Introduction Almost thirty years ago my wife and I were visiting the south of France, and at a train station were spied by a fellow Americ...

Introduction This is the twenty-seventh installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I of the series is  here ,...

[Photo enhanced by Nano Banana 2] Dear Amateur Poet, I wrote a 14-page poem on the ineffable nature of fog. My workshop said it lacked “...

[GIF by Whisk. No rights reserved.] Dear Amateur Poet, My teenager says my Facebook posts are “basically slam poetry.” Is this a complimen...