Autumnal Equinox & the Diminishing Hours of Light…

Nancy FlynnApostrophe Blog Archive, Gardening, Musings, Writing

This past Monday marked the passage from summer into autumn—a day of balance between light and dark—even though most of these late September days are still cloudless and warm. Tomatoes continue to ripen on the vine. Assorted flowers are in riotous late-season bloom. In spite of the growing menace—and very real harms—flowing 24/7 from the unhinged actions of too many

 
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Acceptance News: American Writers Review 2025

Nancy FlynnApostrophe Blog Archive, Publication News, Writing

My poem, “A Long Way Around,” has been accepted for publication in American Writers Review 2025, a publication of San Fedele Press. This year’s collection has the theme of “Buyer’s Remorse.” This poem is in a form called a golden shovel in which the last word of each line is made from each word of pre-existing poem to which the poet is paying homage. It was created by Terrance Hayes whose 2010 poem

 
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