Welcome back for the final week of our Poetry Celebration! In today's video, you'll hear some delightful poems from our community of poets (including a visit from our first young poet, Declan); you'll hear poems from Ted Kooser, former US Poet Laureate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a true son of the Midwest; [...]
In today's video, you'll hear some question poems from our wonderful community of poets; you'll hear poems from Tracy K Smith, former US Poet Laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize; you’ll hear a little bit about Grace and Zsuzsanna, who founded and run Jumping Fox Design; I offer you a Spark and a Dare [...]
Welcome back for the third week of our Poetry Celebration! In today's video, you'll hear some poems from our wonderful community of poets; you'll hear poems from Wes McNair, former Maine Poet Laureate and a teacher who has inspired me a great deal; you’ll be invited to send your questions to Grace and Zsuzsanna, the [...]
Welcome back for the second week of our Poetry Celebration! In today's video, you'll hear some poems from the wonderful treasure trove I received from all of you this week; you'll "meet" prolific English poet and former Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy; you'll get another peek into my Jumping Fox Design journal (and a look [...]
Welcome to our first week of the Poetry Celebration! I’m teaming up with the wonderful journal-makers at Jumping Fox Design to celebrate poetry, writing, and community this April as part of National Poetry Month. In today's video, you'll hear a "composite" poem by a delightful young poet; you'll "meet" our brilliant and super-cool US Poet [...]
Hello, my friends! Here's the official invitation to join in April's Poetry Celebration that I'm co-hosting with Jumping Fox Design, maker of truly gorgeous journals. We would love to welcome you to the community of poets this month to write and share poems, to read and listen to poetry by contemporary poets, and to [...]
Hello, dear friends! I am so excited to tell you about a Poetry project I’m doing in April to celebrate National Poetry Month - and the best part is that YOU can be part of it, too. OK, the other best part is that there is a delicious giveaway involved: for two lucky participants, a [...]
If you’ve ever found yourself in the clutch of comparison (and who hasn’t? I sure have), you know how life- and pleasure-squelching it can be. In this, the fourth video in my “Creative Hurts and How to Heal Them” series, I tackle this bugbear, Comparison. I’m speaking to artists and creators, but really, that’s all [...]
It's so much fun to set things up for yourself in the way that feels the best. Not in the way others advise, even if their advice is well-intentioned. Not in the way that "it's always been done." Not in the "smart way to do it." Instead: in the way that feels like pleasure/relief/homecoming/yes, please: [...]
It may seem to the untrained eye that I run the Bardic Academy and teach all of the wonderful students who come through these doors - but we know differently, don't we? We all know the Power Behind the Throne is... furry. Mish, that dashing Maine coon cat about town, loves the musicians, singers, and [...]
