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What a joy to go deeply into the creation of a poem–I just love the way Ken Salzmann wrote about our interview in his blog, “How to Grow a Poem.” We talked about poetry in general, but very specifically we spoke about what went into writing “For When People Ask”–the …

Last year, on the anniversary of my son’s death, I wrote a poem for my daughter, “The One Who Thrives.” It celebrates all the ways she has learned to show up in times when it has been very, very hard. I first shared this video on the eve of her …

I have long loved the Colorado Poet’s Center newsletter, and this quarter I was delighted to be featured with fabulous questions from Kathy Winograd. We talk about poetry paths outside the MFA, making poems accessible, and my new ventures into audio. You can find the full article here. Full disclosure, …

I love Journey of the Heart: Women’s Spiritual Poetry–a fabulous blog by Catherine Schweig. And it’s a joy to have a poem there again after many years–“Learning to Lie Still.”   Learning to Lie Still     It isn’t easy. Good, then, to have a cat come lie in the …

I am over the moon about a new collaborative project–an album of poems celebrating the dark and how it opens us to creativity, passion, intimacy, revelation, dreaming, receptivity, self-discovery and connection. Dark Praise features guitar by the amazing Steve Law, and the accompanying videos feature surrealist art by fine art …

The Telluride Daily Planet did such a thoughtful, generous write up about All the Honey, celebrating how it already in its second printing and has been the #1 New Release in Nature Poetry for over a week now, and at times is also the #1 New Release in Inspirational Poetry. …

I love The One You Feed, a podcast in which host Eric Zimmer engages in meaningful discussions about how to live skillfully amidst life’s inherent challenges. In this hour-long episode, he and I talk about Learning to not resist the pain and grief of a terrible loss to find healing …