Check out "Snowfall" in The Cynic Online Magazine.

In honor of the first day of National Poetry Month, here's a poem of mine. This first appeared in the anthology series, Bare Bone.

THE STRAY

By John R. Platt

I once discovered
A little lost clown
Under my porch
Hiding from the rain

The poor guy had been
Lost for so long,
His green hair was mottled
With dirt and blood

I coaxed him inside
With a bowl of popcorn
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NEWS!

I sold a poem to The Cynic Online Magazine. Look for it in May.

NEWS!

I start submitting a poem a day tomorrow for National Poetry Month. And hopefully writing a new one every day, too.

NEWS!

I am soooooo far behind in my drawing to get ready for May's Maine Comics Arts Festival. I usually say there's nothing like a deadline to inspire ( Read more... )

I spent about an hour last night scouring Amazon.com for books I contributed to so I could add them to my Amazon author page, which now lists a half-dozen in-print books, one digital story, and another several titles that are available used through Amazon.

I was actually a bit shocked as to how many books have run my stories and poems over the ( Read more... )

Hey, my latest book is out today!

I have two poems in "Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes," out today from Coscom Entertainment. Check it out!

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head
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1. Become a lean, mean, freelance-writing machine. This is the year it all changes. No more salary, no more trudging to the office every day, every chance to write good work for good money for good people. I already have a few assignments for January, but that's not enough. I'll work my tail off to land more, write more, and change my own world ( Read more... )