Author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Pushcart Nominated Poet 2022. Editor MasticadoresUSA.
I am honored and delighted to have a poem up for Publication of the Month of May on Spillwords. Recently I posted the poem “Visiting a Children’s Memorial Garden”, which is now among the top trending posts. Please continue to Spillwords.com to read my poem. https://spillwords.com/visiting-a-childrens-memorial-garden/ Please note, you need to register and/or login to... Continue Reading →
I have a poem up on Spillwords today. It’s a headliner! Thank you, Dagmara K at Spillwords.com! This poem is based on personal experience. Locals in my city know Memorial Cemetary on the Business Loop. There’s a children’s gravesite along side the road. I always passed it on my way to see Mom at the... Continue Reading →
Nolcha Fox and I have a new poem up in Contemplate: a Home for the Mindful on Medium. Thank you, Susan Brearley. https://medium.com/contemplate/beyond-the-bend-6f397cb8de3b
This collaboration by Nolcha Fox and me is heartfelt. Like many people, we are traumatized by yet another mass shooting this week alone. The poem speaks for itself. We have grief, anger, worry. No words. You can access the poem, which published on MasticadoresUSA today, by clicking the link below. I’m just an old lady... Continue Reading →
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing this collaboration written by myself (right aligned) and Nolcha Fox (left aligned). Such fun! I find her in my attic rummaging through an old cedar chest filled with broken hearts. She’s donned Mom’s silky wedding dress. But on her head, Grandpa’s fedora. Her shoes, Grandma’s slippers. In her... Continue Reading →
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing this collaborative piece by me and Nolcha Fox. We are so delighted! The gremlins ate my links for lunch, I cannot get to Amazon. Now they’re eyeing photographs I stored on my computer. Social media may be next. Will I be erased? They spoon stuporinto my coffee.Stir in... Continue Reading →
I’d play in the leaves I piled up the day before, eat another slice of pecan pie. I’d light the candle in the pumpkin one more night. How nice to have an extra day of fall before the winter lays its icy hand upon the barren branches. A day to lay aside those things I’ve... Continue Reading →
Nolcha Fox is a prolific and entertaining poet! I was honored to review her book “Memory is that raccoon”, which contains the poem featured here. Enjoy! https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?preview=inline&linkCode=kpd&ref_=k4w_oembed_mGs735zp8njRe2&asin=9395224622&tag=kpembed-20 Happiness is an elephant sitting in the best chair, hogging the remote. I can only feed him peanuts and vacuum when he goes to the refrigerator for a... Continue Reading →
I have a new poem up on Spillwords. In April 2022, I participated in Wombwell Rainbow's poetry-writing marathon during Poetry Month. I wrote a rough draft of this poem to the surreal image of an iceberg balancing on the edge of glass of bourbon. I thought about the ice caps melting away as our waist... Continue Reading →
Juan Re Crivello, the creator, Director and Head Editor of Masticadores, has created Magazine, which can be accessed on the menu on his site, Gobblers & Masticadores. I have a poem up there today. My husband, Dierik, brought home a mud turtle shell that he found on one of his walks. As I placed it... Continue Reading →
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