Soulfaring –

One of the best benefits of being a poet is the friendship of other poets.  When we find each other, we do what we can to help each other write because we know three things: that writing is necessary; that there is a communion with all others that takes place when we write; and that we are always up against daily pressures and cultural disregard that prevent us from accessing that communion.

Through friendships with other poets, I am enjoying a deepening of that communion this month.  My dear friend and fellow poet Norbert Krapf encouraged me to send my poems to his good friend, poet, and editor of Contemporary American Voices, Lisa Zaran.  She chose me as featured poet for February’s issue of this online magazine and asked me to pick the month’s guest poets. And so two other amazing Indianapolis poets, and dear friends of mine, Dan Carpenter and Bonnie Maurer, are this month’s guest poets.  I have just finished reading their work in this months CAV and am honored to be sharing the stage with them. Their work is powerful.

I am blessed to be part of the community of poets in Indianapolis. There are so many wonderful poets in this city, and I wish I could have invited them all as guests poets this month. I hope reading my poems and the work of my two friends inspires everyone to keep writing.

Here is a link to February’s Contemporary American voices.

http://www.contemporaryamericanvoices.com

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