Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Monday, July 06, 2026
Have a Flea-Filled Monday
"Retribution" is my latest poem for the micropoetry journal Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Glad to be in the Monday post with fellow poets Noah Berlatsky, Ruth Holzer, Marie Derley and many others. Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for putting this group together.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Night Bites
My poem "No Heights" is in the Saturday edition of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including with poetic comrades Jackie Chou, Patricia Hawkhead and others.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Feeling Small (in a good way) Again
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Saturday Fleas
Read my poem "Insight" in the Saturday edition Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for keeping the poetry going on the weekends. Glad to be with poets Linda M. Crate, Richard Magahiz and several others.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Keeping It Short
Friday, March 06, 2026
Bugs Before Bed
"Regime Range" was published earlier today in Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including in this batch of bugs with Patrick Sweeney, Kelly Sauvage Moyer and many others.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Scratching the Nighttime Itch
Thanks to Roberta Beach Jaocboson for accepting my poem "Duh" for her Thursday night selection of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Read poetry by Jackie Chou, Richard Magahiz and many more.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Back in the Circus
Earlier today while I was away, my poem "Whitepilled was published by Roberta Beach Jacobson her her mini-poetry journal Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Much thanks to her.
Thursday, November 06, 2025
While I Was Busy Last Night
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
One More Bite Before Going Home
My poem "Team" made the morning cut of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) with work from (among others) John Hawkhead, dan smith and publisher Roberta Beach Jacobson, who I thank for continuing to include my work.
Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Night Bites
My poem "Gradual End of Days" showed up in today's afternoon edition of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) alongside work from Noah Berlatsky, Kelly Sauvage Moyer and others. Thanks again, Roberta Beach Jacobson.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Fresh Bites
My poems "Meh" and "Satire's Swift Death" appear in Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) today. Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for accepting my work again. So glad to be with fellow poets Noah Berlatsky, Charles Harmon, Patrick Sweeney and many more.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Is Twelve a Record?
Friday, May 09, 2025
This Would Happen During a Week Where I Haven't Been Much on Words
My poem "Get Out" was published in Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) earlier this afternoon. Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for adding me to her micro roster.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Scratching That Itch
I'm part of the latest ensemble of poets up at Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including me witch such poets as Noah Berlatsky, Bob Carlton and many others.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Very Happy
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Nice Surprise
Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for publishing my late summer haiku in today's edition of Cold Moon Journal.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
New PDF Journal Looking for Submissions
From Roberta Beach Jacobson on Twitter.
Flying Fish Haiku Journal will initially be a small pdf journal. We invite you to submit up to 3-5 ONLY previously published haiku, senryū, monoku, and tanka poems for the inaugural issue to haiku.tankajournal@gmail.com at any point during the year.
Please provide the necessary publication credits. The editor envisions FFHJ as an academic journal to showcase around 10 haiku and 10 tanka poems as excellent examples of the genres. Each contributing poet (selected or not) will receive a PDF of the journal.
Editor Ranice Tara
Friday, September 13, 2024
Good Friday (so far)
Just had some poetry and photography accepted for October by Roberta Beach Jacobson's Cold Moon Journal. My first accepted work for the fall.



