Broadsides

Broadsides of my poetry are available from these publishers.

Architrave Press

“Happy Birthday to Me,” a prose poem about a boy and his zombie, was published in 2012 by Architrave Press.

The press described the poem as:

Willy is a very odd guy, but humorously so. It’s hard not to chuckle at his “conversation pit (filled with alligators and musty water)” or the cobra sitting in his chair, because they’re so over the top. Who keeps such creatures around the house? A guy like Willy, for whom a look-alike zombie turns out to be the perfect gift – and therein lies the heart of this poem: it’s friendship. Bianca understands and accepts Willy as he is. She sees him more clearly than he (at least at first) sees himself and she responds accordingly. That’s a true friend.

It can be read in its entirety HERE.

Architrave Press publishes broadsides using antique letterpress methods on quality card stock and sells them individually, like songs, or together in editions of about ten poems each. The poem can be purchased individually for $3.50 or together with the other nine poems in Architrave Press’ Edition 2 for $27.50 HERE.

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Thrush Press Broadside Series

“Our Apple Trees,” a poem inspired in part upon the Amish farms where my father took me picking wild mushrooms when I was a child in Ohio, was published in 2012 as Number Eleven in the Thrush Press Broadside Series.

From the Thrush Press website:

Our Broadsides are laser printed & hand stamped, the back is affixed with artisan, vintage, craft or specialty paper. Each Broadside is approximately 3 ½ inches wide by 8 ½ inches high. Our Broadsides are a unique piece of handcrafted poetic artwork.
Broadsides are available for purchase at $ 3.50 each. Shipping and handling is free, please allow up to 30 days for your handcrafted Broadside to be delivered to you.

Purchase this broadside, via PayPal, HERE.

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Broadsided

“Stop Doing That,” a prose poem about the dark side of the moon, was published in 2012 as a digital broadside by Broadsided.

The poem was wonderfully illustrated by Amy Meissner, an artist and illustrator who lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

This broadside is available as a free downloadable pdf from Broadsided HERE, where you can also read short interviews with Amy and me.

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