Lifesaving Lines: The Bluet, by James Schuyler

On a spring day as far from ‘late in dour October’ it would be harder to imagine, James Schuyler’s The … More

Not exactly good riddance

Just a few hours left of 2021. Time to reflect on what this year has been. Until a week or … More

Recently, my relationship with Wednesdays has changed. It’s quite a long story, and one I don’t want to trouble you … More

I am deeply grateful to Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie at The Friday Poem for taking a new poem of … More

To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More

Though you may disappear, you’re not forgotten hereAnd I will say to you, I will do what I can do … More

There were just a few of us in the room, gathered round a table. I had been invited to speak. … More

The YouTube clip below is a recording of a reading I made last week for the University of Exeter Guild … More

It wasn’t all rain. There were rainbows among which Shawna has blogged about fountain pens again. Honestly, she could do … More

I don’t want to pretend for a second that it was great. It was full of rawness and grief and … More

Here are the blog posts that you read most in 2020 As I click through the links I am surprised … More

The Sky Over My Mother’s House It is a July night scented with gardenias. The moon and stars shine hiding … More

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento … More

I have walked into the grief. I have walked into brave space, mine and others’. I have sat in … More

I am tired. Though I write from a place of privilege and of safety, I am tired. Tired of feeling … More

Courage It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. … More

Struggling I haven’t had time to stand and fart recently, and you’re wanting me to work on a relationship? That … More

And what will I miss? Her cruelty, her unfaithfulness Her fun, her love, her kiss, part company The Go-Betweens, Part … More