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POETS SALON – 4/10/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Evening tai chi class. His quizzical look: ‘Can you make me a poetry corner for my online magazine,...

POETS SALON – 4/03/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson I have long imagined my autobiography to be made of these moments strung together, the hidden architecture of...

POETS SALON – 3/06/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Independence Day. I was 17. His day off. He could not have chosen better. No hint of a prelude. My mother,...

POETS SALON – 2/27/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Suddenly she left. She did not intend to. ‘Being She’ was hard at work, and hard at play. For...

POETS SALON – 2/06/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson The sound of waves along the shore. Driftwood and stone, lost feathers and messages mix in the salty air....

POETS SALON – 1/09/19 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson The tree of life…conversation lifts over the mountains, we become quiet epiphytes on the tree of time....

POETRY CORNER – 12/26/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson A quiet moment in busy times is the most precious gift. It is always there, unwrapped. Nature is always...

POETRY CORNER – 11/22/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson At this time of year we look back and forward at the same time. The problems of the year accumulate and we...

POETRY CORNER – 11/14/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson What can follow Kindness, but More Kindness. Many of you have said, nothing is more needed, nothing more...

POETRY CORNER – 10/31/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson At a time when conflicting feelings inspired by current events put seasonal activities in a different...

POETRY CORNER – 10/24/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Before the feast of harvest comes the work of it. Sometimes all the conditions are right to produce the...

POETRY CORNER – 10/17/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Last week as we searched out our quiet places, I found that so many poets felt the calming influence of...

POETRY CORNER – 10/10/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson There is quiet before the storm, and also after, as if nature knows itself and waits until it is ready....

POETRY CORNER – 10/03/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson If we closely observe the small details of nature we are often delighted by serendipity in action. As if a...

POETRY CORNER – 9/26/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Some of us might think of ourselves or another as a “black sheep”. What this means varies. Each...

POETRY CORNER – 9/18/18 Hosted by Kathabela Wilson Now, when I’m feeling especially grateful to the editors and hosts that welcome our travels, poems...