Karl meets Joe Bonamassa

Thanks to a pre-Covid Christmas gift from their son Wade and his family, Karl and Brenda Elder finally meet their favorite blues guitarist and virtuoso, who holds a new copy of ALPHA IMAGES with its inscription “For Joe Bonamassa…

Random Acts reviewed

LB Sedlacek reviewed Karl's newest collection, Random Acts, in Pegasus Literary, saying in part, "Elder’s poems are contemplative as well as compelling." The book is available to purchase from the publisher or at Amazon.com.

Recent publications

Karl Elder’s new publications include “Matri Vox” in Last Stanza Poetry Journal; “Maya” and “Magic Act” in The Muse: An International Journal of Poetry; “In a Town Called Unincorporated” in Literature Today.

Alpha Images and Revelry’s Ilk reviewed

Portage Magazine Portage Magazine: A review of upper Midwestern writing, art, and culture has published two reviews of Karl Elder's books. Check them out along with the rest of the excellent content in the current issue. Alpha Images: Poems…

Halfway to the North Pole

Karl Elder’s previously published dramatic monologue, “Increase Claflin,” cast as the voice of the first white settler of Door County, has found a second home in the newly released Halfway to the North Pole from the Door County Poets Collective.  The poem…