My poem "The Freelance Geographer" -- in memory of my departed friend, Don Bivens, has been published by the Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine

My poem "The Freelance Geographer" -- in memory of my departed friend, Don Bivens, has been published by the Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. You can read it HERE on page 62.

I met Don in college at Eastern Michigan University in 1968 and we became lifelong friends until he died in 2018.

The creation of my poem "Pileated" is profiled on Chris Rice Cooper's blog

The creation of my poem "Pileated" is profiled on Chris Rice Cooper's blog HERE. Thank you Chris.