Zoom in to help us kick off National Poetry Month! I’ll be featuring at the Bardic Trails virtual poetry reading and open mic on Tuesday, April 1 at 7pm MT. Join us to share your own work, hear new poems from me from my most recent projects, and poems […]
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be featuring for Black Dog Poetry Open Mic on Tuesday, August 20 at 7pm Central time. You can sign up to read via their Facebook page. Join us to share your own work, hear new poems from me from my most recent projects, […]
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be teaching a generative poetry workshop for Ziggies Open Mic on Tuesday, April 23 from 6 – 8:30pm MT, followed by a reading and open mic on Thursday, May 2 at 6pm. In this virtual workshop, we’ll read and learn about epistolary poems […]
Tremendous thanks to Blue Light Press and their gallery readings for hosting this event! I’m excited to read with two amazing poets: Sandra Anfang and Sandy Yannone. This is a virtual reading via Zoom. Details on how to attend are below. Hope to see you there! You are […]
I couldn’t be more honored to have two new poems published in the Spring 2022 issue of POETiCA REViEW alongside two other Rock Canyon Poets members, Marianne Hales Harding and Barbara Tyler: “Couples Therapy: Duncan Yo-yo Speaks to its String” and “Scale of Life” by Trish Hopkinson “Ultramarine,” […]
I’m so excited to announce my poem “Bodies are Secrets,” was published in Oyedrum’s Volume 4. This issue is stunning and I’m so pleased with the exquisite artwork by Lisa Marie Vlietstra paired with my poem. Make sure to follow her on Instagram at Self Love and All Colors […]
How often do you read a poem and feel like it could have been a metal song? Well there are a few poems which became famous metal songs. Just imagine the creativity of the maker. Changing a poem into a metal song is a difficult task to do. Adding heavy music […]
A poem is a body of words, not a body of thoughts and feelings. Before you keep reading, check in with your own perspective: Agree? Disagree? A useless distinction? A valuable aha? "Both," you think? After all, who among us hasn't had poetic language spill from our heart, […]
A poem is a body of words, not a body of thoughts and feelings. Before you keep reading, check in with your own perspective: Agree? Disagree? A useless distinction? A valuable aha? "Both," you think? After all, who among us hasn't had poetic language spill from our heart, […]
I went to a good poetry reading the other evening. But, boy, I wish I the poet hadn't kept doing things that undermined his own presentation of his own work. The poet violated almost every rule in my unwritten how-to-do-a-poetry-reading rule book. Which spurred me to write down […]
