A very good book.

I am proud to announce that the winning manuscript for the "Jack Micheline Memorial Poetry Contest" is now available!

Down Where the Hummingbird goes to Die is a 58 page, perfect bound poetry book priced at $6 (includes shipping).

Click the image to reserve your copy today!

Happenings

At the behest of the Michigan Humanities Council, I was recently honored to conduct a workshop at North Branch High School.

I worked with a dozen students as they prepared to compete in Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation contest sponsored by The Poetry Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Saturday, March 8th, the Poetry Out Loud state finals are being held at our State Library and Historical Center, 303 Kalamazoo St., Lansing. The time is 1:00 til 4:00 PM. You will be treated to some of the best readings of your life.

Coming up on April 16th, The Sanilac District Library will be having a poetry reading in Port Sanilac from 6 til 8 PM. I will be one of the featured poets, and an open mic session will be held afterwards. Contact the library for more details. 810-622-8623.

On Monday, Aril 21st, I will be at the public library in Memphis, Michigan, leading a slam poetry workshop for high school students from 6 to 8 PM. Info available by calling Judy Weaver at 810-392-2980.

New Year Publications

Not for the church ladies.

Two poems, Asshole's Pantoum and I.P.O were published in the Winter 08
(Premier) issue of CP (Covert Poetics) Journal.

You may read them at CP Journal.

Latest Publications

One of my poems, Monkey Don't, at Third Eye 

And a book review I wrote for Ambivalid, by J.R. McCarthy at The Guild of Outsider Writers