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A Ukrainian-American Wedding Outside My Window: Featured Poem, January, 2026

January 28, 2026

Living close to a community park in San Francisco gives me the opportunity to enjoy frequent surprises. There were no signs for this wedding, it was just happening. Baby showers occur unexpectedly here and birthday parties. When I see parents stringing up pinatas in tree branches, or people hiding Easter eggs even before any children … More A Ukrainian-American Wedding Outside My Window: Featured Poem, January, 2026

Dog Park: Featured Poem, November, 2025

November 26, 2025

Happy Friends-Giving and Happy Thanksgiving and simultaneously – National Day of Morning to commemorate the ignoble history of massacres, disease, and theft of Native lands by European settlers. Important we acknowledge this truth. There is also true that love, family, friends and celebration of harvest are central to our histories and our lives. We find … More Dog Park: Featured Poem, November, 2025

In My Seventies I Start Pumping Iron At the Y: July, 2025 Featured Poem

August 1, 2025

I just came back from a Back East vacation and I found a cicada shell! Yes some poems were written. This one is from last month. In case you didn’t know, I didn’t till I rejoined, the YMCA is officially rebranded “The Y” as of 2010. They started in 1844 as the Young Men’s Christian … More In My Seventies I Start Pumping Iron At the Y: July, 2025 Featured Poem

I Have An Anonymous Admirer: March, 2025 Featured Poem

March 31, 2025

I Have An Anonymous Admirer Three book-mailing envelopes in a canvas baglay on the floor of my parked car.I was watching post-storm breakersthree miles away. The thief slipped a knife under edgingof the tiny, fixed window in my Toyota.Didn’t break it, only pried away the molding,easily slipping an arm in to open the door. Near … More I Have An Anonymous Admirer: March, 2025 Featured Poem

Readings Upcoming: 2:30, May 11, 2025 @Hunt And Gather (also reading at Bookshop West Portal, evening of April 30, 2025, more info soon.)

March 28, 2025

Join me and my Wild Writing Women writing group colleagues as we read poems from our new book: SEASON LIGHTLY WITH SALT. A reading and celebration for MOTHERS DAY. FEATURED POETRY READING & BOOK: Season Lightly With Salt. Edited by Robin Michel HUNT & GATHER is proud to host a poetry reading featuring the authors … More Readings Upcoming: 2:30, May 11, 2025 @Hunt And Gather (also reading at Bookshop West Portal, evening of April 30, 2025, more info soon.)