COVER REVEAL: Circle & Light

Hello, Friends – – –

Just sharing my cover artwork for the new album Circle & Light by synthpop duo Liquid Modern, streaming soon everywhere. It’s a delightful listen, and I hope you check it out.

More news coming soon…

Have a great weekend.

Cheers – – –


VIDEO POEM: I Lighting On

Hello, Friends:

I’d like to read you a poem – “I lighting on.” From my new collection of poems and drawings, Plumstuff.

Grab a copy of Plumstuff at your favorite indie shop, theย publisherโ€™s website,ย Amazon USAย andย Amazon UKโ€”โ€Šor get a signed copy viaย The Rolli Shop.

Take care, friends.

Cheers,


PRESENTING: Plumstuff

Hello, Friends – – –

A poet-robot โ€ฆ a chain-smoking seductress โ€ฆ 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 onesโ€Šโ€”โ€Šand 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…

“Quirky and fanciful … a wild curiosity shop!” – Broken Pencil

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

โ€œBursting full in its depths.โ€ โ€“ Cinnabar Moth

โ€œSit with these poems โ€ฆ give them a 2nd or third go-round. Let them marinate the brain a bit so you can fully savor the flavor.โ€ โ€“ The Poetry Conversation

โ€œA wonderful collection of poetry and drawings.โ€ โ€“ Grist

There are many ways to get your hands on Plumstuff

My online store, The Rolli Shop, ships to every country on earth.

And there’s always Amazon USA, Amazon Canada and Amazon UK.

Whatever the method, I hope you enjoy the book. It was a labor of love and I couldn’t be happier with it.

Take care, friends.

Cheers – – –


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๐ŸปThe Bear Under the Bed๐Ÿป

Photo:ย Annie Sprattย / Unsplash

Hi, Friends.

Just letting you know that my childrenโ€™s bedtime story, โ€œThe Bear Under the Bed,โ€ is now available in the latest issue of Short Circuitโ€Šโ€”โ€Šand in short story dispensers the world over. I hope you like it. Read it here.

Cheers,

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***FEATURED SINGLE***

Good news, friends.

“Can’t Keep Me Down Now,” a song I co-wrote with Brooklyn’s Doobie Duke Sims, has been selected as the week’s featured single by Sask Music, a Canadian music industry organization. You can listen to the track here.

“Can’t Keep Me Down Now” is from the EP Cahoots, available on Apple Music and other platforms.

I hope you like the song, friends. It pairs well with a hot cup of coffee. โ˜•


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