In the Raven’s Wood

“Screens” and a reprint of “After” are up with other Pandemic Poems on Verse-Virtual. There are many wonderful poems here, so please check them out.

http://verse-virtual.org/archives/2020/pandemic/pandemic-poems.html

So here we are, in the limbo-land of quarantine, a strange new world we never thought we’d have to live in. Here’s hoping that your social distancing is going well, with people you can reach out to virtually if not in the flesh. Stay safe. Stay home. Wear your masks. Pretend you’re a crocus in autumn–dig down in the dirt and wait for metaphoric spring to show yourself again. Forget the silly metaphor. Be kind to yourself and be well.

“Facing November” is out on the Nov. 30 issue of Gingerbread House Lit Magazine, gorgeously illustrated by Chie Yoshii.

“Magotu and the Leopard,” originally published as a story in Cricket Magazine, has now been issued as a paperback by Library for All, an Australian publisher. It’s available here.  

Have a peek!  

My children’s poem “Beware of Dragons” not only appears in the October, 2019 issue of Touchdown, beautifully illustrated by Jenny Tan, but it also is featured on Youtube being read superbly by Geoffrey McSkimming. He IS a dragon!  

As a poet published in Australian children’s magazine Touchdown (a reprint of “Bridges”), I appear in the September installment of  Jackie Hosking’s wonderful blog. I appreciate being included even though I’m an American. I love the thought of Australian children, half a world away, reading my work. 

“The Tsaritsa’s Nursemaid,” a quirky horror story based on the folk tale Vasilissa the Brave, featuring Baba Yaga, is up on the Autumn 2019 issue of Mirror Dance.  Check out the other wonderful stories and poems in an issue featuring the non-human world. 

“Beware of Dragons” will appear in a forthcoming issue of one of the School Magazines of Australia, as well a reprint of the suite of poems “Bridges.” 

My speculative poem “Mourner’s Mirror” is now out in the print zine Not One of Us, issue # 62, edited by John Benson, appearing with works by Mike Allen, S. Brackett Robertson, Jennifer Crow, Alexandra Seidel, Sonya Taaffe, and others.