Thank you for your interest! Here, you will find reading recommendations, writing prompts, and reflections. I will also post information about the Edison Poetry Series, which happens in April and July of each year in collaboration with Book Shucker.
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August 27, 2024
Currently, I am doing the Sealey Challenge—read one book of poems a day in the month of August. April is national poetry month and …
August 15, 2024
Writing Poems for the Anthropocene The term ecological grief has been used to understand the loss humans experience as a result of ongoing, irreversible environmental …
August 5, 2024
What is nature writing? What is time? We are deep in summer and the field next door was just cut for hay silage—a sign …
July 24, 2024
Summer forges on. Should we enjoy it? You may have seen the headline “After Earth’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, Monday breaks new record” …
July 3, 2024
summer’s arrival + loving the unloved animals We have launched into summer. While I am excited for a break in the rain and a string …
June 20, 2024
making hay while the sun shines They are making hay silage across the road. I tell my daughters it is a marshmallow farm and even …
May 31, 2024
what is your work? what is working? The latest issue of Ecotone arrived in my mailbox. The Labor Issue. I am thoroughly enjoying the pieces …
May 16, 2024
dealing with your STUFF + an object gallery A a recent writing salon, the topic of objects came up. We discussed how writing about or into …
May 6, 2024
where have i been? I have been keeping up with the Her Deepest Ecologies writing prompts and last month I returned to the Jack Straw …
April 30, 2024
after Earth Day and ‘The New Nature Poem” Monday, April 22nd was Earth Day. Since it started in 1970, Earth Day has always been a time …
April 15, 2024
Animals & joy Happy National Poetry Month! The first prompt is based on the poem “Uncomplicated Prayer” by Sarah Platenius, in the latest issue of …