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]
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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]
A Personal Tipping Point
Today's #peptober post is about a "personal tipping point" in your work. Ironically I think it came when I decided to publish my very first poetry book in 2003. I'd already been writing and painting for years by then, but this was the first time I actively wanted to combine the two. I had [Read More]