I'm a writer, educator, and counselor. I write humorous essays, social critiques and poetry. I view the world through the lens of progressive education, psychology, and the natural world.
This is a poem based on a random title I wrote in my idea journal: Don't be blinded to the life we give to the dying. As a creative writing exercise, I get into a "stream of consciousness" mindset and write down as many poem titles as I can in two minutes. I will look …
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This is a poem that took shape over the course of two weeks. I took some time away from writing/creating recently when I visited my old home of San Diego. There were little lines and ideas that popped into my head or my life from time to time during that trip. I made a note …
This is a poem I wrote after a very large snowstorm the other day. I live in the mountains of California, and we have been getting massive storm after massive storm. I remember looking out of my window and being struck by the idea of a physical reminder of the prior day - in this …
This is a poem I wrote over the past two days. In my last post - Flake - I wrote a poem using a new method. I attempted to write a Haiku, then gave up after writing lines over and over again. Eventually the poem led me to where it wanted to go rather than …
This is a poem I wrote yesterday after wanting to write a Haiku. I had just visited Find Your Middle Ground's site - specifically the post "Haiku - cycles and seasons". The beginning of that post has a wonderful Haiku, and I was motivated to write. It was a blustery, snowy day outside. I thought, …
This is a poem about the time I went sledding recently, near my family's home in the San Bernardino National Forest. I've been on the trails numerous times before but have only sled there once. Typically there isn't enough snow to do any winter activities when I visit - besides skiing. The first time I …
