If you’re needing a respite from work today, tomorrow, or they next day, or just to enjoy a few moments of poetry, please walk your device over to DMQ Review’s Virtual Salon. You can listen to me read a 5-minute sample from my book, If There Is No Wind. While there, take a listen to E. Ethelbert Miller, and Jessica L. Walsh read their poetry. We are the 3 featured poets for February! Thanks to the folks at DMQ for the opportunity. https://www.dmqreview.com/salon.

Four of my poems are included in issue #10. Thanks to Frank Murphy, publisher and editor for his hard work and creative endeavor. To read the treasure trove of work included, log onto homeplanetnews.com and click on the Table of Contents.

Thanks so much to the Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) for hosting the reading on 2/11/23 at the Jefferson Market Library.It was a wonderful turnout with a robust open mic! Wonderful to see friends and family in attendance–truly warmed my heart. To learn more about IAWA go to their website: https://iawa.net

Join me, and Antoinette Carone, as we read for IAWA at the Jefferson Market Library.

Thanks so much to Deborah LaVeglia, and Baron’s, for a wonderful evening of poetry. I was delighted to feature and thoroughly enjoyed the open. Great to meet everyone who warmly welcomed Alex and I into their poetry community—especially Cheryl, Tom, Rob, Anthony, Arianna, Jeff, and Lou. Thanks Nino LaStella, Linda Vonderschmidt-La Stella, and Tom Plante for coming.

Barron Arts Center is at Barron Arts Center.Woodbridge, NJ  · 

PoetsWednesday returns next Wednesday Feb 8 ~ 8-10pm

Featured Reader: Margaret Saraco

For more information, please contact

poetry director: Deborah C. LaVeglia

tel. (908) 272-3141 Email: PoetRed@aol.com

I am delighted to be part of the February 2023 DMQ Virtual Salon, a pre-recorded reading series from poets with recently released books. I read from If There Is No Wind and hold good company with E. Ethelbert Miller and Jessica L. Walsh. Watch the videos from the comfort of your home anytime. Thank you DMQ and Sally Ashton for the opportunity. 

https://www.dmqreview.com/salon

NY and NJ Friends and Supporters! Join myself and Antoinette Carone at the reading, sponsored by the IAWA. There is an open-mic!

NYC and NJ friends—Mark your calendars! I’ll be reading from my poetry book, If There Is No Wind (Human Error), for 2 readings in February. Both events are free, hold open mics, and are accessible for people with disabilities. Copies of my book will be available at the readings.

FEBRUARY 8: Poet Wednesday Series, Baron Art Center, 582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, NJ, from 8:00-10:00 pm. Donations accepted.

FEBRUARY 11: Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave., near 9th St. with Antoinette Carone, from 2:30-4:30 pm.

A BIG thank you to Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth MacDuffie for including 2 of my poems in “Meat for Tea: The Valley Review” Electric issue. 

The book is beautiful!

Contributors include: L. Ward Abel, Lindsay Adkins, Derek Allard, Jerome Berglund, Allison Beaumont, Shirley J. Brewer, Keith Cable, Seth Cable, Jacob Chapman, Alexandre Charra, Linda Chown, RC deWinter, Scott Ferry, Hugh Findlay, Debra Wilson Frank, George Franklin, Michael Favala Goldman, Richard Wayne Horton, Jane Hudson, Mary Jennings, Rollin Jewett. Stephen M. Johnson, Kimberly Kuchar, Denny E. Marshall, Ellen Meeropol, Judith Mikesch McKenzie, David P. Miller, Leah Moses, Lillian Necakov, Don Noel, Ed Orzechowski, Jose Oseguera, M.L. Owen, James Penha, Charles Rammelkamp, Kevin Ridgeway, Thomas Rowland, Margaret R. Sáraco, John Sheirer, Edward Supranowitz, Peter Tacy, Tammy Takaishi, The Unbuttoned Poets, Andrew Varnon, Meg Vlaun, John Yamrus, Gerald Yelle, Jane Yolen, Frank Zahn