From my Most Mystical book, "Gemini"

  This poem depicts a highly surreal set of encounters and then turns to reflections on the place I used to live. My wife and I decided against moving there (she has never been there at all), which was a good decision; not that California was bad, but things worked out very well all the same for us.

https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/sounds-from-saturday-evening

Gemini is available from the usual vendors, but only in paperback! No electronic versions,, worry!

Catfish Stew Available Soon from the SC Writers Association

    Not the actual food, but the SCWA's anthology! I am honored to have a poem appearing in it and to be included with so many fine writers.

     Originally the launch was to have been at our Annual Conference the last weekend in April. There was also to have been an opportunity to read aloud at an open mic. 

    Covid-19 changed that, as it has so much else in the world. Soon there will be an online purchase option for this publication. 

"Friday's Chuild" Auden Poem on Dietrich Bonhoeffer

https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/w-h-auden-fridays-child-in

Auden reads his poem about Bonhoeffer, who was martyred

this day in 1945.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/martyrs/dietrich-bonhoeffer.html

5 Years "Places and Times". My First Book of Poetry

 Five years ago today I became a published poet. eLectio Publishing released "Places and Times" April 7, 2015 The cover is from the award-winning artist, Carol Worthington-Levy. The book sells well at events. It is available from the usual vendors, but the publisher adds a free eBook when you purchase a paperback.     

https://electiopublishing.ecwid.com/Places-and-Times-Paperback-*-p49408222

Following is a link from my dear friend and colleague, Pastor Miriam Gross from New York. Most of it is in German, since she serves a German Lutheran parish. But she reads a poem from the book about a city we both love.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoWzEYENTdA&t=57s

The Pangolin Review: COVID-19 Issue

https://thepangolinreview.wixsite.com/mypoetrysite/special-covid-19-issue-april-2020

    While I am honored to have a poem once more in this fine publication, I am sorry for what prompted it.

Video from Aiken Writers'Blok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jmF6mdIbmU

Find our books at the usual vendors or search for our sites!

LitHub Post about Plath's and Faulkner's (Separate) Love Loves

https://lithub.com/uncovering-the-hidden-love-lives-of-sylvia-plath-and-william-faulkner/

     If you do not subscribe already to the LitHub, consider doing so. It is free, and if there is nothing there that interests you it is easily deleted. However, most days I find something that catches my interest.