My career in photography and the jewelry industry has been long and rewarding, but my first love is writing. I have contributed articles and essays to industry-related publications, magazines, journals, and books. Below is a selection of writings, including a sample of academic papers written for my Master of Arts in Theology.
My essay “All the Gods and Any Gods” appears in an anthology from Littoral Books. ALIVE TO THIS: ESSAYS ON LIVING FULLY BY 20 MAINE WRITERS...
“Most of the large bird’s feathers had been stripped off, but frozen near the tips of its wings was a sparse collection peppered with short black dashes...
A Box of Mother (Sestina) Robert Diamante I flew to Texas to visit my Mother. She in the living room looking changed. Only two months since my last trip,...
Read (“Blue Eyes” and “The Barren”) in North by Northeast: An Anthology of Writers from Maine published by Littoral Books. PURCHASE HERE...
Ruminate Magazine has a wonderful blog filled with insightful articles. I am thrilled to be included among the writers on The Waking. Read “The Cosmic Eli...
READ “Tekton” Recently, I visited friends in Amman, Jordan. It was my first trip to the Middle East, and though my experience was quic...
She Likes Graduations Robert Diamante The girl walks up the aisle. She smiles at everyone who stumbles on her gaze, her thin shoulders are hunched forwar...
“…Matthew must have had in mind the practitioners of a pagan cult active in the Greco-Roman world during Jesus’ lifetime, a cult whose geographica...
Crows By Robert Diamante I prefer my winter hues maudlin: the poetry flows. I prefer the sky cast gray, lighted by the crows....
The Earnestness of the Plowman Robert Diamante I work hard every spring To redefine the lines between my lawn and the gravel drive, the sidewalk and the ...
READ THE PAPER: Casting Idols: The Golden Women of Lars Von Trier...
A PINTEREST board has been created that shows many of the visual elements discussed in this paper: THE ARK OF EXODUS Read: The State of the Ark: A Material and ...
In 2018 I moved back to Maine after two years in Boulder, Colorado. I’ve owned a house in Bangor for many years but never really lived in it. I had decided it was time to settle.
In early 2020 I enrolled in a Master Gardener class through the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension. Inspired by the possibilities of what a small in-town urban yard could become, I decided to start a diary of when my yard ended and when my garden began.
Misunderstanding your backyard topography is the second biggest sin you can commit when creating a landscape. The first is not having a plan. I was drowning una...
I wish you could have seen the backyard when I first bought the house. Today, I look out at the devastation I have created and wonder, have I gotten anywhere in...