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This thing has feathers. (pinned post)
Tags: UncategorizedYeah, yeah, I misquoted Dickinson. (She wrote, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” not “Hope’s the thing…” But this is a meme I made a while back that isn’t really a meme because it’s not meming, but it does seem, unfortunately, to be evergreen: Feel free to use it if you like, though.
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Trying so hard to be ordinary
It’s a weird calendar this year for us church folk. Christmas Eve was on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, and Ash Wednesday will be on Valentine’s Day again. This past Saturday, January 6, was the Feast of the Epiphany—a feast you would think would be transferred to the nearest Sunday, but flanked by the First…
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Among Women, Blessed
The following poem, for a long time while I kept revising it, bore the working title, “Closing in on Christmas.” I’m glad my poetry group agreed I should change the title once it found its final form. And now that we’re deep into Christmas, why don’t I share my Advent poem? Click on the title…
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Mood Journaling
I’ve just had an Advent poem published in Earth & Altar, which I’ll repost over here soon. Until then, give them some traffic: https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts/among-women-blessed And now, on to what is certainly my most self-indulgent post. I thought I’d share an exercise I’ve been doing on and off for years now. Mostly off, admittedly. I’ve never…
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A Phenomenology of Trees Before Dawn
(Response to Theresa Moore’s reduction linocut print, View of Loch Long) Elaine Elizabeth BelzA PHENOMENOLOGY OF TREES BEFORE DAWN any unenumerated morning— early chill resolved with tea& cardigans—you’re already out by the lakeside I fumble with paper—still sloughing off sleep— eyes still trying to dreamopen—pull trees out of dark silhouettesone needle—one leaf—at a time— beyond…
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Call & Response 4
OK, that was amazing. Last night’s Call & Response event centered around poets reading and artists talking about their work. The watercolorist Carol LaChiusa (pictured with me above) responded to my poem, “Mind Game” with her painting, “Mind Games.” She said that she tried to capture the imagery of my poem (such as the night…
The Sound 