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I am going to be the newest mentor with a wonderful organization called Girls Write Now. Please check out their website. Beginning in September I will have a mentee, a high school girl who is a writer (or wants to be). We'll get together weekly and work on our writing together, also Girls Write Now… Continue reading Girls Write Now

This poem was inspired by a class taught by Jenny Factor at Antioch University Los Angeles. Dancing with Swans neighborhood bar seated at usual seat surrounded by usual people laura waves hello walks towards me she once told me it was pronounced lowwra showed me how to open mouth roll tongue say it just right… Continue reading Yes, I have experimented in the past…

My friend asked me to write her bio for her website as a poem. I've written plenty of bios before in my day job as a publicist/writer--but never a bio written in poem form. She also wanted specific things mentioned in the bio, and at first it was pretty tough to get those things to… Continue reading A Poem as Biography

So here it is: my poem "Life Cycle of a Star" in the final issue of The November 3rd Club. I'm glad I made it into this last issue--check out the archives, there's a lot of good writing that's been posted there over the past five years. I got the idea after reading yet another… Continue reading Life Cycle of a Star

Today's conversation: friend: you need to post more poetry on your site. me: i post links to the places i've been published. i guess i can post the poems that have been published after publication. i should update it more. friend: no, what about all those poems from when you were getting your mfa. post… Continue reading Post more poetry

Hey peeps--Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, has published my poem "America is 15 Times the Size of Afghanistan" in its Summer 2010 issue, up today. Please read and let me know what you think. (If anyone is out there reading my musings.) This poem went through many drafts and was much longer when I… Continue reading New Poem up at Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

On Thursday I dragged the husband out to a poetry event called The Inspired Word, presented by Mike Geffner. There were three featured poets (in order of appearance): Rich Villar, Dasha Kelly, and Tara Betts, as well as a 10-slot open mic. I do want to read my work in public occasionally, but I'm by… Continue reading The Inspired Word

If you're a poet who has something to say about the environmental disaster that is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, check out this website and submit. One of the best ways for us to stand up and have our voices be heard is to write. So pens to paper or hands… Continue reading Call for work–Poems about the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

I have a poem at Qarrtsiluni for their "New Classics" issue--what they wanted was poetry & art that retells a classic story. I retold the story of Adam & Eve. You can view the poem here: http://qarrtsiluni.com/2010/05/26/his-side/