I’m happy to announce that I will have three poems published in the upcoming anthology, Bards Against Hunger: Indiana Edition. Two of the three poems, “Glimpse” and “Coma,” were originally posted on this site. (However, I am going to remove them in light of their upcoming publication in this anthology). The third poem, “Phoenix Rose,” originally appeared in my first novel, Pandora’s Box. This anthology will be published in the fall with a book launch event at Elwood Public Library in November.

I’m actually a bit surprised they were accepted. Not because they were bad. No, because I submitted at the last possible second. We’re talking within minutes of the deadline. Not a habit I want to make. 😛

Accord to their website,

Bards Against Hunger was founded in 2013 by the Bards Initiative, a poetry group on Long Island, NY that hosts many readings and publishes local anthologies. The leaders of this group came up with the idea to host a poetry reading that would gather food for the hungry around Thanksgiving time as a way for poets to give back to their local community. The poets of Long Island loved the idea and flocked to help organize, read at the event, and gather food.

They’ve also published a few poetry anthologies (click here and here), with the profits being used to collect food. As the want-ad says, the proceeds from this Indiana anthology are going toward Homeless Advocacy of Anderson and Madison County. It’s a wonderful idea.

Exciting times are ahead, True Believers!