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

NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 28

Catch the Rain Not every day is a day when each atom vibrates and all pores open to possibility: Those… Read more NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 28