My Mother Taught Me Things

May 12, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

from: 108 Days of American Sentence – Day 9: Arms Wrap Around Me

I am surrounded, supported, and loved by strong, beautiful women.

Backworld slipping is not an option

May 12, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Creativity ignited a spark. In that moment, I saw that art is not peripheral, beauty is not optional, but a strategy for survival.” – Terry Tempest Williams

I walked away a long time ago so that I could find out who I am.

drops in the collective making waves and changing lives

May 11, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Sometimes amazing things happen when you follow your heart. Even actions that seem small have ripple effects.

Sea Turtle in rehabilitation pool. Photo: Paul Perreault.

Prostrate Undulation ~ American Sentence 89 of 108

April 23, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Frederica Hall, a local artist, created this drawing, I love her play with color. She said she felt like I was in a cosmic egg. I’m curious to see how she will finish.

So much filling a room

April 20, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

We moved to a small room in an annex to the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church. Nada Gordon was teaching – I think we were free-writing, getting warmed up.

My marriage was a disaster and I did’t necessarily feel like feeling anything – so I focused on the room and the sounds and the imagery and the energy of nervous writers filling the space. I put a lot of pressure on writing to take the place of music.

I’m guessing this happened in 2004.