NEWS: Best of Rattle

Hello, Friends – – –

One of my poems – Free speech being (nowabouts) – has won a Best of Rattle Award. You can find it in the new anthology pictured above.

Keep an eye out, too, for new poems in The New York Times, Queen’s Quarterly and other spots.

How are you doing?

Cheers – – –

Rolli

(Buy me a coffee)

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 – – –


โ˜• Buy me a coffee. โ˜•

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 ๐Ÿ™‚

Read the full review here.

For more info on Plumstuff, check out this post:

Take care, friends.

Cheers – – –

Rolli

(P.S. Buy me a coffee)

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

Click for more info

Short Circuit

Hello, Friends – – –

The final issue of one of my favorite magazines, Short Circuit, is out today.

A bittersweet moment, but I’m happy to have two pieces in it.

The first is a very short story, The Sweet Striper.

https://short-edition.com/en/story/short-fiction/the-sweet-striper

The second is a poem, I do not begrudge the young.

https://short-edition.com/en/story/poetry/i-do-not-begrudge-the-young

I hope you enjoy them…

That’s all for now, friends.

(You might enjoy my recent collection of poem and drawings,ย Plumstuff)

Cheers โ€“ โ€“ โ€“


POEM: Friday Night

Friday night

I was drunk on
sauvignon

writing
triolets

my note-
pad slanting
to catch
the lamp-
light

For a moment
closing
my eyes

I woke
as the dawn
was putting on
its clothes

From my new collection of poems and drawings, Plumstuff.

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