Poetry Reading at Northern Kentucky University

Thanks to my friend and the wonderful poet Kelly Moffett, I went to NKU and read with these three poets yesterday. It was a wonderful experience. All of us have chapbooks out of Finishing Line Press: Below are: Gary Walton, me, of course, P. Andrew Miller, and Robert K. Wallace.

“Heavy,” Part I of a Healing Project

I’m teaching a course on Place and Healing and my students are all doing healing projects over the course of the semester. I wanted to do one along with them, so here’s Part I: http://www.slideshare.net/janeolmsted/heavy-ppt

On the birth day of our youngest, who would have been 23

We made a movie and used the song that Casey’s father wrote. Aunt Susan’s singing harmony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-fT0Qilp0

Poem in TheScreamOnline

Here’s a link to my poem “The Tree You Come Home To,” which is in the online anthology “Heaven and Hell,” edited by John Guzlowski, on TheScreamOnline.

Place & the Problem of Healing

I’m offering a new graduate course online this spring: GWS 470G Place & the Problem of Healing. I’ve placed a flier for it under the Gender & Women’s link.

Fieralingue Take “Vajra”

My poem “Vajra” is on the list of 100 Thousand Poets for Change,” and you can view it here: http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=3860

August count-down

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Well, I didn’t do very well with posting on this blog about the NEH institute, other than the one post from the first week. It was a great time–smart, interesting, and friendly, supportive participants, good organizers, and for the most … Continue reading →