FOR ARWEN

 

My daughter birthing her first baby, herself as a mother, and  me as a grandmother.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading FOR ARWEN… and scroll down to see the whole poem.

 

FOR MY GRANDSON HUCK

 

This was written soon after my grandson’s birth. Have you ever had so much joy suddenly come into your life that you were afraid to hold it?

 

MY FARMERS' MARKET: 2009

Summertime 2009. This poem was written in a different time. My heart hurts at the enormity of ongoing greed, duplicity, violence, and hate, which has been revealed and multiplied since then. Take some sustenance from simple pleasures and connections recounted in this poem. They still exist in our country. They will help our hearts. They will help us stay juicy for the long task of freeing our nation and our people from deliberate enslavement.

MORNING

A groggy mind can take you into different experiences.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading I MORNING… and scroll down to see the whole poem.

A poem from EVERYDAY MERMAID. A collaborative poetry art book I created with artist Deidre Scherer.

Happy Mother's Day

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who have mothered in any way. My wish is that in the burgeoning #MeToo Movement that “mothering” gets as much respect as all the other issues we are fighting for.

A Woman’s Joy. From our book Everday Mermaid.

A Woman’s Joy. From our book Everday Mermaid.