Dear Friends & Family: Earlier in the year I thought I would simply not have the time or energy left in 2023 to participate in this annual fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. But I 've had a burst of energy and gotten a head start on poems or poem fragments to submit, so that will help me keep to my personal pledge to send a poem to all donors daily. So thank you for considering supporting once more (or for the first time) this annual campaign for an organzation whose mission of teaching language and citizenship skills to immigrants and refugeees gets more and more important every day.  Remember $5 is not too little, $25 is great, the average donation is around $40, and for those who can do more, thank you thank you, because once I reach that $2000 goal I can stop asking for money (something I acutally hate doing, even for good causes) and just write poetry.

PS -  for those of you keeping track of my modest publication record, that poem I told you was accepted for publication last year ("Everybody Needs a Veteran," is finally appearing in the December 2023 issue of War, Literature and the Arts  wlajournal.com ; I also finally received a copy of Vol.XVI # 1 of  "Blue Unicorn": with "Inscape" in it; Friends Journal published "Pronouns for God;" and "The Last Corn" and "Across the U.S. in Thirty Days by Train" earned top ten finalist placements in two regional competitions this year. So your support makes a difference to Center for New Americans and to me personally - thank you again.  And PPS.Regarding the "Honor Roll" - you don't have to list your full name, but encouraging words mean a lot to me.....