• TV Light Makes My Black Tea Blood Red

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

  • Three haiku

    I’ve always felt that if something happened three times, it’s a sign of sorts. So when my haiku got featured three weeks in succession, I looked for meaning behind it. For yours truly, whose confidence is usually skimming the bottom of the barrel, who usually has a bad case of the imposter syndrome, this felt…

  • "Holy crapadoodle!"

    I had heard of Ben Gaa from his poetry and heard him on Patricia’s Poetry Pea podcast, which incidentally is my first haiku school. The one I very clearly remember is this one Pea TV Uncut Workshop: Ben Gaa – Haiku without me When Reid Hepworth, my gifted haijin friend forwarded me the YouTube link where…

  • Silver Linings

    Looking back, I just realized that I hadn’t posted the video of Morningside After Dark show.  This show brings warmth into our midwestern winters. Covid did try to put a damper on the show but technology has helped us stay together, stay sane. Here’s the video of the Morningside After Dark January show on the…

  • NaPoWriMo 22

     In 1996, Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month. Poetry keeps me grounded, helps me heal, helps me climb the mountains I was never prepared to overcome. How about you?  To celebrate, I will try to participate in the National Poetry Writing month NaPoWriMo. Yea, yea, “Do or do not. There is no try” but…