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Gentle Tourists,
To you I offer the following advice when visiting Philadelphia: skip the tour of Independence Hall.
No matter how “free” it is, it’s not worth the hour that you will spend waiting in line(s), going through “security” (ahem! my mace made it through totally unquestioned, I can’t even get into the Troc with [...]

Last week, I went out to Manayunk to the Skin Radio studios to record “Brotherly Love” for inclusion in the funky little format they’ve got going over there at 1340AM and skinradio.com.
So, according to the Program Director, they’ll be playing the poem in three parts today @ 12.45p, 2.45p, and 4.45p. You should listen [...]

Oh yes — that’s me there on the cover of this week’s Center City Weekly Press.
My good pal, Kerry O’Connor, Sports Editor for the Weekly Press, wrote a feature on my Eagles poem (and my general fanaticism) and then printed the poem in the paper, on page five. Check it out! [...]

Just a reminder to all the poets out there that I’ll be leading a workshop tomorrow at the Big Blue Marble. The workshop is free and all are welcome. There’s no need to register in advance, just come by at 1p and bring 10 copies of a poem. Get the full details [...]

Nothing says Happy New Year like seeing the Cowboys get whooped by the second worst team in football, while the Eagles clinch the NFC East (for the 5th time in 6 years, baby!) and take down Atlanta with a full lineup of 2nd & 3rd string players. Playoffs, here we come!
And, in honor of [...]

I just updated the events page with my readings through the end of this year and into 2007. Hope to see you there!

Welcome, one and all, to my brand new website. After allowing my old site and blog to flounder, I’ve decided to hop back in the saddle and take the internets by storm (employing as many puns & cliches as possible in the process).
Some folks may be familiar with PoetryClass, an old blog that I’ve [...]