Tag: writing
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Lyrics for the Run-off Hiss
May 18—IYKYK An old poem of mine, appropriate for today: Elaine Elizabeth BelzLYRICS FOR THE RUN-OFF HISS The birds were singing in your letter: figmentsof your drunkenness, perhaps; or else the nighthad finally succumbed to morning—Morningseems unreal in this real-life dream. In your half-lit last rite, even I can seethat…
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Borrowing Light
A poem for the latter part of Lent Recently published in Earth & Altar. Go give them some traffic—there’s a lot of great stuff to read in addition to the poetry. When I was in grad school, I worked as a verger at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. The cathedral proper…
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Call & Response 5—my poems!
“On Emerging—Strangely, Alive” “Restoring a Sentimental Wheelbarrow with Rust” In 2025, I was invited for the third time to participate in Call & Response, a fantastic program of the Grosse Pointe Congregational Church’s Arts Ministry. The premise of the program is that poets and visual artists respond to each other’s…
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Squirrels!
Two poems about those adorable pests So, I have a hole in my roof. My 101-year-old Detroit home has one of those very typical additions, a kitchen nook with a room above it. On the second floor, that creates a room off the bedroom I use as my office. It’s…
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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.…
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I seem to be writing again!
A few days ago, I finally had that feeling other poets surely know, that sense of, I’ve got a poem to write.” It was the first time since my move home to Detroit at the beginning of June—the first time in several months, actually. Over the past few days, I’ve…
The Sound 