I am so pleased to share that my poem, Standing Dead, has been accepted by Tiny Seed for their online Apaja’sink Journal. The word Apaja’sink means return in the Mi’kmaq language. According to their invitation to submit, the Tiny Seed community “is connected and inspired by the Mi’kmaq people and their culture. The Mi’kmaq have lived in what is now called northern Maine and the eastern Canadian Maritimes for over 10,000 years.” One of the things that differentiates Tiny Seed as a literary journal is that they donate a portion of their proceeds to various causes. In this case, submission fees will be donated to the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre. Check out their website for all their work, and my poem, Standing Dead.

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About Me

A lover of words and the power of poetry, I have written almost daily for 45 years, leading to the publication of two books of poetry: Psalms of Fern v1, Little Whittlings of Soul and volume 2, Time Travelers. I appear as a regular contributor to regional literary magazines including  The Watershed Journal, The Bridge Literary Arts Journal, and Clarion University’s Tobeco Journal. I am a member of The Pennsylvania Poetry Society and my work is regularly featured in its journal, PENNESSENCE. Additionally, my poetry has been published in Dark Horse Appalachia, The Indiana Gazette and North/South Appalachia. In the future I’ll be turning to a combination of nonfiction, memoir and poetry to write about growing up in a Northwestern Pennsylvania coal town.