Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer

I’m not sure I’ve ever had a week in which three of my poems have been published!

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See the typewriter in this picture?

It’s the subject of a new poem, “My Mother’s Olivetti,” that’s now up on Writing the Words as part of a National Poetry Month celebration.

(Fun fact: I wrote the poem in response to a themed call from another venue. From which it was rejected.)

And yes, that’s me in the photo, getting an early start on the life of a practicing writer.

But wait–there’s more! (more…)