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Words Across the World
One of my poems, “Litany” has been translated into Turkish and will appear in a small print journal in Turkey called Gard thanks to poet and translator, Şakir Özüdoğru. How cool is that? Just to know...
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Good Fortune
“Things I once thought unbelievable in my life have all taken place.” ~PJ Harvey, “Good Fortune” Ten years ago, I set forth on the path of The Writing Life. It has taken me to places I never...
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THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS
THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS* That summer I was tobacco and burnt sage; a carnival ride that lurched midair— The barefoot, bra-less girl who watched thistle seeds carried on the wind, listened to King...
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“Out of sorrow beautiful things may come.”
What I hope to achieve in the nine sessions of working with women clients of Acadiana Outreach is to give participants, through a structured, weekly creative writing workshop, tools to strengthen their...
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Sky Burial
Sky burial platform in Dra Yerpa Monastery Sir Charles Bell September 11th 1921 Lhasa Area > Dra Yerpa SKY BURIAL Leave me on open land until bonesong goes unheard and all putrefaction resolves....
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Barguest
Listen: the growl is deafening. A cloud splits in two. What mythical wonder woke you? Sleep executed by firing squad. (Oh, the marksman without a bullet cries and the woman on his finger languishes)....
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Purple Explained to the Blind
Purple Explained to the Blind fresh lavender in a steam bath a berry on the tongue an exhalation when you are in someone’s arms your sigh because you know they are holding the...
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A poem for my husband as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary
Our anniversary is August 4th, 2014 and we will celebrate 25 years of marriage. This poem was inspired by music performed at Acadiana Wordlab on June 21st by our dear friend, James Perry (who also...
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Significance
Japanese lithophane cup, like ones in a tea set that I have inherited from my mother. This poem came out of the creative writing work I am doing with women in recovery and/or transitioning from...
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Dream of the White Horse
Dream of the White Horse Sometimes I dream I am night-blind Sometimes, I am astride a vivid white horse, but only when planets position to my favor. Oh, to dream of The White Horse is salvation; a...
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Blog Tour: Process Talk
What are you working on? I am working on a second manuscript of poetry with hopes for a second book. When Eating the Heart First (Press 53, 2012) was done and out in the world, I was consumed...
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Motherlife
I have happy news to share with you all. I have known for a few weeks but I got permission to share publicly a bit of news that I was conceived on Valentine’s Day in 1968! This explains a lot about...
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“Hands like flushed doves”
Washing my hands this morning, I thought of Noami Vincent, who was like a great aunt to me. She was my grandmother’s neighbor from the time that my grandparents (along with my mother and her siblings)...
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Barguest
Listen: the growl is deafening. A cloud splits in two. What mythical wonder woke you? Sleep executed by firing squad. (Oh, the marksman without a bullet cries and the woman on his finger languishes)....
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Purple Explained to the Blind
Purple Explained to the Blind fresh lavender in a steam bath a berry on the tongue an exhalation when you are in someone’s arms your sigh because you know they are holding the...
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Trainwreck
She slides her fingers in mine it is dark we breathe together excitement close her head on my shoulder the previews make us laugh Hollywood knows our funny bone there is a smell irritation in our...
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I am pleased to announce
Happy to share this energizing news that I am writing a second book. The manuscript is titled “Seek the Holy Dark,” titled after my poem which can be read here: the blue collection 5: collaboration...
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“There is enough milk in my breasts for you, my glass infant.”
Last night’s dream was powerful and wonderful. I had a baby boy, an infant, with thick black hair. I was trying to get him to nurse for the first time, but he couldn’t latch onto my nipple. We thought...
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MockingHeart Review
I founded a new poetry zine today, MockingHeart Review. I blame the Blood Moon.Filed under: MockingHeart Review
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Best of the Net 2015 nom
My poem “Seek the Holy Dark” has been nominated for Best of the Net 2015 (Sundress Publications) for its appearance in the Blue Collection Five: Collaboration issue (December 2014). A heartfelt thank...
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