Last summer, I decided to start writing poetry to submit to literary venues. All I really wanted to do was overcome the intimidation factor, since poetry seemed so challenging. Turns out it’s hard but fun. Last month, Angels Flight literary west posted its love/hate Los Angeles theme issue, which includes my “Autobiographical Soundtrack.” And just […]
Category: writer’s life
Last September, I turned over in my mind a fragment from my fond but hazy memories of spring 2011, during chemo treatments for leukemia before my life-saving stem-cell transplant. In the end, the best form for the not-quite-lost moment was haiku. Jacarandas sway breezy rains and mossy hills periwinkle blooms The poem will be published […]