Self-love’s Ace of Cups Egret lands, folds outstretched wings Heart rests between flights. I wrote this tarot haiku years ago after watching an egret sail into view, land beside the bay, and fold his outstretched wings onto his back. The […]
My fortune, my eyes How I see shapes my bounty Hazel ups and downs. --excerpt, NILVX, A Book of Magic, II(II): Tarot Series II, 2019 The older I get, the more I realize that my perspective is …
Here is my latest tarot improvisation, based on a a root chakra meditation. “Who am I at the hearth?,” “Ace of Flames,” and “Hearth Dancers” are the three titles on my mind at present. How …
Here’s what happens when a new chanting and singing practice converges with a nightmare about an oncoming tsunami and a call for poems based on how Covid19 has affected our dreams. I am grateful to …
Love poetry? Love tarot? Or maybe you are curious about both. Tarot and poetry rely on images to create a connection, ask questions, inspire conversation, and bring us closer to our hearts. In my Using …
Living in this pandemic-induced dual awareness of the cozy home orbit and the grave, grey anxiety of the collective mortality we face globally has brought me back to my desk where I’ve been coloring into the …
Waving from my kitchen table to yours under “shelter in place” orders in California as of last night due to the coronavirus, with time to take stock of yesterday’s joys. Here’s a simple tarot reading …
I am so pleased to announce a new tarot writing course I'll be teaching through Antioch University's online Inspiration to Publication program this spring; you can sign up here. I am delighted to share my …
In early October I headed to College Grove, Tennessee (about 45 minutes from Nashville) for a beautiful week-long residency at The Rockvale Writers’ Colony, won with a poem (based on a time-themed contest back in …
Everywhere in nature I see invitations to go the distance as a writer and artist. Take this rose, bid by the sun to unfurl from center out, leaving in its spiral form and spectrum of …