Mother's Day lasts all week, right? It's going to in our family this year, since today (the day after Mother's Day) I have a poem dedicated to my mom newly published by Mothers Always Write. Read "First Muse" … [Read more...]
We might as well be on the moon or Mars
April 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment
I'm delighted to have a new poem included in Parks & Points' tribute to National Poetry Month, inspired by a trip my sweetie and I took to Yellowstone in 2015. Read "On This Uncertain Earth" … [Read more...]
In a city that loves the taste of marshmallow pies
January 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment
I'm honored to have my poem "As the Story Goes" leading Issue 5 of Forage Poetry Journal on the poetry of personal myth. My poem is inspired by and roughly modeled after Vandana Khanna's lovely poem "Insignificant Beginnings," … [Read more...]
So Long to the Good Old Moon
April 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment
I'm delighted that my poem "So Long to the Good Old Moon" has found a home at Ascent literary magazine. (Update: This poem is also in my book Sugar Fix.) This poem takes its title from a headline in the July 4, 1969 issue of Life magazine - one of a trio I have, thanks to some creative gift-giving by my daughter, covering the Apollo 11 mission. As you'll see, the poem itself has little to do with the moon, but it has a lot to do with giving up our old ways of thinking about things - or at … [Read more...]
Speaking of Marvels, and Other News
August 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Jane Austen once wrote in a letter, "What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance." As I write this, we're having a heat and humidity spike in middle Tennessee that's typical for August, and I feel quite inelegant indeed. For the most part, though, it's been a remarkably lovely, oh-so-temperate summer here. Consequently I've been doing a lot more porch-sitting than blogging (and looking quite elegant in my beloved wicker porch swing, I'm sure. Uh-huh.) … [Read more...]
