Still Life with Sorrow & Joy, Lana Hechtman Ayers, The Poetry Box, 2026 What a lucky thing to have poet-friends. I had two big deadlines at the end of May (didn’t quite make them, but almost); I’m teaching another Creative Retirement Institute Class (on William Stafford, and it’s going beautifully); and I seem to have forgotten […]
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 […]