Introducing Poetry Roam! [event update]
This autumn, I’m thrilled to introduce Poetry Roam: A Craft & Generative Poetry Lounge. I’d love to see you there!
Poetry in Daily Life
Poetry in Daily Life
“Night Sky Ghazal” [ghazal poem & commentary]
I’m delighted to share my latest poem, “Night Sky Ghazal,” as well as some superpowers of the ghazal poetic form.
Poetry in Daily Life
For the Love of Snails: A Review of Katerina Stoykova’s BETWEEN A BIRD CAGE AND A BIRD HOUSE [book review]
Check out my book review, “For the Love of Snails,” which explores the “beauty, heartache, and confusion of immigrant life in the US” found in Katerina Stoykova’s latest book of poetry.
Global Poems: Verse Heard Around the World, Poetry in Daily Life
“Hymn for the Front Porch Rocking Chair” [pantoum poem and commentary]
I’m thrilled not only to share my pantoum poem “Hymn for the Front Porch Rocking Chair,” but also some commentary on the pantoum’s superpowers.
Poetry in Daily Life, Sacred Verse: Poetry, Prayer, and Faith
Why I Wrote Native Plant Haiku for National Poetry Month [guest post and poetry]
This year for National Poetry Month, poet Rebecca Jane (author of She Bleeds Sestinas) shares why she wrote daily haiku devoted to native plants of California.
Poetry Across Time and Space, Sacred Verse: Poetry, Prayer, and Faith
Bound for Foxe’s Book? [poem and commentary]
My poem “Bound for Foxe’s Book?” explores my own journey with the well-known 16th-century hagiography Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.
Poetry Across Time and Space, Sacred Verse: Poetry, Prayer, and Faith
Call & Response: Why Write a Collaborative Poem? [poem & commentary]
What does it look like to write a poem with other people? Here’s the story of one group of contemplatives who came together to create shared verse.
Poetry in Daily Life
Crowdsourcing [poem and commentary]
My new poem “Crowdsourcing” explores how gardening and foraging can shape our relationships.
Poetry and Politics
Conducting January 6th [poem]
I wrote the poem “Conducting January 6th” to explore the layered meanings of this Epiphany feast day, which is now loaded in the contemporary US mindset.
Poetry in Daily Life
Naming Who’s Related in the Garden: A Review of SOIL by Camille Dungy [book review]
Soil offers an innovative collection of lyric essays, poems, visual media, and maps that emphasizes the interdependence of the human and greater-than-human world. Soil questions the history of US environmental writing, and helps shift paradigms for white writers like me.