A FAIRYTAIL
This poem begins the book. It came after months of feeling hollowed out, burnt out. I was producing, directing, and choreographing the first play I had written. Tragedy struck. One of the leads had a stroke weeks before showtime. We pulled it off, but I was left dead inside. Then one night in the bath I felt the water. I moved in a new way. A poem and a new me began emerging from the water. I listened. Poem after poem came and by the end of that year Everyday Mermaid was fleshed out in poetry and I emerged as a poet. Poetry became my teacher.
LYING ON THE GROUND
Clouds live in us.
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A poem from EVERYDAY MERMAID. A collaborative poetry art book with artist Deidre Scherer.
UNDERCOVER
When fear runs your path.
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From EVERYDAY MERMAID, a collaborative poetry art book with artist Deidre Scherer.
I KNOW NOW THAT...
A poem about fear. We all have to figure out our relationship to this basic emotion rooted in our survival mechanisms.
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Bittersweet
Several days ago the light changed. It was fall. Transitions are complex.
Bittersweet from our book, EVERYDAY MERMAID.
