an old writer and his words

A new post over on Substack. No paywall ever. https://theoldpoet.substack.com/p/until

My latest post is now live on Substack. Warning: sometimes you have to go where you which you did not. This is one such time. https://theoldpoet.substack.com/p/i-swore

To all of the mothers and those who mother. A new post on my Substack at https://theoldpoet.substack.com/p/mothers-day

My longest published poem first published in Triumph and Torture, Scars Publications 2001 The second and final part of the poem is not alive on my Substack Feed which I hope you will visit as it is my new writing home although I will continue to occasionally post on this blog as well. https://theoldpoet.substack.com/p/scenes-from-a-murder-trial-a-play-2be

Digging back into the vault for a poem that should never have to have been written and which sadly may have to be written again somewhere. You can read on on my substack by clicking below:

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It has certainly been a while. Life has a way of doing that to you.  When I started writing I never imagined I’d still be doing it and trying to get it published at age 74. Yet here I am still at it. This blog has been dormant for quite a while, I know. But…

Alfred Hitchcock would be jealous White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Boattail Grackles