One primary influence has been the relationship I shared with Jewel once upon a dream; Contemporary esteemables have included the Woodstock poets, Philip Levine, The Usual and Unusual suspects of the Colony, the other Philip Levine, Richard Vallance and the New Pleiades, Deborah Russell, Ed Sanders, Robert Bly, Billy Collins, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti/ City Lights, the Ocean Beach poets, Rebeka Reed, and Ursula of Poetic Voices.. Some dearly departed inspirations include James Merill, Sylvia Plath, Pablo Neruda, W.C. Williams, Doystoyvesky, Tennyson, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, Richard Brautigan, Pindar, and so many more.

National self and literary publication achieved at 21, first national television publication on NBC Nightly News at the 50th Anniversary of City Lights Bookstore at 23, previous publication credits include Poetic Voices, The Sidewalks End, N.Y. publication The Vault, Makata, The Lighthouse, and Above Ground Testing amongst others.



Survivor of the NYC aftermath, certified volunteer for the Red Cross. I've hitchhiked over 56,000 miles, with 46 states beheld.


February 2005 AGT, feature in a yet to be named documentary film out of Santa Cruz University of California, bit part in short film


April 2005 Muse Apprentice Guild Death of the Poet III,In a Sense Lost, A Black Cat

Makata; Daliyatpi Unpoemed Easter Poem, Because of Casey, 20 Miles I, Sunset Prismatic


April 2005 "Poetry Life and Times"Avowed Eternal;
Ripple; The Bull, Lackluster Blue; Night Falls, and Continues to Fall;


April 2005 "Poetic Voices" "Beat Between North Beach and Haight Ashbury


Winter 2004 Poetry in Emotion The Essence of Umbra




Winter 2004/2005 Co-editor for Richard Vallance, Ed. The New Pleiades = la nouvelle Pléiade. Las Vegas, NV.: Kedco Studios, © 2005. 1-878431-52-8
(Due to the death of my father and consequent troubles, I opted to discontinue my involvement editing this fine Anthology, although my poems still find inclusion)



Summer 2004 Miscellany poems to be included in the Vol 3 #4 issue of Poetry in Emotion, dedicated exclusively to my works.



Spring/summer Muse Apprentice Guild Because of Casey; Driven Through Kentucky; Reminiscence of Woodstock"



July 2004 Autumn Leaves "Northampton, Ma" and "Reminiscences of Vermont"



May 2004 Featured poet in Poetry Life and Times. The following poems will be included "Grey Matters," "Villainized," "Victuals for the mind," "Quantum Hope," "Love Letter to the Supreme."



April 2004 This Hard Wind final issue Afterthought



March 2004 Corner Poetry "The Pariah", "The Essence of Umbra", "Poetess I", "Razorblade Facets."




January 2004 Autumn Leaves "J-03"



2004 "Hell's Cell" in "Poetry Motel," a publication of "Poetry Harbor."




2004 Poetry Junction The Buzz, Symphony of Crackles, December Bloom, Avowed Eternal, Java Joes



December 2003 Flying-Mermaid Newsletter Issue 1 "As I Have Walked","Seasons of the Fall","Love Poem for Love," Makata Night Falls, and Continues to Fall; poetess II; Sonnet on Loss and Loathing; Villainized Poetry in Emotion The Essence of Umbra Poetic Voices The Villanelle and Paradelle Write-Away Poetry Reminiscences of Vermont, Poetess II, As I have walked



November 2003 The Sidewalk's End "Seasons of the Fall" "Symphonies" Anthology, published by Cyberwit. Autumn Leaves "Frisco Villanelle,"issue #199 Babel Magazine "Nun F*ck(A.k.a. Don't Read This!)" Poetic Voices Review of Canadian Spirit Voices



September 28th, 2003 joined the prestegious New Pleiades (la nouvelle Pleiade)