Kayak Recurrent (Photographs and a Pantoum)

My kayak parts the cobalt blue

Swaying grass along the riverbank

I steer where shifting waters move

Old pilings lean and willows hang

Swaying grass along the riverbank

Red maples smear across the glass

Old pilings lean and willows hang

Branches brush the bow as I pass

Red maples smear across the glass

Wood fingers grip the undertow

Branches brush the bow as I pass

I drive my paddle deep below

Wood fingers grip the undertow

I steer where shifting waters move

I drive my paddle deep below

My kayak parts the cobalt blue

Nissequogue River

Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Floral Fall Fun

 

I just created this autumnal arrangement.

Having a blooming good day!

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Scenes From "The Stoop" & "The Dinner"

 

Harborfields Public Library

August 22, 2026

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Two One-Act Plays

Saturday, August 22

2:00 PM

Two One-Act Plays

Harborfields Public Library

31 Broadway

Greenlawn, NY

For reservations:

CLICK

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Bluegrain: Etudes In J-Sharp Phygian

I'm happy to announce

that my new book

Bluegrain: Etudes In J-Sharp Phrygian

is now available.

Order your copy here.

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Scenes From "An Evening of Poetic Cabaret"

 

Northport Library

June 11, 2026

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Scenes From "The Bench"

Port Washington Public Library

May 29 & 30, 2026

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The Oddity In the Odyssey: An Evening of Poetic Cabaret - June 11

 

Register HERE

A Fork in the Road: 10-Minute Play Festival 2026

Port Washington Play Troupe

proudly presents

A Fork in the Road:

10-Minute Play Festival

May 29 at 7pm

May 30 at 2pm

at the Port Washington

Public Library!

Come see eight 10-minute original

plays exploring moments of choice,

change, consequence and pivotal

life decisions.

Reserve your seats

using the links below:

https://tinyurl.com/PWplaytroupeplayfestivalMay29

https://tinyurl.com/PWplaytroupeplayfestivalMay30

Drawbridge

Drawbridge ascends

Chains clatter like ancient fangs

Iron groans against the gale

Stirring the moat’s dark glass beneath

Hands that reach

From shadowed banks

Collide with timber’s adamantine flesh

Each plank proclaims: enough

Each rope: a resolute No

Reminding them

That passage is conferred

Never presumed

I stand

Atop the turret

Lantern in grasp

Light quivers across

My skin’s battlements

Sovereign in the chasm

Between intrusion

And sanctum

No shadow trespasses

Without my sanction

No footsteps are received

Without my assent

The world lingers

On the other side

Patient, courteous

Or obliterated

This is my threshold

More than a suggestion

A fulcrum

Of consequence