Maps I she says, I love maps!& my body becomes landscapehair follicles rising to mountain rangetufts of hair forest forearms& as she guides me into my gutsI walk them like red caves in sedonamy palm caressing the eroded wallsyears of worry ridging pocketsfear-shucked alcoves bumpyunder my feet, yet I carry atorch. shine light on texturesof… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 6 & HEART TOUR IN GODERICH & MORE!
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POEM A DAY – July 23 & We Got (Ford City) Lit!
Selkie haiku my skin, sealed to pagesmy heart bobbing in the seatwo storms colliding I pulled a Selkie card from the Folklore Oracle today...feeling the split of my writer self and my mother self. Oof. WE GOT LIT AT THE INAUGURAL FORD CITY LIT NIGHT - HEART TOUR STOP #2 COMPLETE! Thanks to the robust… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 23 & We Got (Ford City) Lit!
POEM A DAY – July 20 & SARNIA & LIT NIGHT OPEN MIC!
I discovered a new form of haiku today! The Haiga - a melding of painting and haiku! It's an ekphrastic expression using haiku! Who knew?! Find out more in the links below! I also discovered a Canadian artist, Siobhan Humston...she attended my little heart tour book event in Sarnia! I am so inspired by her… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 20 & SARNIA & LIT NIGHT OPEN MIC!
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