Tag: poetry
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Cryptic Stars (a poem)
This, then is how I want to pray things well: for days of long evening shadow on bright dewgrass; or the metallic clatter of geese. To pray things well is the difference between an enclosure and an embrace, or whether flesh yields before stone. This, then, is why the hawks – all five of them –…
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Book release party Aug.2 for Atlanta Poets Group Anthology: The Lattice Inside
Please join us for the release Atlanta Poets Group Anthology: The Lattice Inside (University of New Orleans Press) which chronicles the group’s work and activities over its 10+ year history. My husband and I were active members of the Atlanta Poet’s Group from 1999 – 2005ish. I credit my involvement with the [experimental/eclectic] poetry collective…
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Poem: “Sun stop 8:54”
“When appearing and disappearing disappear, then this stillness is bliss.” – Mahaparinirvana-sutra At that. At now. At then. Standing still. This inclination. Time. To. Clouds hover on the horizon. A man slides low past sunflowers. It is too hot to sweat. Heat sinks. We stand. Standing . Still. Standing in…
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The (not so) secret life of poets
A childhood friend of mine, who is in the process of writing a novel and is blogging about it, asked me to write a post about how I was able to get my poetry published. That’s a pretty interesting story, in and of itself. In early spring of 1999, I went to a party at my friend…
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Winter one better do me one better
It’s the dead of winter, remember Sun setting red on the hill of red trees Cold dusk’s blue clouds white skies I count the days I dream (Bernadette Mayer, Midwinter Day) I’m having a serious case of February. I thank Martha Beck for her humorous and insightful blog post about coping with the doldrums of…
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Which writers have changed your life?
My husband gave me a Kindle for Christmas, and recently I gave some thought as to what kind of books I’d want to read on the device. I realized there were certain types of books – and writers – I would still want to read in print form, because it was easier for me to…
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