• TV Light Makes My Black Tea Blood Red

    There is a call to action. And then there is the complete paralysis of disbelief.

  • daya and baya

      Here is a reference to one of my favorite musicals. But more importantly, it’s a nod to the hidden music in our lives…Yugen Quest Review has brought out a beautiful tribute to the late percussion maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Link here   My memory of Ustadji’s performance was actually when he and his brother…

  • …Touchstone and Red Moon press anthology nomination 2024…

      It is always a thrill to be nominated! Journals usually have so many many poems to choose from and when one of your work makes the cut, it’s a thrill beyond compare. Also the feeling of being seen, being recognized.  Leaf Journal has announced its nominations. And my following haiku has made the cut.…

  • …and everything in between…

    Composing poems is a lonely path. So when I found the Evergreen Haiku group where a few poets came together to discuss haiku, I was elated! It was excellently facilitated by Michele Root-Bernstein. I was a member of the group for a very short time but I loved every moment of it. When the doors…

  • Curating

    While I sit at my desk watching the midwest winter creep in slowly, I realize that I have not yet got my head wrapped around all that it meant for me to be a curator for Drifting Sands Haibun, Issue 29.   It was certainly a learning experience. And answered the question: What do people…