As some of you may have already heard, one of my poems, "Oasis," was selected for Third Place in the international Reuben Rose Poetry Contest held by Voices Israel Group of Poets in English (final judge, Richard Berengarten [Burns] of Cambridge University). Another poem, "As in a dream I see a grave that is not there...," received Honorable Mention.

For those of you in Israel, there is a public award ceremony and reading on Tuesday, 6 January 2008, 7:30 p.m., at ZOA House, 26 Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv. I hope that you will be able to come to this public event. Richard Berengarten was originally scheduled to appear, but a family illness has caused him to cancel. His comments about the winning poems will be read, as I understand, and the winning poets will read their work. That includes me.

Also, my eBook, The World Behind It, Chaos..., a collection of poetry, photos, and digital artwork, is scheduled to be available from why vandalism? (whyvandalism.com) sometime in January. It will be free to download--so pass the word!