Someone posted a Tony Hoagland poem from his first book, Sweet Ruin, online today, saying she never loved his newer ones nearly as much. I nodded, thought about all the late night, French fry Diner conversations about musicians that blew me away when they first found my ears. A few, like The Rascals, the first […]
Tony Gloeggler
Tony Gloeggler is a life-long resident of NYC who managed group homes for the mentally challenged for over 40 years. Poems have appeared in Rattle, New Ohio Review, Vox Populi, Chiron Review. His collection, What Kind Of Man with NYQ Books, was a finalist for the 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize and his new book Here On Earth just came out 1/26 on NYQ Books.
Miracles
(Jesse Malin Benefit Concert 12/1/24) After your back to the wall balcony tickets were upgraded to third row, center orchestra, aisle seats, due to a cell phone snafu. After Alejandro Escovedo opened the show singing Sensitive Boys and Rickie Lee Jones wore what looked like the red beret from her back in the day, 1979, […]
Help Me
I forget how many times Mom has said help me Anthony in the past few hours, how many times I’ve stood by her bed, answered I’m trying to, tell me what to do. But she doesn’t know, it hurts so much Anthony. Today my brother’s here telling her he’s the only one who believes her, […]