Last week was Children's Book Week, which is the perfect time to tell you that I just finished a kid's book which will be released soon. It's based on a (true) family story! Years ago my grandmother (who prided herself on keeping a clean house) woke up to mouse turds on her pillow, which meant [Read More]
Words
Deeply Human
While National Poetry Month is still going on, I wanted to share my review from the Writers Digest Self-Publised Book Awards last year for my book Poiema. "The poet has a firm command of metaphor, form, line break, and stanza, and the poems contained show a broad arc of work that spans over a [Read More]
God Loves Us, Just As We Are
It's National Poetry Month, have you heard? I thought I'd share this poem I wrote for some #mondaymotivation. It's called "His Amazing Love" and is from my book Poiema. If you're feeling frustrated with life and people and the world... remember that while all these things can let you down, [Read More]
Poetry Is For Everyone
"I believe the world is beautiful and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone. Roque Dalton [Read More]
I’ll Meet You There
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about." Rumi [Read More]