The prompt for this poem came from Suleika Jaouad's Isolation Journal. The inspiration is a poem from Dean Young called Belief in Magic and I've stolen his first line for my title. A few weeks ago, as I was sitting in my living room/library, I happened to notice that a tiny dot of lamplight was … Continue reading Believe in Magic? How Could I Not?
Here's a fun, spring-time poem to finish up National Poetry Month. Think about the sky.It’s a new blue tableclothand a big hipped womanhas carelessly dribbledgobs of whipped creamall over it.There she has set downan orange bowl.Smell cinnamon and corianderas you scoopspicy carrotsand squash from the bowlto your mouth.Bite into a raw cucumberto cool the fiery … Continue reading How to Find the Muse
Hey, it's April!--National Poetry Month--and I'd like to share with you some ekphrastic poems I wrote this past year. I encountered prompts to write ekphrastic poems in more than one lit journal and workshop. It seems ekphrastic poems are having a moment, I guess. You may be wondering what ekphrastic poems are. Ekphrastic poems are … Continue reading The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, 2020, after David Hockney
I want to wish everyone a peaceful Holy Week, and a Blessed Easter. Â I wrote this poem a few months ago. Â I'd seen another praise poem, written like this, designed so the reader would read the first column from top to bottom, and then come back up and read the second column. Â I thought it … Continue reading Praise Poem
