Poet Reporter
Welcome to my blog! Poet Reporter began as a hashtag for writings that drove home a feeling, usually of belonging and togetherness. Now Poet Reporter has become the blog itself. You won’t find who-what-when-where-why-how here. You’ll find a different kind of reporting, through the eyes of a poet.
The Gordon Bunch, Part III
On a wintry Friday night, I drove along our town’s short Main Street toward the big corner church. There’s not a lot of traffic in town after dark, and I didn’t encounter much, which made me a little sad to think the cold would keep people away from the benefit dinner taking place…
The Gordon Bunch, Part II
Recently, half the town and I attended a benefit for the Reverend Jim Gordon, to raise money for his treatment for Lewy Body Dementia…
The Gordon Bunch, Part I
On Friday night I attended a benefit for the Reverend Jim Gordon, a spaghetti dinner that called to everyone far and wide to trek home for family time…
Mardi Gras: Changing the Bucket List
I’ve never really had a Bucket List. But when I decided to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, I called the trip a Bucket List adventure to anyone who raised eyebrows at me…
Feeling September 11
Excerpt from Upside Down Kingdom:
“…We had the radio, and its constant updates. Even though they were reporting rogue plane sightings overhead that we couldn’t see, at least there were voices giving us information…”
The Welcome Door
As my Facebook friends know, last night I posted this: “I’m on church vestry. It’s like Congress, and just as methodical and slow-moving. Tonight, however, we ‘DMC-fast-tracked*’ the same sex marriage issue…”