The Poetry Caravan Launches in Austin

Introducing THE POETRY CARAVAN! I’m so excited to tell everyone about the Austin Poetry Society’s latest non-profit project and so honored to be a part of it. If you’re a poet in the Austin area, please read this and consider participating. The purpose of The Poetry Caravan is to give free readings and workshops inContinue reading “The Poetry Caravan Launches in Austin”

Updates & Announcements

Hello all! I hope everyone’s having a happy holiday weekend. I’m on vacation too. In fact, I’m not *really* posting this right now. I’m really eating pie(s) and playing games with my family. This blog post is all an illusion. Kinda spooky, huh? (Sorry, I think I’m a little lightheaded from all the sweets.) Anyway,Continue reading “Updates & Announcements”

Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park

Today feels like a good day for a poem. I wrote “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park” after my first trip to Big Bend in March of 2011. In November of 2013, I was visiting the park for the second time when I received word that my poem had won first place in the Poetry Society of Texas‘Continue reading “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park”