Moonshine is excerpted from my latest book of poetry: When Sea Kisses Shore, a collection of love poems for Valentine’s Day. Please also join me for a reading on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 4:00 PM PST with Asheville Wisdom Exchange
Read MoreShehezerade is the heroine of the Arabian classic storybook, A Thousand and One Nights. Story-telling and love are both intoxicating. To me, one of the most iconic and romantic images is of lovers in a tent near an oasis in the desert under a night sky lit by a million stars. This poem is excerpted from my newest book of love poetry: When Sea Kisses Shore
Read MoreMost of us have been shamed at some point along the way. Shame is a powerful social mechanism because we all have a deep need for belonging. Although shame can keep us humble, it often turns into an inner tyrant that can run roughshod over us diminishing and defeating us. This poem celebrates the times when shame loses its grip and, if it comes, it simply flows through us as does any other passing thought or emotion. Then we can let our changing thoughts and feelings become notes in the music of our lives.
Read MoreThis poem has been hanging around in my drafts since I published The Song of Falling Stars back win February. It seemed appropriate to post it now that we are in the confines of home-stay and the longing to be free in the world is cracking us open. Whose hand do you long to feel in yours again? What if this time were a chance to unbreak our broken hearts, to reclaim our innocent eyes and look again at those we love with fresh eyes?
Read MoreThe coronavirus puts a profound watermark on our time, a backdrop in which everything is either measured or consumed. This time will mark the ending and beginning of much in our lives. It also offers a chance to bring some projects to completion or to begin ones that have been pushed aside by the normal traffic of life. What is your relationship to endings and beginnings? What is ending and what is beginning for you at this time?
Read MoreGiven these strange times of isolation and social distancing from a worldwide pandemic, it is important to remember that the heart can reach beyond walls and borders and that we can hold those we love in our hearts and minds even when we are apart.
Read MoreOne of the most touching things, to me, is to see how we struggle with life trying to “divine” our way. The word divine is an adjective to describe something as angelic or holy and a term for the intuition or guidance that we might get from life or the world. No Defense is included in my upcoming book: The Undiscovered Country: How to Live in Your Own Heartland, which is both a book of poetry and a workbook to explore how you can find and follow a path with heart.
Read MoreNo matter how hard we try to be good or to live well, we will inevitably make a mess of things. It is part of being human and we have to learn to live with the mess and do our best to clean it up or to make the most of it or, simply, to come to terms with the fact of it. . How willing are you to face the messes of your life?
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! May a river of laughter flow between you and those you love and may your hearts go and go and go to each other!
Read MorePoetry has the capacity to enter the heart, to touch you on a deep and enduring level because it invites you into the world of your making. The Latin root of poet means “maker,” or “creator.” True poetry is co-created between the writer and the reader! Who is co-writing your life with you?
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