Apr 32 minUpcoming residency news!This National Poetry Month, I'm thrilled to share that I've been accepted as the Writer-in-Residence at the Good Hart Artist Residency!...
Dec 5, 20232 minFrom the Bookshelves: some blue, a little spurIn the collection some blue, a little spur (Uncollected Press, 2023), poet Kris Falcon delves deep into the human psyche...
Oct 13, 20233 minCreating Autumnal Myths: A Poetry ExerciseHere in Silicon Valley, the incredible heat wave of last week has passed and the cooler breezes of autumn are here. I'm enchanted. As I...
Oct 6, 20233 minHarvest of Words: A Poetry ExerciseWhen I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...
Sep 16, 20233 minOde to the End of Summer: An exerciseSummer is almost over, and every year it's a bittersweet feeling. The end of a season, shadows growing longer, gold-tinted dusks--even...
Sep 1, 20234 minSummer Adventure: A narrative poem writing exerciseSummer is often painted with a brush of adventure. There's something about this season, probably stemming from the time off school as...
Jul 5, 20231 minPublication updates!The end of May through the end of June was a month of respite from all things blog related for me, but that also means I didn't post my...
May 29, 20233 minRevisiting Mid-Century ClassicsBest laid plans I had great plans for May. Having plans should have been my first clue that life would throw me a curve ball or four. And...
May 23, 20232 minFrom the Bookshelves: Sometimes Only the Sad Songs Will DoThere is a paradox that has confounded philosophers and scientists for centuries: While we don’t like being sad, we are drawn to sad art....