I was at the eye doctor this morning to check my prescription and replace driving glasses I lost. It reminded me that seeing clearly is such a gift. I wish that for you, my friends, both in our lives and to be able to peer through the smoke and obfuscation of politics. We must keep … More Practice – January, 2025: Featured Poem
Happy New Year my friends! My husband and I spend time planning our objectives and goals for the new year during this time It is kind of like a date! We have been doing it for decades. We have seen plans and policies, personal and political, come and go. So I am in the mood … More A New Year – 2023: December, 2024 Featured Poem
Happy Holidays! I am thankful for much today, including that the two young women in my household are recovering fast from COVID. I have been thinking about the bonds between women and children. I hope you enjoy this sketch from my recent visit to the exhibition. For those of you in the Bay Area, see … More Dry-Point –November, 2024 Featured Poem
Dear Friends, I am posting this in the nature of a prayer. It is from my book All in Measure: A Book of Hours 2020-2022. This is a link to Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare It.” Better yet, watch her read it again for hope! Inauguration – January, 20, … More Inauguration – January, 20, 2021: October 30, 2024 Featured Poem
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For me, and I suspect many of you, July and August have been full of images and drama about the Presidential race. I can’t make it through a whole convention anymore. I want to get to bed on time. However… I Can’t Get Back To Sleep At Night Wondering… if Ivanka and Melania ever showed … More I Can’t Get Back To Sleep Wondering… August, 2024 Featured Poem
Earlier this Spring I was on a writing retreat with a friend in the East Bay Hills above Danville. The frogs were so loud they reminded me of peeper frogs in Massachusetts and Upstate New York. We were just back Upstate to visit friends who live in the solar eclipse path of totality. The frogs … More Pacific Chorus Frogs: April, 2024 Featured Poem
I am delighted to announce that my book is now live on Amazon and Kindle and available through your local bookstore! Published by Blue Light Press. It is inspired by the tradition of praise and contemplation found in the medieval Books of Hours. As the four of us shelter-in-place during the waves of the COVID … More All in Measure: A Book of Hours is Available Now!
Poetic Matrix Press has published my second book, CLOUDBREAK. This book of poetry covers what brought me to my work with social justice and reproductive health, and how I transitioned, after 37 years, to writing. I would love to have you read my book. Thank you to my reviewers, friends, family, teachers, editor and the … More CLOUDBREAK is Available Now!
Heather Saunders Estes 