Requiem (for Miranda) Yesterday you were still here. Today snow has laid itself down in the lanes, thick as fur. The flap in the door is locked, as it would be. You hated snow. I expect you in my office chair quick as a ghost, a look to say, “I’ve been here all along.” In […]
“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!” -Miranda, from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare This past weekend, I accepted the role of Chief Technology Officer for BraveNewTalent, a social recruitment startup based in London. At the David Allen Company, I
Sugar Mule has been good to me. My debut collection, Human Shade, features four poems published across three different issues of the magazine. It is such a boost to forge a relationship with an editor who keeps wanting more of my work. The two poems currently featured in Sugar Mule #37 give mention to figures
One of my poems, “Matins with Slippers and House Cat,” is now available in Sugar Mule #34 online. I find the time to write poetry by getting up before dawn. I began writing poems with “matins” (morning prayer) in the title after reading Lousie Glück’s The Wild Iris. At first, these were quiet, grief-stricken prayers.
The most striking feature of Marvin Bell’s craft talk during the Pacific University MFA Winter residency was his closing remark about the three traits of the artist. Here is what I wrote down: A disregard for convention A strong inner direction A love of challenges I have been meditating on these qualities ever since, seeing
I’ve decided cats like poets, and not just because they’re warm and still while reading and writing. It seems poets like cats as well. I was sorry to hear of Michael’s loss today. Having grown up highly allergic to cats, I always thought I didn’t like them. Then Miranda came into our lives. This morning,
