Creative writing from the heart.
Welcome.
I experience writing as pure joy. For me, writing is craft as well as an incredible creative and spiritual journey.
Poetry: My writing often touches on the exploration of self, nature, and a heart-centered experience of a spiritual being in a human body. I am sometimes directly influenced by my work as a yoga, meditation, and Sanskrit mantra meditation teacher.
Short Fiction: You will find a range of styles and topics, reflecting my love for creating voice. I particularly enjoy writing in first person, making my protagonists full participants in their own stories.
Creative NonFiction: The quest for truth within experience and the impermanent nature of being human always interests me. If there is a story in my experience that might offer insight into living, I offer it through creative nonfiction.
Come on the journey with me! My self-published books are available worldwide by online order at most major book retailers and independent bookstores.
Book List
SLOW MOVING CLOUDS
On the mystical island of Madeira, moments simply open. As clouds move, so does time. As mist falls, so does growth occur. A trip into the mountains brings mysterious gifts to reveal both oneself and the island’s essence. With awareness, one finds emergences of imagination and meaning.
SOFT ARRIVALS
The magic of visiting Madeira Island expressed through poems. Finding the arrival of oneself within the island’s beauty with peace while surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and amid Madeira’s natural beauty. Experiencing Funchal’s soft city nature. Exploring the coastline of Madeira. Venturing into Madeira’s mountains. Soft poetry for the heart, body, and soul. Poems for self-restoration.
RIVER DREAM
A collection of poetry that allows the reader to drop into peaceful states of meditative imagination. The poems are themed for being in nature, for self-reflection, and for daydreaming. Each poem invites softness, a gentle awareness with nature as both guide and reflection of self. Capturing the ideas of nature and states of being that give permission for letting go into authentic self, the reader is invited into a journey of self restoration.
KARMAS, LIKE HEARTS (Chapbook ) With grief, there is also a return, a coming back to self. Karmas, Like Hearts is for the healing heart – a journey of coming to terms with loss, grief, and the return to self.
MOON, SKY, OCEAN
Arriving in a new city. Exploring the juncture of river and sea. Finding the presence and promise of self in moments of observation. Poetry about exploration, first impressions. Poetry for the soul. Based on the Author’s arrival to Porto, Portugal.
YOU ARE ALWAYS CIRCLING Uplifting poetry exploring the connection between Self and Nature. Easeful moments touch the essence of Self, the natural world, and integral connections to spirituality and love. Each poem offers a stepping-in point for the reader to delve deep within imagination and inner consciousness to connect more deeply to what already exists within oneself.
SO MANY WAYS TO SAY WHAT IS Poems as pathways into deeper understanding, moments of connection, and Self-synthesis. Simple observations of the connections between you, I, time, place, and thing create personal liminal spaces for self-reflective observation and exploration of spirituality, love, and the numinous Self. Each poem invites the reader in for their own examination of the questions "Who am I" and "What is."