Imbolc
is the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.
With
heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest, and heavy sorrow in the world,
we turn
to the beauty of the Trilliums and Snowdrops
emerging
through the rain-soaked earth, the Varied Thrush
reminding us it still may snow, and…
Trumpeter Swans (photo courtesy of Holly Kuchera) Que la paz y belleza de la estación brille, brille en tu corazon. This Winter there is much turmoil and sorrow in the world, and much beauty, lovingkindness and joy. …
“Y mi niñez fue toda un poema en el rio,
y un rio en el poema de mis primeros
sueños."
Julia
De Burgos
This autumnal season has been full of enriching art, literary art and visual art with Clark County Open Studios, Sitka Art Invitational and Portland…
This New Moon in Scorpio turns the wheel of the year to Samhain, a liminal time of listening to the autumnal migration: Dusky Geese, Trumpeter Swans, and Sandhill Cranes overhead with yellow, orange, topaz, and gold leaves twirling to the ground while rain, wind, and…
Every day the deer
come to visit, and enjoy some bird seed….
"Black-capped Chickadee, Evening Grosbeak, Black-tailed Deer return more frequently…She is worried about the refugees and immigrants…" “Before the Sun Rises” –Gwendolyn Morgan©
On Sunday, October 20th Refugee & Migrant Rights Fundraiser: A reading…
"Look carefully at the letter shapes of your life,
your intentions
the vowels and consonants...."
Gwendolyn Morgan, Before the Sun Rises
Homebound Publications, 2019, p. 22
Before the Sun Rises is available through Homebound Publications
https://homeboundpublications.com/before-the-sun-rises-by-gwendolyn-morgan/
Before the Sun Rises is available through Homebound Publications,
released Summer Solstice, June 2019
https://homeboundpublications.com/before-the-sun-rises-by-gwendolyn-morgan/
One of my poems which was published in Spring 2019 (Volume 8 issue 1) of The Wayfarer was included in the launch of Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna’s new statewide project Washington Poetic Routes. My poem may be found further north. She is…
“¿Te llegan las palabras que te escribo?”
Octavio
Quintanilla, 2018-2020 San Antonio Poet Laureate
What a gift to have an AWP breakfast gathering with a few poet laureates from around the country convened by Kim Stafford and Claudia Castro Luna last week. And the gift of…