2018 Goldies!! On the list with my Legacy Heroine Judy Grahn!

          In the late 70s I read, The Work of A Common Woman: The Collected Poems of Judy Grahn 1964—1977, her poem, A Woman is Talking to Death, inspired me to start a long deferred dream to write poetry. It wasn’t possible to write when I was a teen, my …

Writing Summary 2017; Happy New Year!

              Happy New Year!! I’m delighted to start January 2018 with my poem Walking Istanbul published in the Bosphorus Review! I traveled to Istanbul at the end of 2014 and was there for the turning of the year to 2015. (The picture is of me with Sappho …

truth be bold—Nominated for Bisexual Poetry Award!!!

This has been a busy year promoting my book truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS. Aside from eight poetry readings, speaking with the class at LIU-Brooklyn after reading along with their syllabus, I also submitted my book to five book award contests: The Bisexual Book Awards, The Lambda Book …

“truth be bold” Taught in English Honors Class!! World AIDS Day December 1st!

              My book “truth be bold—Serenading Life and Death in the Age of AIDS” (Finishing Line Press, 2017), was taught this semester by Patrick E. Horrigan to an English honors class, Art and Literature in the Age of AIDS, at Long Island University Brooklyn. …

Reading & Poeming Health Workshop, Vancouver, WA 11/9&10

              READING & WORKSHOP Reading selections from my book, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS (Finishing Line Press, 2017) DATE & TIME: Thursday, 11/9, 7 pm (free, with open mike) ADDRESS: Angst Gallery, 1015 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660  WORKSHOP: Poeming …

Lumen5: Make Poem Videos for Free!!

Learning about the website Lumen5 was the perfect birthday gift! It was mentioned on one of the many women’s Binder groups on Facebook, so I checked it out and made a video using my persona poem Stonewall from my book truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS. It was …

Disclosure Reading—NYC @ the Bureau 8/12/17

I will read in New York City on Saturday August 12th. I’m excited to have this opportunity to read at the Bureau of General Services — Queer Division and will read from my book, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS.  Joining me will be Michael Broder of the HIV Here …

Ice Cream Poems in time for summer!

              Right as summer arrived, the anthology ICE CREAM POEMS: reflections on life with ice cream, edited by poet Patricia Fargnoli, was published by World Enough Writers an imprint of Concrete Wolf. My poem “Ice Cream Cravings” is included in this excellent anthology. With 125 …

Seattle Poetic Grid!

                What is the Seattle Poetic Grid you might ask! Poet and writer Claudia Castro Luna was the first Seattle Civic Poet and during her two year tenure she did several projects city wide to promote poetry. Her final project is an electronic map of …

Update on Postpartum & Reading in Everett

          In my last blog (News page) I reported that I was in a fog of book birth postpartum depression. I’m still in that fog, but my sleep has been improving, so now with full nights of sleep I’m beginning to see some light. It’s been a …