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Monthly sonnets and yearly verse dramas from the turning points of American history.
This Month's Sonnet
No. 23 · October 2026
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New Release · December 1, 2026
Dinner for Abraham
Midnight will free the slaves… and marry the girl. Abraham wants to delay them both!
The Books of Amerika
The Plays
Verse dramas set at the turning points of American history.
1676
[Cover to come]A Town of JamesJoseph EldredgeA Town of James
Jamestown, on the eve of Bacon's Rebellion.
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[Cover to come]An Andrew JacksonJoseph EldredgeAn Andrew Jackson
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[Cover to come]An Antebellum OzJoseph EldredgeAn Antebellum Oz
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Read more →1862
Dinner for Abraham
December 31, 1862 — the night before the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Line of the Day
“We live to learn to love more deeply.”
Dinner for Abraham
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My Vision
“Poetry is the language of reality.”
Language is for our edification. The duty of the poet is to transform themself through language for the good of themselves and their society, the reader.
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