GOLD AT THE END OF THE POEM
Robert Bly believed gold in a fairytale presaged a happy ending. I believe for poetry too.
In Memoriam
Besides physical deaths of dear ones, there can be other deaths that are important to support and honor.
OCEANS
We come from the ocean—our water mother. The more we feel her, protect her both outside us and inside us, the more whole we become and the more we support life on our planet.
My poem OCEANS from our book, EVERYDAY MERMAID.
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who have mothered in any way. My wish is that in the burgeoning #MeToo Movement that “mothering” gets as much respect as all the other issues we are fighting for.
A Woman’s Joy. From our book Everday Mermaid.
Announcement! Announcement!
I am excited. Everyday Mermaid, our poetry art book, is now available online.
The digital landscape brings both a magical luminesce and a closer look at the tactile cut, layered, and stitched fabric art cradling the poems. The book is now available online and as a digital download through a thousand flowers®. The synergy of these different viewing options creates a new exploratory artwork.
This is our way of celebrating April’s National Poetry Month.
Get your copy: www.athousandflowers.org
December Song
A poem/song of December. Sending love in this celebratory season of coming light.
Wear a Mask, Be Patient, Be Safe, Be Loved.
Hope for Emily Dickinson
Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson! Here is a poem of mine about Hope inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem. From my book of poetry, Everyday Mermaid.
New Work in Process: Staged lyric poem/Play
Surprise surprise! Rewriting a staged lyric poem/play I wrote over 15 years ago: Drowning in the Same Sea: Thirteen Conversations in the Hereafter with Emily Dickinson and Saint Francis.
Here is my process over 2 weeks reworking 1 paragraph. All changes have to work in moment of conversation and with the rhythm and thru line of the play. whew!! I won’t really know until I have finished the whole play and sat with it.
