I've just finished the new book on the Essential Writings of Peter Berg. The Biosphere and the Bioregion is the title...
The Biosphere & the Bioregion
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Ferguson, Race, Privilege and Life in a Police State
Was inspired by seeing Jarret Middleton's thoughts about the lack of charges brought against Darren Wilson, the...
501. Hawthorne Presence
WooHoo! The last 2014 August Poetry Postcard! (See all here.) And with only 221 days until the next call goes...
Cover Poem Writing Exercise (Rewrite, New Arrangement)
Often times I’ll see a poem, or in the case below, one is sent to me, and feel that it needs updating, or could stand...
500. Passing Lane
Passing Lane is another 2014 August Postcard Poem, but this one reflects a life firmly back home after my visit to...
Upcoming Readings
I have been working like a dog on the Cascadia Poetry Anthology, Make It True the last few months, but the last few...
499. Literary Bruxism
Driving the Redwood Highway is one of the most wonderful road trips I could ever imagine. Starting from Grants Pass,...
498. Depth Untended
Sam Hamill on Denise Levertov
Amalio Madueño, the great Taos poet whom I met while attending the legendary Taos Poetry Circus for three years in the...
497. Levertov Butterfly Nation
Not too many postcard poems from 2014 left. (Whew!) This one features another Germán Montalvo image and is an homage...
496. The Occasional Chicharrón
496. The Occasional Chicharrón has more Congress and Puebla reflections, another reference to Vargas Lugo’s butterfly...
97. Clues From Hell
Part of my journal practice is to read the journal entry from the same day of the previous year. A year ago I was...