The New Orleans themed issue of Flash Frontier is live today. I’m so happy to have two of my photos in its pages and, of course, grateful that samples of my poetry and prose are included, as well. Thanks Michelle … Continue reading Flash Frontier NOLA -Style is Live!
I’m going to just jump right in without preamble. These poems stand on their own! The Three Poems by Emily Paige Wilson in Longleaf Review are thrilling in their use of language, like a trapeze artist making us hold our … Continue reading Poems I’m Mad Over Right Now
I woke up to the shocking news of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide. I literally felt a shock, dropping my iPad in my lap, coming to my feet. I’m not a person who is impressed by celebrity. I don’t follow celebrities or … Continue reading RIP, Tony
The killer is an orca – her beauty is more than he can bear, the strength in her body breaching the ocean, puncturing the air in a smooth ballet. How the water glistens on the day and night of her … Continue reading Evening Song
The sinewy arm of the river hugs the city, a lover grown older and wiser in the ways life. Visitors often choose the neon and flash of the streets, the furious noise of movement, vitality on steroids pumped up with … Continue reading River Mamma
Originally posted on Poethead by Chris Murray:
British Columbia Pastoral September: almost snow. White sheets across the sky, the fields. How strange the frost, feral over desert hills. Sage brush caught in the cattle’s teeth. The river… Continue reading ‘Fugue’ and other poems by Chelsea Dingman
Let other girls have their chatty lunches, avocado toast and skinny lattes. Let them compare photos of perfect children, judge each other’s yoga wear and shoes and haircuts. I’ll run far away in freedom’s footsteps, search for the slant of … Continue reading Sweet Solitude
I can’t believe a year has past since the last NaPoWriMo! Once again I’m pep-talking myself, trying to juice up for the challenge of 30 poems in 30 days. Realistically, I know I probably won’t hit each and every day … Continue reading Gearing Up for NaPoWriMo 2018
My photo, “Magnolia Pod” is on the cover of the Spring Issue of Olentangy Review and my poem, “The Conversation”, is inside. Much thanks to Darryl and Melissa Price for accepting my work. I’m especially happy they chose my photo, … Continue reading Twofer in Olentangy Review
My poem, Store Manager 1980, is published today in Writing in a Woman’s Voice. Big thanks to Beate Sigriddaughter for giving this piece a home. I’m especially happy that it’s published the week of International Woman’s Day on March 8. … Continue reading Poem in Writing in a Woman’s Voice
