A handful of my poems have been published since January, and in the grip of my illness I did not properly acknowledge the publications. I hope to make up for this, at least in part, by providing, at this late date, links to the poems in these journals.
“While Listening to Fleck, Hussein and Meyer, I Consider Children’s Book Titles, Hops and the Ongoing Search for Meaning,” was published at Amethyst Review in January. I am grateful to editor Sarah Law for taking this sonnet, and to Stephanie L. Harper, who provided the title during a fundraiser for Tupelo Press iin August 2016. Little did I know that four years later Stephanie and I would be married. Ah, the power of poetry.
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Congratulations on your publication!
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Thank you, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Bob.
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Congrats and sending good vibes your way❣️
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Thank you, Cindy. Good vibes are always appreciated!
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You’re very welcome.. Happy to know💕
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congrats to you, and poetry certainly carries power within it
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Thank you, Beth. And yes, indeed!
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Congratulations, Robert.
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Thank you, Andrew!
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You’re welcome.
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Delightful, Bob – and congrats again!
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Thanks, Lynne. It was fun to write.
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And such a happy ending – you married your muse!
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😀Yep!
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Congratulations, Bob.
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Thanks, Ken!
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I love the humor that infuses so many of your poems. You have a great affection for life in all its permutations and I appreciate that. (K)
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Thanks, Kerfe. Life is good, and often hilarious.
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Thank goodness!
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Amen to that!
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Congrats, Robert!
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Delightful playful poem – congrats on publication (and marriage – just what your prosaic life needed!)
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Ha! Yes, it all worked out!
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Well, though a commoner, you apparently married a woman with a title.
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Ha! Indeed I did!
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Talk about fringe benefits. Congratulations on both publication & marriage.
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Ah, poetry!
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Couldn’t be anything else.
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So true.
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The power of poetry indeed!
My bad poems won Rose nearly 30 years ago. But we were young:)
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Yes! I often still feel young. Until I move…
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