• New Event: Words on the Salish Sea!

    New Event: Words on the Salish Sea!

    I’ll be performing some poems on Hornby Island, BC, as part of the Words on the Salish Sea Literary Festival. I hope you’ll join me on the West Coast from March 13-14, 2026!

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  • What makes a good poem?

    What makes a good poem?

    At Sage Hill about thirty years ago I was in a small group of poets working with Patrick Lane as our teacher. At the end of one of our afternoon sessions he assigned everybody homework.

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