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The Great Old Man Mystical Poet on the Mountain (Part 2 of 3)
Cover of forthcoming Collected Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black For Part 1 of The Great Old Man Mystical Poet on the Mountain Please Click Here For Poetic Notes on beatmeister Jack Kerouac Enjoy this link To continue the adventures of The Great Old Man Mystical Poet, please…
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The Great Old Man Mystical Poet
Poet with words written all over his face. Although I actually write fiction, creative nonfiction, reference works and journalism as well as poetry, much of my work seems to somehow employ poetry as a kind of touchstone or launching pad. Therefore, I tend to be big on celebrating National Poetry…
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Shining a Bloglight on Two Birthday Boys: Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer (Part 2 of 2)
Oscar-winning song-man Johnny Mercer. It’s always nice when a writer can acknowledge some minor connection to the subjects of a blog such as this. In regard to Ellington, I can only say it was a great pleasure to write the article on him featured in Encyclopedia of the Harlem…
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Visionary Vibes Comes to Red Room
Cover of Collected Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black. Visionary Vibes started out as a somewhat bold experimental column published in the Creative Loafing weekly entertainment news magazine during the mid 1990s. Its purpose was to explore the different ways that people employ various forms of culture and…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 