Friends! I’m thrilled to have 2 poems in the just released fall issue of Sixth Finch, “Warm to Warm” and “Stone I Control Nothing,” alongside a ton of other awesome poetry and art. My 3rd time in this journal! Thank you Rob MacDonald and Jaime Zuckerman for making Sixth Finch so completely great all the time! Head over and check out the whole issue!
Wow! The great poet David Kirby wrote an essay that features my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” and Plume Poetry just published it online today. I’m so honored. I have to go sit in the backyard and try to calm down.
Read the whole essay online at Plume Poetry HERE.
Huge thanks to the Laurel Review for nominating “Three Deaths Near a Body of Water,” a poem I wrote collaboratively with Steve Castro and Dustin Pearson, for Black Lawrence Press’ Best Small Fiction Anthology! What a delightful surprise!
Overjoyed to learn that the mighty Sixth Finch has accepted my poems “Warm to Warm” and “Stone I Control Nothing” for their fall issue. I’m so delighted! This will be my 3rd time having my poems in this journal, which is one of my very favorites! I never miss an issue. Thank you Editor Rob MacDonald!
Day 7 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! A morning trip to Myrtos Beach, lunch at Avithos Preview Taverna at Avithos Beach (the grilled prawns!?!), a Greek praying mantis greets us on our apartment door, a sunset trip to the top of Mount Ainos, complete with a herd of musical goats, then dinner at the Ionian Center for the Arts followed by an awesome reading by the awesome participants! What a full day!!!
Day 6 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! Teaching my poetry class on Tactile Imagery with Polyphemus the cyclops just outside the classroom door. Evening drinks and appetizers with my fellow faculty at the cliffside restaurant the Sea Salt. Then faculty readings after dinner at the Ionian Center for the Arts and Culture.
Day 5 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! A morning rowboat trip to Zeus Island off the coast. 139 steps to the top! A church there now. In the past a temple to Zeus, before that Aphrodite. Then a swim at a beach only accessible by boat. Then evening martinis at the wonderful Lilly’s Cafe Bar on the mountain beside the Castle of St George. Sigh. Kefalonia your charms keep coming!
Day 4 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! Reading our poems in a library/museum in Lixouri with Greek poets! An amazing fish lunch; when we asked for the menu he showed us two trays of freshly caught fish (that was the menu) which were then cooked for us with fries and a salad…just amazing! Taking a boat to Fteri Beach (which is only accessible by boat) for an afternoon of swimming. Tomorrow back to classes!
Day 3 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! Some classes at the Ionian Center for the Arts, some beach, amazing taramasalata + grouper + prawn + robola wine from Sarris Winery for lunch, some succulent roadside grabbed dates, some sightseeing and writing at the nearby mountain castle of Agios Georgios (established in 1085)! Plus an awesome cat friend.
Day 2 of my 2nd year teaching poetry for Freeing the Muse on the island of Kefalonia, Greece! No teaching! Instead a full day sightseeing before classes begin, 2 caves, Myrtos Beach from above, Swimming at Emplysi Beach, and visiting Fiskardo!
