Published Works:
“Reject,” poem, published in ESC!, Spring 1993
“Coffin,” poem, published in ESC!, Fall 1993
“Silence” and “Down A Dirt Road,” poems, published in The Poet’s Attic, July 1994
“Israel At Fifty,” poem, Published in Jewish Frontier, May/June 1998
“My New Apartment,” poem, published in The Poet’s Page, April/May/June 1999
“Winter Solstice,” poem, published in Meridian Bound, 2000
“One Hundred Years,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2005
“The Children’s Bible,” poem, published in Poetry Ink, Tenth Anniversary Anthology
“The Dirty Prayer,” poem, published in The Angry Poet, April 27, 2006
“Dirty Frank’s,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2008
“December Sex Poem,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2009
“Funeral,” poem, published in Ugly Cousin, May 2009
“My Innocence,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2010
“Down Main Street,” short story, published in Apiary, Summer/Fall 2010
“Our Lady of the Brass Pole,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2011
“The Bathroom Boogie,” poem, published in Poetry Super Highway, September 2011
“In My Bag,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 2015
“The Back Bedroom,” published in Northern Liberties Review, November 2014; this poem was a finalist in the 2014 Northern Liberties Readers Choice Poetry Award.
“In The Little Shul,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 20th Anniversary Anthology
“The Falcon’s Nest,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 21st Anniversary Anthology.
“The Rulers Over Us,” poem, published in Spring Is for Resistance: Poems of Protest and Resistance (Moonstone Press)
“The Leader,” poem, published in Philadelphia Says: Not Our President. (Moonstone Press)
“St. Patrick’s Day,” poem, published in 2017 Anthology of Featured Poets
“Howl Of The Underdog,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 22nd Anniversary Anthology.
“The Good Soldier,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 23rd Anniversary Anthology
“Parliament Of The Streets,” poem, published in Philadelphia Says: Struggle For Freedom (Moonstone Press)
“The Tyrant,” poem, published in Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (Moonstone Press)
“The Conglomerate,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 24th Annual Anniversary Anthology (Moonstone Press)
“On Reading Leaves Of Grass,” poem, published in Remembering Walt Whitman (Moonstone Press)
“The Minuteman,” poem, published in It Can’t Happen Here (Moonstone Press)
“The Falcon’s Nest,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 21st Anniversary Anthology.
“The Rulers Over Us,” poem, published in Spring Is for Resistance: Poems of Protest and Resistance.
“The Leader,” poem, published in Philadelphia Says: Not Our President.
“St. Patrick’s Day,” poem, published in 2017 Anthology of Featured Poets
“Howl Of The Underdog,” poem, published in Poetry Ink 22nd Anniversary Anthology.
“Kensington,” poem, published in Pennsylvania Bards’ Eastern PA Poetry Review 2021 (Local Gems Press)
“The Commander,” poem, published in The Disasters Of War (Moonstone Press)
“The Glory Of Ukraine,” poem, published in Support Ukraine (Moonstone Press)
“Democracy,” poem, published in The Struggle For Liberty (Moonstone Press)
“Poet To Poet,” a poem, published in World Poetry Day (Moonstone Press)
“The Weed.” poem, published in Pennsylvania Bards Eastern PA Poetry Review 2023 (Local Gems Press)
I have two volumes of poetry, Mutterings and Out Of The Box, published by KDP/Amazon. They are available at Barnes & Noble, http://barnesandnoble.com, and Amazon, https://www.amazon.com.
All Of The Above, an anthology of my two poetry volumes and The Mason Missile, is published by Moonstone Press/ Moonstone Arts Center, http://www.moonstoneartscenter.org/.
Soldier Of The Cross, a novel, is published in KDP/ Amazon, https://www.amazon.com
Places I have read my material:
Robin’s Books/Moonstone Arts Center; Najee’s Loft; Painted Bride Art Center; Sedgwick Cultural Center; Kelly Writer’s House; Big Blue Marble Bookstore — all in Philadelphia, PA; Mad Poets Society, West Chester, PA.
Awards:
My poem “The Image of God,” won an Honorable Mention in the 75th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.
“The Back Bedroom”, published in Northern Liberties Review, November 2014, was a finalist in the 2014 Northern Liberties Readers Choice Award.
On August 10, 2021, I was a featured reader in the Livin’ On Luck poetry series of the Mad Poets Society.