I wrote this in October last year. When I started looking for them again, I was reminded of this poem. Besides, it is Halloween! A Visitation of Bats On my evening walkas the last of the sunset glowseeps into the ocean,I am surprised by a cauldron of bats. They swirl, leaves caught in updrafts,gray motion … More A Visitation of Bats: October, 2023 Featured Poem
Dear Friends, This is a pandemic poem you might enjoy which did not fit into my newest book of poetry: All in Measure: A Book of Hours, 2020-2022. You can order the book at any bookstore or online. As I went to Amazon just now for the link I discovered that it is free on … More My Husband Studies Spanish in the Pandemic: September, 2023 Featured Poem
I love most of my poems, for at least a while. Sometimes I have poems that are favorites just because they keep making me smile. This is one of those. Featuring the unusual dog delights me. Rarely do I have attached photos but this photo just goes with it. I hope this also brings you … More My Heart is a Radish Today, ft. Dog : August, 2023 Featured Poem
A meditation on the seasons when it is most foggy in the Sunset District of San Francisco … summer and winter. The poem is from the middle of the pandemic when my second book, Cloudbreak came out. Still feels true as I gaze into fog this morning. It almost looks like a blizzard whiteout. It … More In Place: July, 2023 Featured Poem
I Am a Country Girl, But: June, 2023 Featured Poem There has been so much negative press recently about San Francisco. I can not help but think it is written with a touch of gloating. Even my mother, who lived in New England and thought snow and ice was good for her, would say it … More Poetry Reading In-Person. Love to see you!
This is the season, spring-to-be-summer, when I wrote this poem. I hope you join me to appreciate the many flowers that are sometimes called weeds. We must plant and conserve more native bushes and flowers as the lives of our bees, butterflies, and birds depend on them. Thank you for reading my poetry. Abundant Forgiveness … More Abundant Forgiveness: May, 2023 Featured Poem
This poem is a favorite of mine and also appears in my newest book All in Measure: A Book of Hours-2020-2023. Morning tea is a ritual part of my morning. Cloistered in the house during the pandemic, the act of making tea allowed me to travel in my imagination and never failed to bring me … More Jasmine Tea: April, 2023 Featured Poem
These atmospheric river storms just keep on happening. The poems keep on coming. This was from the storm a couple of weeks ago. The poem is new and might change form eventually. I need to sit with it for longer. We had storm wind force water in under our patio doors to leak on the … More Composition of Storm: March, 2023 Featured Poem
And it is still raining! In January I was so busy editing my new book All in Measure: A Book of Hours, 2020-2022 I missed posting a poem. Yet another storm is passing through the Bay Area. Snow on unexpected hills. Even more trees uprooted or branches broken. When we first moved here, California the … More Rain –– February, 2023 Featured Poem
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