amazed over how many of them had faded in mind and...