Originally from Bristol, Connecticut, I followed my heart to Lubbock, Texas, in 2002. Wound up in Austin, TX, three divorces later. In my late teens to early twenties, I was into making photocopied chapbooks of my poetry that I sold at a handful of local shops. I was in the Air Force then, stateside, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Once I got to the University of Connecticut in the ‘90s, I frequented coffee houses, open mics, and poetry slams. Scribbled in my journals every day filling up 66 120-page blank books over a little more than a decade, … until 2003. For some reason, being a husband and struggling to support a readymade family sucked the poetry bug right out of me. It came back in 2017, just after the first divorce. This time, instead of physical journals, I posted my thoughts online in a blog. Haven’t attempted publishing my work in book form since I penned a novel in college over twenty years ago. It’s time.
Softcover and Kindle eBook of my prose poetry collection, Flytrap & Honeydew, is now live on Amazon. Hardcover should be live on Monday or Tuesday. Check it out if you like. (And maybe share this post for me to get the word out.)
This is a collection of stream of consciousness prose poetry. All pieces are written in response to living everyday life. Topics ranging from dealing with depression and anxiety to relationships and divorce to general musing about why this reality is what it is. It's real, it's heartfelt, and it's relatable. If you've ever been in a dark place, maybe this will help you know that you're not alone.
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