It was such fun to work with the dynamic team of editors at The Faoileánach Journal to see a new poem, “Weft,” appear in their most recent issue. The theme for this issue was “Migrations,” and I was fascinated to see the diverse mix of topics covered from all the other poets. “Weft” was writtenContinue reading “New Poem at The Faoileánach Journal”
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New Poem at Prudence Dispatch
I’m so happy the poem σπίτι (spiti) found a home this winter in Issue #2 of Prudence Dispatch. As soon as I saw their call for submissions about islands, I thought of this poem, written about our time on the island of Patmos, Greece. Only then, when you had no longer home to turn toContinue reading “New Poem at Prudence Dispatch”
New Broadside Coming Soon from Ashland Poetry Press
Keep an eye out for more news regarding an upcoming limited-edition broadside from the Ashland Poetry Press! I am grateful to the press for choosing “This and This” to be printed as part of their Broadside series. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to read the other poets in this series, but I am lookingContinue reading “New Broadside Coming Soon from Ashland Poetry Press”
New Poem at Penwood Review
I love getting mail, and it was a joy to unwrap the latest edition of the Penwood Review under the Christmas tree this past week! They were kind enough to pubish one of my poems from this past year, Any Emptiness, in Volume 29. Since I can’t link to this poem online, I’ve giving youContinue reading “New Poem at Penwood Review”
Playing Telephone with Nine (or Nine Hundred) Other Artists
This past year I joined a game of Telephone! My poet friend Kortney Garrison, who always has the best gems of recommendations, clued me in and I promptly joined. All in all, over a thousand artists across the world used each other’s work as a creative catalyst for a new work, in many different disciplines.Continue reading “Playing Telephone with Nine (or Nine Hundred) Other Artists”
Four Poems at SoulForte
It is my great pleasure to share four poems with you this month, published by the Institute for Spiritual Poetry’s online journal, SoulForte. From Celtic knots to fog-smothered oceans, I hope you enjoy this collection of meditations on life lived “up close.” Read the poems here.
New Poem at St. Katherine Review (4 of 4)
How close apocalypse feels touching this stone. Like every generation, I imagine the wars and violence of my age an arrow the fire-swept forests of my youth a type. Strange how we tame fire within these walls in beeswax, gentle wick lapping up the night. Strange and sorrow when I read just after theContinue reading “New Poem at St. Katherine Review (4 of 4)”
New Poem at We Choose Welcome
It was my great joy to partner with We Choose Welcome to share this poem, “Invisible” Women. From the notes: “Invisible” Women gives language to the quiet strength of women the world tries not to see. Women whose hands prepare meals, whose voices hum songs of survival, whose courage endures even when sorrow is ignored.Continue reading “New Poem at We Choose Welcome”
New Poem at St. Katherine Review (3 of 4)
The third poem in a series of four with St. Katherine Review is now available. There is no end of them, it seems: these doors Within doors, propped open in their own good Time, containing ancient worlds within… Read the full poem here.
New Poem at St. Katherine Review (2 of 4)
We barely knew, then, what it meant to venerate A life that shone ahead like a mid-day star; How to stumble into churches with their damp Stone and let a prayer rise to our lips like heat, Or what to take from the cacophony of tales… Read more over at St. Katherine Review.