Lee Woodman
Lee Woodman is an extraordinary poet in all ways. Not only has she commandeered the art of lyric, surprise, and image, she's the only writer I know with themed poetry collections.
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A showcase for visual and literary art
Featuring photo slideshows and photography articles by Dan Murano and poetry by Maryland's 10th Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri, who also presents poets from around the world.
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Vintage dolls.
Toy Fair
At Rome's Toyssimi toy fair, vendors' tables overflowed with Barbie dolls to Chucky toys, action figures, trains, games and yesteryear playthings.
V. P. Loggins
These poems by V.P. Loggins strike an arrow of truth with every line said. Candor and authenticity make this poetry something we want to reread for comfort and to ease our loneliness. Perhaps it is his control over the content, or that someone is in charge of craft: but, It seems to make the world a little safer, somehow, simply by the reading. —Grace Cavalieri
Doritt Carroll
Authenticity is our favorite in poetry. Doritt Carroll gives us that and so much more with her wit, direct address, the trust she has in the reader; and the "felt life" in every line. To give so much of one's self is a gift to the world.
Fan Ogilvie
FAN OGILVIE writes the way people think and don't have enough courage to say so. At times, declarative; other times, mystical. Her truth is crystalline and hard won on the page; and, proves authenticity is another name for Poetry.
A crowd hears Bernie Sanders.
NO KINGS protest in DC
Thousands of demonstrators flocked to the National Mall in October 25, 2025 to make their voices heard.
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart shows us that humanity is the core of poetry. His strength in language is only surpassed by his world view which blesses all things with a keen observation and noticing.Robert's poetic lens clarifies and dignifies our world. We need this more than ever.
Santa musicians.
Roman street photos
Rome's treasures aren't only found in its ruins and history, but also in its people.
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Teri Ellen Cross Davis redeems poetry from artifice and vanity. Instead, she chooses our common plights—all we endure—and how that bolsters and revives us to an even deeper living. This is a poet who prefers short lyrical realities to imaginary hopes and dreams; and in her aesthetic, she travels from space to space on the page like an angel. —Grace Cavalieri
Tom Donlon
Blueberry Pie
The woodstove seemed to devour hardwood
this winter. We could not keep warm
when it was three degrees outside for a week.
My wife was concerned
because Abigail’s lips were blue.
No matter how many logs I jammed
into the stove, the poor girl’s lips were blue.
She seemed just fine
with her merry brown eyes
and red cheeks. She skipped
about the house and did not complain
of the cold. But we bundled her up
just the same.
Jane Satterfield
Jane Satterfield, among her other works has immortalized the Brontes, most beloved writers of the 1800's: Charlotte, Emily, Anne-- in brisk witty verse using all the ways we hold art: cento, ekphrastic, sestina, epistolary, etc. She writes also of Jane Eyre and Virginia Woolf. —Grace Cavalieri
Rome's giant flea market.
Porta Portese
Every Sunday, this two-kilometer long flea market attracts thousands of locals and tourists.