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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.