Lo Specchio e La Spugna
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Hammering Away at the Charleston Anvil
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Good news everybody, I published a poem in the summer issue of the Charleston Anvil . That's Charleston as in the West Virginia kind....
Monday, June 17, 2019
A Poem About Social Media, on Social Media
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Another poem of mine at the Rye Whiskey Review . Enjoy the old picture of me. Among the ways it's dated? I have a beard and I can;t f...
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Come See Me in Issue 4 of the Northampton Poetry Review!
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This folks is the flag of Northamptonshire . It's a shire in England. It's also where they publish a poetry review , where I am the...
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Pulp Fiction Was Ahead of Its Time
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Tarantino predicted the rise of social media and drinking bleach
Monday, May 27, 2019
Part V: The Final Frontier (So Very, Very Tired)
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Wow, I’ve spent so long talking about who I think shouldn’t win and there’s little space to say who should get the nomination. I guess based...
Go for a Ride on the Local Train
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My poetry empire keeps expanding. Now I'm published in Bangladesh. Read the latest issue of Local Train Magazine in order to read my...
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Part IV: Dear God No
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This is the penultimate installment of my series on the Democratic Primary. Previously, I gave an overview of the general field as I see ...
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Part III: The Plain and the Mountain
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In my last post, I discussed a tier of candidates who will pretty much do everything in their power to return the party to the 90s and ke...
Poetry, the Brownest of the Brown Liquors
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An unknown commenter says this poem over at the Rye Whiskey Review is "nice." I think you'll agree. It's better than t...
Friday, May 24, 2019
Part II: The Lamestream of Backset Democrats
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Here is where I begin my analysis of the candidates in the race and try to convince my fellow Americans, why there are only two people worth...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The Green Light for Progressive Poetics
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More poems for May, one of them is political. Guess which one? Is it the work that appeared in the Green Light poetry month issue, or the p...
2020 Candidate Roundup, Part I: The Great Democratic Party Primary & Other Excursions
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Well folks, the clown car keeps getting bigger over at the 2020 Democratic Primary. If this trend continues, pretty soon there will be m...
Friday, April 19, 2019
Going to the Dogs
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Dear readers, I will give you a fair warning. This short story is technically a reprint. However, it was published several years ago, so it...
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Happy National Poetry Month
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Celebrate with poems by me, to you, courtesy of The Green Light , and the Remington Review (page 54)
Saturday, April 6, 2019
I Got the Best Poetry Folks
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I got the best poetry. The best. That's why they all come to me. The editors. They say, Ben, we just have to have your poems. They...
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