I was inspired to compose “Listen” during a walk along the Boulder Creek path. Captivated by the music of the water swirling over rocks, the…

In August of 2015, after my first two weeks in the MFA Poetry Writing Program at Western Colorado University, I spent a week in Glacier…

In 2020 I was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the safety and solitude of staying home. Being reclusive by nature helped me endure…

Robinson Jeffers’ iconoclastic work celebrates the enduring beauty of nature, critiques the anthropocentric attitudes of modern civilization and asserts that human beings are neither a…

During the summer of 2020, I had a rare opportunity to spend a week alone at the wilderness lodge of the Rocky Mountain Eco-Dharma Retreat…

In the spring of 2020, when I was furloughed from work, I started hiking almost every day. Everyone seemed to have the same idea, and…

Like many of my poems, this sonnet, first published by Chained Muse had its inception in a moment of astonishment, a fleeting moment, followed by…

One of my most poignant memories from my visit to Robinson Jeffers’ Tor House was sitting in the downstairs bedroom, looking across the bed and…