Powells reading — March 15
January 14, 2009
As a part of Calyx’s 33rd anniversary, I will be reading with featured Minnesota poet Cass Dalglish (Humming the Blues) and Portland poet Paulann Peterson (A Bride of Narrow Escape),
Sunday, March 15 at 7:30 pm, at Powells.
The event is free, and Calyx’s latest issue will be available (which I have a wee poem in).
Hope to see you there!
Mama Takes a Bubble Bath
November 15, 2008
Mama Takes a Bubble Bath
Here, wedge of water
slim parcel of time
her body traced by clouds
clotting and pulling apart,
a world adrift.
The porcelain suggests
that she lean back,
but how long her legs reach
this body of birth filling
every space water wants.
Mold in the cracks.
Smudges on eyeglasses.
A three-poem soak. Never enough,
or perfect. Here she rubs,
softens herself – pumice to heal,
cloth to nape – as if tuning
an instrument for what song
is expected next.
The children come,
stand at the edge,
thousands of tiny bubble explosions
the moment’s metronome,
and try to comprehend
how she is not
on their side.
Published in VoiceCatcher 3. So true today.
Wordstock reading with VoiceCatcher
November 3, 2008
If you are wandering about at Wordstock in Portland (Portland Convention Center, Nov. 8-9), stop by for a reading from the VoiceCatcher anthology authors, 10:30-11:30 am on Saturday the 8th. I will be joined by four other poetry & prose writers. Visit www.wordstockfestival.org for more ticket info & directions.
Also…. my poem, “Grounded” appeared in the Sunday Oregonian yesterday! Exactly how I’ve been feeling lately, a little jealous of the birds.
This Joy Ride
September 15, 2008
Go one and all over to http://thisjoyride.wordpress.com/, Sheri & Shari’s new baby! …. because it is necessary to affirm what is still beautiful and right in the world. Children watching for sneaker waves (hand held tight), autumn light on trees, split figs. They will be featuring a new poet, photographer, artist, creative folk every few weeks, to keep our spirits up, to keep reminding.
When Air Traffic Ceased
September 11, 2008
When Air Traffic Ceased
Sept. 11, 2001
We come to the field at twilight,
our horizon a black, leafy frame.
The sky expands effortlessly.
Stars begin, one by one, to testify,
like our held breath,
like never before.
“Beyond Vernacular” reading Oct. 19
September 10, 2008
It’s a bit down the road, but I’ll be reading with Sid Miller (editor of Burnside Review and author of many poetry collections), Matthew Dickman (All American Poem, Copper Canyon Press, 2008), and Michael Dickman (The End of the West, Copper Canyon Press, 2009) at Beyond Vernacular, a Portland reading series, Sunday, October 19 at 8:30, 116 NE Russel in Portland. $3 donation. Visit www.beyondvernacular.org for more details.
This is an exciting group and I am proud to join them…. hope you can join us, too!
For the Willing available through Amazon
July 30, 2008
Besides finding my book through my publisher, Finishing Line Press, you can also purchase it through Amazon. There you can post your reviews and two cents, too!
New Letters
July 30, 2008
My poem, “Ultrasound,” has been published by New Letters! The poem is also included in my book, For the Willing.
For the Willing Reading, June 19
May 29, 2008
Come on over to In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth, Thursday June 19 at 6:30 pm for an evening of words & munchies!
I will be reading from my chapbook, For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008). I will be joined by wise and witty Katherine Salzmann, who will be reading from her books Prayer Ceremony (persian pony press, 2007) and Hemopoiesis (persian pony press, 1995). Both of us will have copies of our books on hand to sell and sign.
We hope to see you there!
