If only it were that easy. Simple one, two, three instructions, bada bing bada boom, there’s your poem. If only.… Read more How to Write a Poem: Part IV
How to Write a Poem: Part III
How to Write a Poem (From Spare Buttons, 2014) First press your warm palm against the cool metal faucet let… Read more How to Write a Poem: Part III
How to Write a Poem: Part II
Remember your friend you met at that perfect unforgiving moment in college – or maybe it was your first years… Read more How to Write a Poem: Part II
How to Write a Poem: Part I
Maybe you like the slick metal weight of a pen leaning on your calloused index finger and the visceral scratch… Read more How to Write a Poem: Part I
What inspires you as a poet?
It’s my honor to have been invited to serve as Poetry Editor for Literary Life, an online journal that seeks… Read more What inspires you as a poet?
Prayer For An Offended World (a love poem)
Prayer For An Offended World where no one is left who in truth can say, “How could you?” with authority,… Read more Prayer For An Offended World (a love poem)
Summer snapshots
Morning walk in June – She plucks up courage, a handful of daisies Happy summer squeals- Toes touch the Atlantic… Read more Summer snapshots
Down in the Garden
It’s a quiet, deep green, rain-misted first Saturday of summer. The cat finds his place on the rocker, circles the… Read more Down in the Garden
Slow me down
This last week marked the end of a busy school year for me (I work at a school) and my… Read more Slow me down
Tent Poles
My extended in-laws buried two of their own on Saturday. Two different towns, two different groups of friends, family, colleagues,… Read more Tent Poles
