Phyllis is happy to announce the public launch of Gatherings, an art and poetry-based project that grew out of the pandemic. The artist Lynda Lowe invited Phyllis to collaborate on this project shortly after COVID-19 struck the…
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To observe her 58th birthday yesterday, Phyllis wrote 58 one-line pandemic prayers and shaped them into a poem. See the text below. Perhaps it will give you a boost. You can listen to Phyllis read…
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.
I was delighted in March to join some dear friends in Massachusetts for a radio interview about Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems. Hosting the discussion was Daisy Mathias of “Poetry á la…
I’m thrilled to tell you that Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems has received an Honorable Mention in the poetry category for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards. In announcing the award, the judges…
During National Poetry Month (April), my co-editor Ruby Wilson and I invite you to send us a creative response to one or more poems in Poetry of Presence. Your work may be in any…
On our recent swing through Connecticut and Massachusetts, my Poetry of Presence co-editor Ruby Wilson and I visited contributing poet Pat Schneider in Amherst. While there, the three of us ventured to the campus of…
As co-editor of Poetry of Presence I take tremendous joy in hearing how readers are using the anthology. This story, gleaned by serendipity from Facebook, really brightened my day: Cheryl Hale works in the activity…
Here’s my holiday offering to all of you. It’s a poem by Jan Richardson that I recently received as a Christmas greeting from my publisher. I’ve chosen a companion image from the Creative Commons. Deep…
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…
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