Sometimes “once” just isn’t enough.
Last fall, during a socially distanced writing retreat in Oakwood Lakes State Park, my friend Ruby and I took a short night hike around a wooded peninsula. Without flashlights. Without even a sliver of moon to see by.
This past week, as the leaves began to turn red and gold once again, Ruby and I met up for another writing retreat. This time we camped beside a slough, or big pond, in Lake Herman State Park.
This cute critter got me thinking about nesting. She’s a thirteen-lined ground squirrel. Her burrow lay beneath the campsite that my family occupied for several days this past week. The main entrance to the burrow…
Perhaps you’ve noticed: Sometimes, despite meticulous preparations, life just doesn’t go as we planned. Like when you decide to fly halfway across the continent, retrieve your eighty-one-year-old mother, and bring her back home for an…
Tomorrow I fly to North Carolina to retrieve my eighty-one-year-old mother and bring her here to South Dakota for as long as she wants to stay. I can’t wait to throw my arms around her…
Back in 1999, when Phyllis lived by choice for 47 days on the streets of Columbus, “Grateful, grateful!” was her shortest, most meaningful prayer. This year, in celebration of Thanksgiving, she invited readers of her…
Poet and anthologist James Crews interviews Phyllis and Ruby R. Wilson, her co-editor on the award-winning Poetry of Presence, about the back story of the collection. Read the in-depth article here.
Poetry of Presence, co-edited with Ruby R. Wilson, has officially been released! $21.95 USD 248 pp. 6″ x 9” Quality Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9982588-3-6 Publisher: Grayson Books Release date: TODAY (September 5, 2017) Here’s how to…
… you might be interested in this one-sheet (flyer) about my upcoming book, Poetry of Presence. If you like what you see, email it to some of your friends, or print off some copies to…
I’m very happy to announce that my co-editor Ruby Wilson and I will be hosting two sessions at the South Dakota Festival of Books (Sept. 21-24, 2017, Deadwood, SD). A big shoutout to the South…
My latest book, Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems (co-edited with Ruby R. Wilson), will soon be out. Tune into the tv screen below, and you can distinguish the book’s beautiful cover image,…
What would the world be without serendipity? If you’ve watched the official Poetry of Presence book trailer, you’ll remember the gentle guitar soundtrack. We chanced upon “Goodnight Esme (Instrumental Version),” composed and performed by Axletree,…
… at the book trailer for Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems. I’ve had the joy of co-editing Poetry of Presence over the past year with Ruby R. Wilson. Grayson Books will publish…
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