Jun.
25
2017
My poems “Melting Point” and “Sweet Demons” are included in the new Ice Cream anthology from World Enough Writers, an imprint of Concrete Wolf press. Patricia Fargnoli is the editor. The book is divided into 5 sections and contains work by over a hundred poets. Poignant, funny, chilling and delicious! I am so happy to have my poems included!
Feb.
07
2017
My poem “Hemlock at Ten” is just out in vol. 4, Issue 4, Winter 2016 of CATAMARAN Literary Reader. This is a glossy, magazine-sized journal that I first encountered in Barnes and Noble a couple of years ago. The format with its beautiful artwork, often full-page sized, and plenty of white space around the poems and stories, attracted me visually. The imagistic quality of the pieces included drew my imagination. I though to myself then, “I sure would love to have a poem in here!” The poem they accepted is based on a childhood memory of climbing a tree. I was not an adventurous child, but when my friend enticed me, I followed her up what I recall as a giant hemlock. I was terrified and terribly excited at the same time. And when she finally coaxed me down. I was never the same. I hope I captured this moment that even after more than 50 years, I cannot forget.
Feb.
07
2017
Another poem about my Grandmother Esther Monson Erdman appears in Volume 10 of EDGE, publication of Tahoe Writers Works, 2016. This one was inspired by a garnet ring, my birthstone, she gave me as a child. This is a beautiful journal with full-color artwork, among the poems and prose pieces.
Jan.
16
2017
Two of my poems, “Atropos the Fate Dismantles Her Own Altar” and “Transmogrify” are available to view on Modern Poetry Review’s website under Fall Winter 2016. The first poem is the anchor for the final section of my upcoming book, “The Fates.” The second poem is a new one about how one thing can mysteriously become another. Find them at: www.modernpoetryreview.com.
Dec.
15
2016
My poems “Lost Twin” and “The Nine of Cups” are now on the Pontoon website which can be accessed at Http://pontoonpoetry.com. “Lost Twin” is about the brother of a young man I cared for on Hospice and something a woman told me when I read her palm. “The Nine of Cups” is another poem about my psychic grandmother Esther Monson Erdman. This was her favorite card and the poem explains why. The website is attractive and easy to navigate. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the other poems posted here. Thank you, Pontoon!
Aug.
01
2016
One of my poems and one non-fiction descriptive piece are included in the We’Moon 2017 Datebook which is on sale now! I first encountered this lovely publication at Radiance downtown Olympia a couple of years ago when I bought this weekly calendar to help stay organized. I thought at the time how cool it would be to have some of my writing included in this volume full of beautiful art and words. I worked very hard last summer on my submission. The theme was “Stardust” since 2017 is the year of the Star (after XVII of the Tarot’s Major Arcana). My poem is titled “The Palmist’s Gift” and the non-fiction piece is “Building the House for My Goddess.”
Aug.
01
2016
My poem, “The Weatherman’s Widow,” was published in the Spring 2016 issue of Pinyon, journal of Colorado Mesa University. This is wonderful since I also had a poem in the inaugural issue in 1996: “Braiding at Nightfall.” I am in good company here in this substantial volume of poets writing about every imaginable aspect of nature.
Jun.
27
2016
My poem, “Survivor,” was just published in Volume 33 2016 of Emrys Journal published by the Emrys Foundation in Greenville, SC. It received the Nancy Dew Taylor Award given to one writer “for excellence in the art of poetry.” The journal is beautiful and I am so pleased this poem, about a friend of mine who lost her mother as a child, received recognition. The poem is, of course, also about me since I lost my father in a similar way. Losing a parent as a child always leaves a mark.