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The Dark Inside My Hooded Coat

The title of my new book and in prepublication phase from Finishing Line Press here's one of the poems and then a promo I will also post...

Terrone, a poem by me

last year I published a poem in Chiron, a wonderful print magazine. it is the story of my grandfather and his immigration to the US Becau...

Poems to Wake you Up

I am so happy to announce that my poetry book The Dark Inside My Hooded Coat is in prepublication Mare Leonard’s chapbook ( a group of 1...

Italian American Immigrant Story

It's about the immigrant expereince

INCANTATION: LET THE MAGIC BEGIN

Originally published on The New Verse News You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man. I can grab your pussy, stick out my tongue, spit,...

Newbie to Blogging

I am writing some ekphrastic poems today one from the Erotica exhibit at thePicasso museum in Paris and another around a very different...

Tech Phobic

The North Atlantic in Iceland. The Black Sand Beach. Stunning.

On The High Seas

a poem by Mare Leonard How do I tell you, Life, I am tired of your stealing my dreams, hopes, desires as if they are loot you can haul...

Perfume River Poetry Review

Tourane Poetry Press proudly announces the fifth anniversary of Perfume River Poetry Review. For this milestone, we’ve released a double...

Download Your Complimentary Copy of 21st Century Flint

Many of these poems were written after I was on a archeological dig in Israel in 2001. The word "flint" means the leftovers. The poems ...

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