Thanksgiving Reflection on Gratefulness.org
Please take a moment to read Marjorie Saiser's wonderful poem, "Thanksgiving for Two," and my reflection on the holiday season here.
Poem of the Week
The practice Heather Swan refers to in the last stanza of “Bowl” is called kintsugi, which in Japanese means literally, “golden joinery.” Yet this drive to highlight the cracks in something—what some might call its failures—goes against the message most…
Reading at Bookstock!
You can watch me reading poems from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection as well as a few of my own poems at the Bookstock Literary Festival in Woodstock, Vermont below. Many thanks to the tireless work of the organizers,…
Poem in Rutland Herald!
Many, many thanks to Susan Jefts and The Rutland Herald newspaper for running this wonderful piece about my poem, "Down to Earth," dedicated to my husband, Brad Peacock. I don't think I've ever had anyone respond so deeply and truly…
Poem of the Week
I love this poem by Margaret Hasse from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection, an anthology that I recently published. This is part of kindness, after all, reaching out to neighbors who may need our skills and attention, and teaching…
Poem up at Gratefulness.org
Thanks to Kristi Nelson and Katie Rubinstein at A Network for Grateful Living for publishing "More" at Gratefulness.org! More by James Crews I know it’s summer when we wade out into the field and pick these crisp wonders, tiny cucumbers…
Radical Aliveness and Belonging Conference
Please join me on Friday, September 27th from 1-4:30pm for a symposium at UMass-Amherst: Radical Aliveness and Belonging: Exploring the Intersections of Spirituality and Social Change. I'll be reading poetry and speaking with other spiritual scholars and thinkers, including Br.…
Poem in Birchsong, Volume II
I'm so grateful to editors, Alice Wolf Gilborn, Carol Cone, David Mook, Marcia Angermann, Peter Bradley and Monica Stillman for including "Spring Ritual" in Birchsong Volume II: Poetry Centered in Vermont. This piece is about the ritual each spring of needing to…
Poem of the Week
This week's poem is "I Confess" by Alison Luterman from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection, the anthology that I recently edited. I love moments like these when you just want to reach out to a stranger and spark…
New Poem in Third Wednesday!
This poem of close attention was written at my favorite cafe in Montreal--a place called Brume. Thanks to the editors of Third Wednesday for publishing it and naming it a Poem of Merit in the One Sentence Poetry Contest.