One Place, Two Stories, at the Edge of the Saugatuck Dunes
The top of the sledding hill, a year and half later. [...]
“In Things,” a Poem in Response to David Adix’s Native Figure #70
Here's a draft of the poem I'm writing in response to David Adix's [...]
Ekphrasis in Downtown Douglas, Michigan
Native Figure #70, David Adix Last Monday I carried my notebook [...]
Mary Ruefle on the Contrast Between Thinking and Creating
It's been a while since I've offered anything up. I've encountered plenty of [...]
Red (Red-eyed Vireo), Yellow (Hairy Puccoon), and Blue (Harebell)
Harebell It's harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) season in the Saugatuck Dunes, which [...]
My New Chapbook, Before the Snow Moon
(If you'd like to buy a copy of Before the Snow Moon, [...]
Susana Allen Hunter’s Improvisational Quilts
Standing among Susana Allen Hunter's quilts, on loan from The Henry Ford Museum, [...]
Blue and Green: What It Smells and Sounds Like
You can see that the sun was shining on my head, hot but [...]
Wallace Stevens: “There are a lot of things one ought to do”
When is the last time you walked up to a shelf of books—in [...]
Gary Snyder on Remaining Unprepared
There is no substitute for presence. - Gary Snyder, April 24, 2013 [...]