RED LIST: ten things critically endangered and declining

after the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species

● White Abalone, Southern California to Baja California, Mexico; during the last three-generation period, populations in California have collapsed by more than 90%1

● Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, four known animals, China and Vietnam2…

Follow me this month as I write 30 poems in 30 days.

Alchemy of Yeast and Tears is “a visceral and satisfying set of poems.” -Kirkus Reviews

New poem out in Atlanta Review: “Late summer linger.”

Past the dead end

When the asphalt stops

up the steep hill, past

the last painted house,

the last neat yard,

there is still a way.

“Ladybug, ladybug” out in The Manhattan Review

Because of my stars,

I will not walk away–

will hold fast always

spoiling for a fight.

Let there be water cycles

lifting dew, pulling clouds over mountains

releasing torrents of sudden storm.

“The old yard sale rocking chair takes up residence in my home office” out in Spring issue of Black Coffee Review.

So pleased to see my new poem, “The middle-aged mermaid remembers her tail” out in the new issue of Calyx.

Clearly, we’ve waited too long–

the “impenetrable thatch”

of gardeners’ warnings…