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Empty – A Coronavirus Poem
It’s hard to write a coronavirus poem without turning political, so here it is without further commentary: Continue reading
Daylight Savings Collaborative Poems
Three collaborative poems about Daylight Savings. Continue reading
Landwreck
I get the nostalgic willies when I see a corpse of a barn when I drive through the country. These noble old wreckages deserve a poem. Photo credit ID 91213 © Jschaap26 | Dreamstime.com. Continue reading
Launching The Polk Street Review 2020
Last night we launched the 2020 edition of The Polk Street Review. Continue reading
Winter Collaborative Poems
On Winter Solstice, I challenged my social media friends to contribute winter words to a collaborative poem. Here are the results. Continue reading
Stalactite/Stalagmite
Summer of 2019 has been hectic! I am delighted my brilliant husband had a successful summer with his Page & Stage theatre-for-literacy camp. We had a couple dozen energetic campers, great adult helpers, and a fun summer. One five-year-old went from not knowing all her letters to reading short sentences. Between that and some family … Continue reading
Space
Today’s poem is several years old, written about my husband waaaaaay before he was my husband. I had already played around with the concept of visual space through indentation, but this gave me the opportunity to play with the placement of individual stanzas around the image. Continue reading
Author Interview: W.B. Cornwell and A.N. Williams
I sat down with W.B. Cornwell and A.N. Williams at Logan Street Sanctuary in Noblesville to ask them about their newest release, Awaiting Dawn: The Story of Avalene, Continue reading
Rapunzel the Hairbrained Book Giveaway
To celebrate the end of my grant period, I’m giving away 10 free signed copies of my children’s picture book, Rapunzel the Hairbrained. You also get a Rapunzel the Hairbrained bookmark and comb. Continue reading