Did I make this cup? Behind potter’s door, kiln waits– Lover of all forms. Behind this door, clay, studio, kiln, and the many pairs of hands choosing what to sculpt and fire co-mingle in rhythm of activity and stillness. I’m […]
I am no dragon Or so I thought. Why then Hoard these cups of regret? The sea today is Ananda blue, the very colors Ananda used in this painting ("Sea Maiden") I chose to pair with today’s Haiku …
With great joy I invite you to join me on Tuesdays at my new Wheel of Archetypal Selves Facebook page, where, starting today, every Tuesday I’ll be posting us a question to ponder in relation …
Today’s prompts were inspired by the Guinevere’s Camelot section of November Butterfly (Saddle Road Press, 2014). While the Section II poems speak primarily from Guinevere’s point of view, we also hear from Mordred, Arthur and …
Today’s prompts were inspired in part by a series of poems featuring Guinevere’s Camelot, published in November Butterfly (Saddle Road Press, 2014) and specifically by the poem Mordred’s Dream (originally published by Poetry Flash). While …
THE POETRY November Butterfly Book Launch, Movie Screening, Art Show and Book Signing will be hosted by the Occidental Center for the Arts this Sunday March 29th from 3-5 pm. OCA is located at 3850 Doris Murphy …
"Of all the writers I know, Joan Swift is surely one of the best at transforming reverses into poems of astonishing beauty and strength. Her particular blend of memory, imagination, feeling, and intellect creates an …
How could you make moments of joy a sacred priority in 2015? What forms will such moments take? Doodle, draw, photograph, or write your way into these questions... –Sunni Brown of the TED Talk “Doodlers …
We had some eerie moments when the wire of the mic became somehow attenuated (overheated?) during the recording of a second poem (Nefertiti on the Astral) and in playback we heard a long drawn out …
“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”-- Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer) November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle Road Press) comes out …