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Bring your open heart, your closed heart, your hope and your pen to this virtual playground, where poems will serve as invitations to change the way we meet the day and each other (whether we choose to pick up that pen or not). As our lives rush by, how do …

How do we meet the death of a loved one? Most recently, I’ve met the death of my father, and in “There is Only the Field,” published in the wonderful Braided Way, I liken it to the way antelope might try to tend for their own. May we all find …

Many of us have felt alone–and in this poem, “Belonging,” published in the wonderful Gratefulness.org, even our unique alonenesses show how connected we are–how with our every experience we create the world. Belonging And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of grass are …

If a poem could go to heaven, it would have musician Molly Venter decide to make it into a lyric she then sang as she played guitar. That’s what happened to my poem “Still Life at Dusk,” which Molly turned into “Your Shadow Leaves You,” a haunting, minor melody that …

I love the Sunday poem section of Gwarlingo, so it especially thrilled me to join so many of my poetic heroes in this column with my poem “Shavasana.” It feels appropriate that it should be a poem about meeting mortality–something I am exploring more intimately than ever. Thank you to …

ONE ART is one of my favorite poetry magazines, and so it is especially thrilling to have a poem of mine among those nominated for “Best of Net.” Thank you to editors Mark Danowsky & Louisa Schnaithmann. Their complete list of Nominees: What Were You Wearing? by Nicole Caruso Garcia Bearing Water by Betsy …

I love listening to Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise as they talk about texts on Turning Towards Life, hosted by Third Space. And it’s always especially fun to hear them converse on their weekly podcast about one of my poems.  In this episode, they discuss “Love,”.  They say this about …

I love Braided Way magazine–how they explore spiritual practice through essays and poems. And I’m especially delighted they nominated my poem, “On the Last Day of the World” for Best of the Net. Other nominees are Tiffany Lee Brown, Paula Lambert, Joe Cottonwood, Jeff Hardin and Godstime Nwaeze. Thank you …

Thanks to Reformed Journal for printing this poem on the prayers that find us when we forget how to pray. Printed on June 29, 2021. How to Meet This Difficult Day   Today the prayer is words I can’t yet find, words that flit away like spring juncos, like chickadees. …

Thank you to Reformed Journal who, on June 29, 2021, published this poem on the power of words. Suggestion for a Day And if today we speak all, let us speak in golden leaf. Let’s converse in low clear stream, whisper in rose-hip pink. And if we speak at all today, …