Second Book

I’m excited to announce that I am working on a manuscript for the 2021 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry (Tupelo Press)! To start, I’m making my list of which poems to include. This is a wonderful opportunity, and I’ll give it my all! : )

The spark

What sparks a poem? How am Inspired to write a poem? Most of my poems are inspired by nature. I have to be outside part of the day (and much of that time outside is with my mule). That’s just who I am. Once I move to the country, I intend to be outside as

When I write poems for you

This is a children’s poem I wrote several years ago. I hope my poems are this for you…..

Heart

Another Universe

A fun poetry exercise that gets your creativity flowing is Found Poems. You take a stack of old magazines, choose interesting phrases from various pages and articles, and piece them together. The result can be startling! This exercise has you place phrases and words together that you might not put together otherwise – it opens