Category: Poetry
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A Season of Coming and Going with Tarot: Day 1
He sits on a stone throne, and grasps a single coin in both hands, clutches it even as if his life depended on it. Two coins rest at his feet, and the fourth is etched into the chair above his head. He wears a serious expression. His chair elevates him off the ground, as if Read more
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Linda Hogan’s poem “Eucalyptus” and Imagining the Self
By losing herself, the speaker in Linda Hogan’s poem finds herself: “and like the tree I can lose myself/layer after layer.” “Eucalyptus,” the first poem in her collection Rounding the Human Corners, though it begins in the present, quickly references the ancient past to draw upon its wisdom (“the others are Read more
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Plant Your Words
It’s spring, but I feel a little like I’ve missed the seasonal transition from being so busy: I just clicked submit to send my poetry thesis to my supervisor as partial completion for my MFA in creative writing. My husband and I put a house up for sale that I bought fourteen years ago and Read more
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Tulip Poplars Printed!
My poem “Tulip Poplars” has been printed by Tiny Seed Journal! You can read it here: https://tinyseedjournal.com/2022/10/30/tulip-poplars/ The poem will be in their later printed anthology. Thank you, Tiny Seed Journal, and thank you, beautiful tulip poplars, which have turned a lovely bright yellow for autumn. Read more