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2024 Progressive Poem – Final Stretch!

2024 Progressive Poem – Final Stretch!

The Progressive Poem is collaborative kidlit poetry in action! What began as a dreamy, skyward looking couplet has transformed into a narrative journey of migration, sibling love, and care. Where will this journey end?2024 Progressive Poem cradled in stars, our planet...

NPM – Last of Trophic Cascade

NPM – Last of Trophic Cascade

My response poems to Dungy's TROPHIC CASCADE contain some climate anger. But sprinkled among these are some forays into personal experiences (that have nothing to do with climate). Part of this exercise has been to let the prompts lead me wherever it is they want to...

NPM – TROPHIC CASCADE

NPM – TROPHIC CASCADE

From the back cover of Camille T. Dungy's 2017 poetry collection TROPHIC CASCADE:...these poems are written in the face of despair to hold a commitment to hope... I continue to pull writing prompts from Dungy's words. If you'd like to read my poems inspired by her...

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Published poet & kidlit writer

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