Podcasts

Hawaiian hula: a dance for old and young

November 27, 2022

What kind of dancing is kind to old knees and brains and spirits? Is fit for old and young? Hawaiian hula is top of my list.

Annoying your friends—instant poem

July 21, 2021

When someone told me, “All friends are annoying 15% of the time,” it hit me like a thunderbolt. That means I’m annoying too.

group of women listening to a poet in a private home

How to host a house concert or literary soiree

August 8, 2020

Ever been to a house concert? Ever hosted one? I mean a private performance in somebody’s home, with supper and conversation. The performers are usually musicians or actors—but the intimate environment of a home is also ideal for meeting a writer up close. To be part of a select audience listening to a poet in […]

View from a small plane over the city of Wellington, New Zealand

Flying to a funeral—a poem

March 21, 2019

We will be happy for she was happy/ and strong and funny and old./ A good person who died old/after a single stroke.