Recently Published Poetry
"Get Out"
Crime poetry weekly, The Five-Two, featured my poem, "Get Out", on November 10, 2025. Publishing an original poem each Monday, The Five-Two's "purpose is to bring current and historical wrongdoing to light".
You can also listen to "Get Out" on editor Gerald So's YouTube channel.
"Counting Spoons" (a Rictameter)
Magnets and Ladders included my Rictameter, "Counting Spoons" in the "Challenges and Triumphs" section of the Fall/Winter 2025-2026 edition.
Magnets and Ladders: Active Voices of Writers with Disabilities, provides "a place where novice and experienced writers with disabilities can showcase their work".
"Morning at the Feeders" and "Mid Night" (a Rictameter)
Read my poems "Morning at the Feeders" and "Mid Night" (a Rictameter) on Four Tulips, a publisher of poetry and prose "living in the moment where visual art comes alive through the written word."
Brittany Garrett founded Four Tulips in early 2025 with a mission to "publish poetry and prose in an accessible format" and "a focus on vivid language and concrete imagery".
"Pain" (a contrapuntal)
The International Human Rights Art Movement Literary Magazine Third Quarter 2025 edition, Enduring Voices: Life with Disabilities, Invisible Illnesses, and Neurodivergence, includes my contrapuntal "Pain" (on page 63).
Enduring Voices' contributors capture the reality of living with various medical conditions and neurodivergence types (their own or their loved ones') with unflinching honesty and vulnerability, reaffirming autonomy over invisible illnesses or hidden personal struggles. Our personal essays, poems, and original artwork emphasize the resilience required to live through each day.
The IHRAM Press magazine was created to celebrate and uplift up-and-coming authors from all over the world, offering a space for poetry and prose to resonate with reflections of emotion, hope, and the enduring connection to one's identity.
Recent Non-Fiction
"Poor Student Performance"
The Oregon legislature, governor, education department, school administrators, and teachers have all been playing the blame game as to what/who is responsible for the poor performance of Oregon school students. None have them have discussed or even admitted the probable primary reason.
I name the most likely culprit with links to supporting studies on my blog.
I name the most likely culprit with links to supporting studies on my blog.
"Why I Am a Tech Luddite"When I replaced my computer last year, I discovered Adobe had disabled the website that allows you to remove a license from one computer while still maintaining the website that prevents you from installing a license on a new one. I discuss how I handled that fraud, why my "new" computer was built in 2020, and the legacy programs I use on it on my blog.