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Fall Writing Frenzy 2025: “Forewarning”
Beware where you wander on a foggy fall day when there’s no hint of wind but the branches still sway, where time stretches strangely and your watch makes no sense: there’s no morning or evening, just a long present tense.
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Newly published poem: “Tanager’s Cantrip”
I am absolutely delighted that my poem “Tanager’s Cantrip” was selected as editor’s choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will shortly be listed in the archives of the ekphrastic challenge for future reading.……
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Poem: Afterwords
They say poetry is a form of protest, and certainly it is good to feel like sometimes one’s words can pack a punch. I wrote this poem originally inspired by Rattle’s ekphrastic challenge for September of 2024, using this image by artist Barbara Gordon. I thought I was angry then, and I’m angrier now. So……
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2024 Writer’s Round Up
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? I have two small children (getting less small by the day!) and looking back at pictures from the beginning of 2024 just has me stunned by how much can and does happen in a year, how much growth can occur, and how much it’s worth taking some time to……
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Who Stole Santa’s Boot? (Contest Entry)
In amidst the addressing of Christmas cards, the list making, and tree decorating, it’s also the time for Susanna Leonard Hill’s Holiday Writing Contest! I am happy to present to you my tiny Christmas mystery, Who Stole Santa’s Boot?
Sea Dreams and Time Machines 