New Interview, Out Today! Happy to share my recent interview with accomplished poet Carolina Hatchandani, in the new issue of the River Heron Review. I loved getting to know Carolina’s book, the Book Eaters, and then having the opportunity to discuss the book with the writer. Carolina was born in Brazil…
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Conversations…A deep dive interview with poet Rebecca Brock
But in a Lewis Carroll sort of way, these small places become deep and wide kingdoms to traverse—kingdoms of grief, of motherhood, of hope, and of despair. We enter them armed only with Rebecca’s shining poems, but ultimately that is enough.
All Tomorrow’s Train Rides
Q and A with Poet Matthew M Monte I recently had the pleasure of getting to know a new book of poems by Matthew M Monte, a San Francisco based poet. All Tomorrow’s Train Rides (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2023) employs “poetic cartography,” rich and complex language and images that shimmer in memory long after you…
Become Echo: Q and A with Robbin Farr, Poet
Consider the poems as threads, and it is your task to weave the threads together to make a tapestry.
Guacamole — New Prose Poem
Were any humans harmed in the making of this avocado?
Epiphany, 2022
I love January 6th (despite the mess that happened last year) because it is the epiphany. While I’m not particularly religious, my Catholic upbringing installed deep roots through my unconscious, stirring my soul on certain special dates. Epiphany translates from Greek as “revelation from above” and my child-mind blended my own life long search…
The Palo Verde Trees Beguile Us
we come to the desert seeking sun, the kiss
of honest conversations,
a swollen river of memories
The Untold Story #1
Because at a time when we still must isolate physically, stories can help us stay connected.