It’s my turn to add a couplet to the 12th annual Progressive Poem. Follow along on this National Poetry Month journey, begun by Irene Latham and now hosted by Margaret Simon, while a baby poem meanders from blog to blog, growing as each writer contributes a line. By the end of the month we’ll have […]

Back in 2017 we made a family trek to southern Illinois to witness the eclipse (you can see some magical photos taken by the older offspring here, along with a poem I wrote at the time.) Monday’s path of totality is going to be a whole lot closer, but we are avoiding the crowds and […]

Happy National Poetry Month! This week I participated in a fun lunch-time poetry workshop with my friend Shutta Crum, sponsored by the Jax Poetry Fest. The workshop was entitled BEYOND HAIKU and introduced 3 short forms that were new to me: Tetractys, Pensee, and Chastushka. The beauty of short forms with very specific structures is […]