
Category: Poetry


November 14, 2024
The Animal Inside Me
“There is an animal inside me/clutching fast to my heart” — Anne Sexton, from “The Poet of Ignorance”

October 11, 2024
Peace of Wild Things
A poem/prayer for all impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

September 18, 2024
2 Good + 2 Be = 4 Gotten
What does a 1965 autograph book reveal about me and my friends who signed it?

August 13, 2024
Scarlet Rose Mallow Wisdom
Lost in the weeds of your life? Pay attention to the present moment.

July 30, 2024
Entering Fire
During June and July, I’ve been out standing in a field – a barley field — paying witness to a wild and wacky world.


February 13, 2024
Attuned to Nature’s Music
No one in my life heard the music of Mother Nature better than my beloved friend, Judy.

June 5, 2023
Becoming A Poem
There is unbridled potential for the poetic — in everything, even in ourselves.

May 16, 2023
The Solitary Habit
My father died two months ago. Yesterday, we did a sunrise walk together.