Moonless Nights, Cosmic Cats – and More!

Hello, Friends – – –

It’s been a minute. So I have several things to report…

First off: I have a poem, “The Moonless Night,” in the beautiful new hardcover anthology A Whale of a Time: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, published by Nosy Crow.

You can read my poem right here.

Whale of a Time is available in bookstores worldwide. Learn more about the anthology here.

In other news, I have a poem in the October issue of Spider. It’s also about the moon. And cosmic cats. Here’s the cover:

I have loads of stories and poems coming out in the months ahead, so stay tuned.

That’s all for now, friends.

How have you been?

Cheers – – –

☕ Buy me a coffee. ☕

A Wild Curiosity Shop: Plumstuff Reviewed in Broken Pencil

Hello, Friends – – –

Spotted a nice new review of my latest poetry/drawing collection in Broken Pencil magazine.

Review Rob Thomas call the book quirky, whimsical, playful and sardonic and likened it to a “wild curiosity shop,” which sounds about right to me 🙂

Read the full review here.

For more info on Plumstuff, check out this post:

PRESENTING: Plumstuff

Take care, friends.

Cheers – – –

Rolli

(P.S. Buy me a coffee)

A Nightingale

Hello, Friends – – –

Just stopping by to share my latest piece for HOAX. It’s a small story called A Nightingale.

A Nightingale

I hope you enjoy it.

Have a great week.

Cheers – – –

Rolli

(Buy me a coffee)

A Stretchy Victorian Gentleman with Overflowing Sideburns and a Meerschaum Pipe

Hello, Friends – – –

You might like my brand new, darkly humorous, illustrated essay, “Mr. Grimsby,” which was just published in Cutleaf. It’s about a dark visitor who’s familiar to many of us…

Mr. Grimsby

That’s all.

Cheers – – –

PRESENTING: Plumstuff

Hello, Friends – – –

A poet-robot… a chain-smoking seductress… a dying connoisseur. All of these characters and more make appearances in my new collection of poems and drawings, Plumstuff, out today.

Plumstuff is a reinvention of my out-of-print debut Plum Stuff. It contains 20 revised poems from that collection plus 40 new ones — and all-new drawings.

Poems and drawings from Plumstuff have appeared in The Walrus, Rattle, The Saturday Evening Post, The Wall Street Journal, Transition, The Feathertale Review, The New Quarterly, Quarterly West, The Antigonish Review and other outlets.

Here’s what the critics are saying…

“This is a book for those who truly love words.” – Cloud Lake Literary

“Bursting full in its depths.” –Cinnabar Moth

“Sit with these poems … give them a 2nd or third go-round. Let them marinate the brain a bit so you can fully savor the flavor.” –The Poetry Conversation

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🥮 On Loneliness — and Delicious Pastry!

Hello, Friends —

It’s been a minute.

I’ve popped in to tell you about my new, humorous essay, The Lonely Life: A Quest for Friendship in the Digital Age, which was published today in Plenitude. You might like it.

Also — I have a poem (about lunar pastry) in the forthcoming hardcover children’s anthology Whale of a Time: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, due this fall. Other contributors include Maya Angelou, Hilaire Belloc, Roald Dahl, Edward Lear and Ogden Nash, so I’m in good company. The cover is very nice, too:

How have you been?

Cheers —

PRESENTING: Animal Friends by Rolli 🦁🦖🐅🐰🐈🐦😺

Hello, Friends —

Just letting you know about my new NFT mini-collection, Animal Friends by Rolli.

Jolly birds … playful rabbits … nappy cats. It’s a menagerie.

Collect all seven hand-drawn friends today on OpenSea:

https://opensea.io/collection/animal-friends-by-rolli

Happy hunting!

Cheers —

PRESENTING: The Connoisseur (My First Collection of Literary NFTs)

Hello, Friends – – –

Just letting you know about my first NFT collection, The Connoisseur. It’s an assortment of entirely text-based NFTs – mostly poems (including the above poem), along with a handful of very short stories.

Stranded astronauts … unfrozen authors … beautiful music… There’s something for every taste – and budget.

Check out the full collection (scroll down to see the NFTs).

Cheers – – –

Rolli

🐻Today, I Am an Enormous Teddy Bear🐻

Hello, Friends —

From time to time, I am an enormous teddy bear…

As a Kinsman, I help raise funds for special equipment and travel assistance for life-saving procedures for children and adults in dire need. Like my little friend Miss Blake, above, who taught this clumsy bear how to dance.

Miss Blake is a paraplegic and wheelchair user with complex medical needs. She loves to dance and race her wheelchair.

For her 4th birthday, Miss Blake is asking everyone to donate to her campaign for Telemiracle, the foundation that’s helped her so much over the years.

Here’s the link to her campaign.