RUNDELANIA

No. 20
November 2026
Fall / Winter

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So Close; Paul’s Year

by Dale Scherfling

Dale Scherfling is a fulltime writer/poet, creative writing instructor, and retired U.S. Navy photojournalist. A former newspaper sportswriter, editor, and photographer, he is the recipient of three U.S. Army Front Page Journalism Awards. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including Chiron Review, Close to the Bone, Yellow Mama, San Diego Poetry Annual, Monterey Poetry Review, and Mangrove Review, among others. He has more than seventy accepted publications across literary journals and magazines.