Public domain illustration from Barrie, J.J. Peter and Wendy ; Margaret Ogilvy. New York, Scribner, 1912. Accessed from Internet Archive Book Images. What else can I say? Polished, perfected, they are dead. Not dead like a shell or a stone, an object desirable enough to grasp and carry home, fascinating in your hand. No, more…
Having a Party with My Poetry Files
Yesterday I decided to reorganize my poetry files. My former method had worked fairly well. I ordered files by month and year and moved poems forward as I wrote, leaving the duds behind. Occasionally, I’d comb through old files and bring something with a spark to the present and try to make it publishable. Recently,…
Publications to Date
I’m playing catch-up with the poems I’ve had published since December. Thank you to the editors of these fine literary journals. I am proud to be represented in each. During the Pandemic, I Teach My Husband Yoga. Rats Ass Review. Summer 2020. This poem was nominated for Best New Poets 2020 (www.bestnewpoets.org) Final Honors. Your…
2019 in Review
Thank you to the editors, poets, and teachers who filled me with joy in 2019. I was thrilled that I was able to continue an association with journals where my work had previously appeared, including Rat’s Ass Review, Amethyst Review, and Mad Swirl. It was also gratifying to find my work published in journals where it had…
Mad Swirl!
Thanks to m.h. clay for publishing my poem in Mad Swirl on October 4, 2019. Gift of the Autumn Forest For more great poems, go to Mad Swirl Poetry Forum. Updated daily.