My first love was Music. I grew up on the likes of Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and Elvis. Between fights with my...

DiVerse Poetry Reading Series has been a staple for me, both in my social and internal life. I missed surprisingly little through...

I spent some evenings this week with “No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom,” by Ann Bracken (New Academia Publishing,...

I return to some poems again and again. I need to share them with friends. I need to read them aloud or recite them to myself in mind....

I do love these minor holidays — Valentine’s, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s — days in which a little festive goes a long way with no great...

High on the hill, beneath a fern sky of speckled spores there is a place I long to describe in a language I do not know. Reads the first...

Some moments in time are like the cross-hairs on a grid, more structural than atmospheric to a life. Rites of passage, moves, marriages,...

I first met CL Bledsloe in July of 2021 at a reading hosted by Steven Allenmay at Martha Washington Library in Alexandria, Virginia. It...

It was the late 1980s and I was fired up about Parental Advisory Stickers and threats of censorship affecting my music. Tipper Gore was...

Tanya Olson shares masterfully written, thoughtful poetry in her full-length collection Stay (YesYes Books, 2019). Her lyrical lines...

Lunar New Year brought a new wave of hope to this year for me. Early to be trudging through, but feels like we drag a lot with us these...

Congratulations on your new full-length poetry collection, Inheritance of Aging Self. A powerful collection that I had the honor of...

In All Things Beautiful Are Bent (Alien Buddha Press, 2021), James Diaz explores, reveals, and uplifts both anguish and healing, or the...

The bicycle was still there, brand new, with its pale-blue frame and its plated handlebars which sparkled against the dull stone of the...

I’m honored that Le Hinton agreed to my interview. I think of him as a Poet’s Poet. I believe we all look up to him, both for his...

I’ve had the good fortune of spending a lot of time with your poetry collections, “Made of Air” (Kelsay Books, 2020) and “Only the Raw...

This in-depth interview needs little introduction. But I will say that if you have a chance to see this Poet read live, do it! In...

I fell off my once a month posting schedule because what composes life can make one shelve compelling things that inspire. Life is...

A couple of years ago a man asked me my “pet peeves.” I don’t know. I was stumped. I asked my daughter who illuminated for me that I have...

I feel like shifting blog focus for a moment from my reviews and interviews. So I’ll share some musings about the season and my children....