poet & writer. listening in the Heart
Poet Laureate of Lake County, 2024-2026
At last, I stand from the endlessly scrolling
thumb of my mind, will the volume, up, up,
dance surrender down, until it is obvious:
my own flesh is the light I seek
my enemy, golden
—from, “A Lap of Stars” by Brenda Yeager
I am a poet & writer living on the edge of a canyon in the ancestral lands of the Northern Pomo people in Lake County, California where I currently serve as the 12th Poet Laureate, 2024-2026
Each time I look out my window, I become a student of the trees, whose blackened trunks and new green after wildfire demonstrate the truth of impermanence & the nature of our earthly fragility. I try not to get too doomsday about it all by remembering to breathe.
I apologize if this leaves you a bit seasick. The up and down of them: my days. A bit stormy-oceanic. Grab a bucket, I’m telling a story.
from A Revolution of Petals In the Heart
10336 Loch Lomond #121
Middletown, California 95461
Guru Purnima Moon 2021
Guru Purnima is the ancient and enduring celebration of the Guru-devotee relationship, observed worldwide on the Full Moon in July each year. In this moment, our earthly moon is closest & brightest in our night sky and embodies the Guru’s extravagant outpouring of Light & Wisdom in the darkness.
Every year, this moon is its own poem of divine love,
shining for the human family.
