CREEK WATER: NEW & SELECTED POEMS, Edward Harkness, Empty Bowl, 2025. National Poetry Month is slipping away, but if I lower the bar a bit, I think I can get in two more books for you. And it was such a pleasure to spend time this morning with northwest poet Ed Harkness’s Creek Water. In […]
JOURNEY OF TREES, Susan Landgraf, The Poetry Box Publishing, 2024. Finalist for the 2023 Poetry Box Chapbook Prize. THE INSPIRED POET: WRITING EXERCISES TO SPARK NEW WORK, Susan Landgraf, Two Sylvias Press, 2019. In the words of Jane Wong, the poems in Journey of Trees are “fed by the kindling of myth and lyrical curiosity.” […]
BIRDBRAINS: A LYRICAL GUIDE TO WASHINGTON STATE BIRDS, ed. Susan Rich. Raven Chronicles Press, 2025. I have two poems in this lovely book, lovingly curated by Susan Rich, assisted by bird note author Stephanie Delaney and artist Hiroko Seki. The poems are narrative and lyrical, longish and very short. The poets include Martha Silano, Jayne […]
IN THE SALT, Caitlin Dwyer, MoonPath Press, 2026. Winner of the 2025 Sally Albiso Award How much more praise can I lavish on this quirky, brilliant collection of poems? The book is woven of two main strands: the female characters of Homer’s Odyssey, and the story of the birth and imperiled early life of Dwyer’s […]