“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.
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.
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.
My new poem “Crowdsourcing” explores how gardening and foraging can shape our relationships.
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.
Writer Heather Caliri reflects on how illustrating poetry not only helps her neurodivergent mind, but also helps her heal in response to abuse.
Check out my recent book review “The Bite and the Charm” for GHOST APPLES by Katharine Coles.
How can we dialogue with our younger selves in a way that honors both versions of who we are? My new poem “My Poem Then, My Poem Now” considers this question, and offers a prompt in response.
In both verse and prose, my friend and colleague Ginge Sivigny shares why she writes poetry.
Check out my poem “Perichoresis: Divine Choreography,” including commentary on the word “perichoresis,” and the form I use in this poem, which I’m calling “scattershot.”
Have some poetry you want to publish, but unsure where (or how)? Check out this webinar I’m offering next month. All $20+ tickets (regardless of attendance) will receive a detailed guide after the event.