"Psalm 656" wins Mark Fischer Poetry Prize!

My "beatific and irreverent" poem was awarded first place in the Telluride competition, so I'll be reading there on Thursday, May 31. More details to come.

Workshops:
The Music of Poetry Albuquerque, June --time and date to be announced.
The Music of Poetry
Port Townsend Writers' Conference, WA, July 10

Readings: 
May 16, 6:30 p.m., Comedy Night, La Tienda Performance Space, 7 Caliente Road, Eldorado.
June 20, 6 p.m., Red Mountain Press reading, La Tienda Performance Center, Eldorado
June 28, Fixed & Free reading with Carol Lewis, The Source, Albuquerque


Bio

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I was born in Abbotsford, B.C., and raised in Bellingham, Washington. I earned my B.A. in English and M.A. in Theatre/Dance from Western Washington University. I am married to poet/painter Alice Lee and live in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I work as an editor and educator. I have one daughter (Molly), two stepdaughters (Mica and Annie), one son-in-law (Johannes), one granddaugher (Luisa) and one dog (Austin).

My poems have appeared in Tupelo Press, The Floating Bridge Anthology, Slipstream, Uphook Press, New Millennium, The Ledge, The California Quarterly, New Mexico Poetry Review, Adobe Walls, Fixed & Free, New England Anthology of Poets, Poets Against the War and other journals and anthologies.

My hobbies and interests include yoga, meditation, reading, gardening, travel, chess, music, and I am an elder in the ManKind Project.

Doggerel makes a great gift!
Doggerel & Caterwauls: Poems Inspired by Cats & Dogs (Red Mountain Press)
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Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

"Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things."
     --Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea
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Georgia Straight, British Columbia, 2009

Santa Fe Solstice

 
Our cats stretch out asleep by the window

The longest shadows

     fall on the shortest day

 
My wife sets out seed for the pinon jay

a flash of blue

     and gray against the snow


We listen for news on the radio

they say another blow

     is on the way


We may be housebound for the holiday

hibernate like bears

     in our bungalow


but though it’s eight degrees below

we’ll celebrate

     this season of grace


light a fire and survive the only way

we know by staying dry

     and lying low

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