Silver Birch Press has published another one of my poems. This one was in response to a call entitled HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH. As always, a...

“It is not fair,” I finished, the words popping— soap bubble messages of “I am sorry” and “He was in pain” and “At least now, it is over”...

for Paul, Kara, DuShon, Dorothy, Pam, Philip, Earl, Chris... What is the promise of the blank space, the empty glass, the bone-white...

Today I found a small snake of brown string on the floor in my study, just resting there on the carpet as if in convalescence after some...

While I slept last night, Silver Birch Press published a poem I wrote called "Still Wonder." They paired it with this painting called...

There’s this paint-by-number, large and imposing, that my husband bought from an antique dealer because he collects such things that are...

On our way out to the highway, to pick up some things in town, we cross over fields that hold beans and corn in the summer but now are...

This found poem was inspired by the FB post of a friend. Most of the words are his and used with his permission. This is his original...

Yesterday, CJ reminded me of a mantra I wrote for a story about young people creating their own religion. He was actually using it to...

from Ancient Memories After the leaves have dropped, and the wind shifts in from the North, after the pumpkins have all withered on...

They predicted rain and then snow and then rain. Inches of each before it was all done, they said. The titmouse and the chickadee spent...

Hey Mom, You won’t believe what I did today... Remember that pumpkin pie you made, how many years ago now, that you forgot to put the...

This poem was published this summer by Silver Birch Press.

Hummingbirds fight, red-green zips around the feeder with its yellow plastic flowers opening in perpetuity. Turkeys roam in gangs,...

Can I be too ____ to write these days? Too set, too predictable, too enjambed in my ways, offering too few new words to everyone else,...

Excited to announce that Silver Birch Press has published one of my poems today in their MY FRONT DOOR Series! Check out their site for...

(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem about something that returns.) [Just like last year, I got behind at the end. No matter, it is...

(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale of...

(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I...

(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: Because it’s a Saturday, I have an (optional) prompt for you that takes a little time to work through —...