To All Those Missing Their Mothers on Mother’s Day
Farewell Letter to My Son She wrote me a letterafter her deathand I remembera kind of happy lightfalling on the …
Category Archives: Writing
Behind All Art is an Element of Desire—Adrienne Rich
Behind all art is an element of desire.Love of life, of existence, love ofanother human being, love ofhuman beings is …
Easter Gladness, Nobel Poet Milosz on How the World Ends & Begins Again
A Song on the End of the WorldBy Czeslaw Milosz On the day the world endsA bee circles a clover,A …
Growing Orbits of Love — From the Sensual to the Sacred in Prose & Poetry
He passed his fingertips over her skin almost without touching her, and experienced for the first time the miracle of …
Little Red, Lust & Longing in Songs & Stories
My last post about the “Slant-wise & Slippery” retelling of Little Red Riding Hood reminded me of a fun and …
Red & The Wolf, Slant-Wise and Slippery
I’ve always loved fairy tales, especially the darker, deeper, originals where good did not always overcome evil. As a young …
So Much Happiness – Poem and Painting
So Much Happiness by Naomi Shihab Nye For Michael It is difficult to know what to do with so much …
What Joy! Poetry in Motion in Art, Dance, & Writing
What is it about this painting by Ernie Barnes that so uplifts and inspires? That ripples with joy? That feels …
A Mayan Myth of Love, Self-Sacrifice & the Creative Process
I mentioned in my last post that I wrote a myth about the creation of the isthmus that now comprises …
Maria Berrio and the Art of Myth-Making
In a novel I’m writing I include an origin myth of how the isthmus of Central America was created. It’s …
