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Short Story Collection Now Available!

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THE HUNCHBACK'S CAPTIVE AND OTHERS  is now available in both  paperback and Kindle versions through Amazon.com. Alternatively, the paperback can be purchased directly from the author by clicking the button below ($8.99 plus $3 shipping).

Love Poem Displayed in Poetry Box

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"These Things" is currently on display in The Fox Poetry Box in St. Charles, Illinois. Photo by Tricia M. Cimera Whitworth

Poem Set to Appear on NPR's All Things Considered

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Listen for my poem "All the right words..." on today's episode of All Things Considered .

Starling

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I'm not often moved by European Starlings, being troublesome as they are to our native wildlife. But today, considering the extreme weather, all things are equal : Negative twenty-three degrees. Birds puffed up and deliberate. I watch the feeders from my window, safe, but concerned. What survived the night has a long fight ahead, an ancient struggle as pure as the arctic snow. Today, I harbor no disdain for the non-native starling — that single, disoriented bird I saw fumble across the snow, losing its wild symmetry. European Starling by Bill Ahlgren (From the book HEARTVINES )