Three Poems by our Four-year-old

This month, I've been putting the finishing touches on my next collection, Leap, due out March 2010 and available here, where you can also find my other collection, Where the Butterflies Go. I've been incredibly busy with three other writing projects, so what better time to introduce a guest poet to my blog? Our daughter …

“What Really Matters” — Review of Where the Butterflies Go

I just realized I've never posted a review of my poetry collection here on my blog. It's been almost a year since its release, and thanks to your kind interest, I'm very close to being able to make a third donation to third-world educational projects. What a thrill to have exceeded my goal like this.  …

A Few Poems About Facebook /Poems About Social Networking

I am offering up a couple samples of my 'Facebook Poems' below, but I'd like to ask you to please show your support, and please buy a digital copy of my books Leap (just $4.99 on all e-readers) or THREE SPACES to access the poems about technology/social networking. You'll get many more poems in these …

All I Want for Christmas…

The greatest lesson I learned this year was that I don't need great power or money to make a difference in the world. I can use my talents to help others. I got a much greater reward than any award or sum of money simply by learning how children in the third world have benefited …

Poetry That Can Make a Difference

Some of you may not know that half the proceeds from sales of Where the Butterflies Go are donated to educational projects in the third world. My collection was launched in February, and I was pleasantly surprised to reach my first goal by early March. My first donation was made at that time to Unicef's …