Poetry friends!
Steve and I are preparing to leave on a four-city,
two-state poetry reading tour
to support the recently published
Ground and Sky anthology,
Journeys of Sacred Community,
which contains a handful of my poems.
We'll start in Erie, then drive to Pittsburgh,
to Kent State University near Akron,
and finish in Cleveland.
We recently presented the book in Rochester,
at a special launch event at the bookstore,
Before Your Quiet Eyes,
hosted by our generous publisher, Ken Kelbaugh.
A week later, we were in Buffalo,
at Caffe Aroma's Wednesday night open mic,
which is a passionate volcano of an open mic.
Thanks, Ben, for hosting us there!
Before we leave, I am sending out
this poem about my new granddaughter,
one of the hardest I've ever written,
overwhelmed as I am
by emotions and memories.
I hope you enjoy it.
