I hope it is not presumptuous of me to call Esther Helfgott my dear friend. I’ve known her for many years. We’ve been bumping into one another around Seattle poetry for decades, in fact, and in the last couple of years our meetings have grown in intensity, if not always in duration. I feel blessed […]
This evening at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford (7 p.m.) I’ll be reading from Sparrow. Here’s a sample: On a Lack of Apples The Lombardy Poplars line up at the far end of the park like girls, their arms linked, ready to call Red Rover, Red Rover and come running in. Maybe fruit was only a metaphor– image […]
Tomorrow evening I’ll be reading my poetry along with three other poets — it would be great if you could join us. November 12, 2013 Poetry at The Good Shepherd Center Belle Randall, Bethany Reid, Michael Spence, and Richard Wakefield Tuesday, November 12, 7 p.m. Room 202, The Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle […]
The best advice I’ve ever been given for getting unstuck is not specific. Whatever it is you have been doing, you have to change one thing. It truly doesn’t matter what you change. If you’re right-handed, try brushing your teeth with your left hand. Do it for a week. Just as an experiment. You’ll experience […]