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By Don Delo September 1, 2017 Everyone should have a perch, a place where he can talk to himself without seeming deranged. My perch is on the eastern slope of…
Don Delo Constantly risking absurdity… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti When I was a young Catholic, I thought I was praying to the Father, the Sun and the Holy Ghost. I religiously crawled out through…
By Don Delo On an early, just-rising Sunday morning in the New Jersey woods, a deer just off the trail hides in plain sight by blending into her environment. I…
By Don Delo I quietly opened the screen door, tiptoed behind the shed, and peeked around the corner. It was the second time I’d seen him in recent weeks. In…
Don Delo is an award-winning literature and writing teacher in an inner city, multi-cultural, uniquely successful high school in Jersey City, N.J. He has published essays in Talking Wood, the N.J.E.A. Review, Claudius Speaks, Damfino, and Limehawk. “Teaching Transcendentalism in Jersey City” is from a series of essays based on lessons he’s learned and taught for more than four decades. His writing is informed by a secular spirituality and a fascination with our struggles to make sense of time.
While Mr. Delo still does not posessed a cell phone. He can be reached via his partner at partners@email.com
Essays By Don Delo 