Reflections

 Most mornings for more than ten years I have been a part of a conference call joined by up to twelve lovers of poetry. We refer to it as the call of joy. It begins with one of us reading a poem (or several) that we have selected and includes both discussion and, often, a […]

I have a friend who encourages me in my poetry, but who doesn’t understand why I want my poems to go out into the world. To her, writing them is enough. In some senses that may be true. But not for me.  I have written poetry since I was in my early teens, and loved […]