My Book of the Dead Oct 12th October 14, 2019 – Posted in: Blog
2019, working on the collection
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2019, working on the collection
Continue readingIt’s always a pleasure and enriching experience to discover an unsung multi-talented “creative.”
Continue readingIn my new collection (several of the poems have gone into journals, although the majority are unpublished) the theme of praying came up. It wasn’t intentional but in our society, most of us send up solicitations via in our heads, meditations, smoke, temples and teepee meetings. In these violent and merciless times, at the end of the day or to start a day, for many, I imagine, it’s what gives strength. I’ll be signing books…
Continue readingSo, a handful of the new poems in MY BOOK OF THE DEAD are in Spanish. Here is an excerpt from one, published, citation below. Algo de ti [An Ekphrastic Exercise] Algo de ti me recuerda a casa; no la de hoy, la de otros tiempos– Las tortillas de la abuela sobre su comal ardiente; el perfume de la bugambilia en el jardín. Tus pestañas estrelladas– de niñez como las estrellas mismas que contemplaba yo,…
Continue readingSummer ends for many in the U.S. A day doesn’t go by in These Times when we are not affected by the politics, climate change and the dominance of violence. Much of this has been converted into fuel for my new poems. I include here the start of one of the poems. It was published in Fifth Wed. Journal: A Storm Upon us. There is a lot of interest amongst activists and academics involved in…
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