I have been a writing teacher (creative writing and composition) for many years, but I still love being a student. This poem came out of an online workshop on surrealist poetry offered by Poets on The Coast, taught by poets Susan Rich and Kelli Russell Agodon. (And check out their upcoming course Risking It: Generating New Work, offered online, April 23). I highly recommend Kelli’s latest book, Dialogues with Rising Tides, and am anxiously awaiting Susan’s forthcoming Gallery of Postcards and Maps.
I am very excited to be included in this lovely and innovative journal, edited by poet Haley Lasche; the cover collage is by my dear friend and sister poet Morgan Grayce Willow: Concision