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Just Released! Breaking the Surface, Poems: 2007-2009

A chapbook of poems written about the lake house in Northern Wisconsin where the poet spend her summers and still shares with her family. They are poems of memory and place as well as encompassing the arc of a life lived. Purchase Paperback or Buy for Amazon Kindle.

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Breaking the Surface

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I’ll be holding a book signing & reading of my new book of poetry “Breaking The Surface”, a collection of poems dedicated to Lake Katherine and all who love her. Here’s the details:

Date: Friday, August 27, 2010

Time: From 10am Until 12am (Reading At 10:30-11:00)

Place: Yawkee Hall in Hazelhurst, Wi

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Breaking the Surface—4 Poems (video)

June 28, 2010 Breaking the Surface
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Hear me read 4 poems from my just released chapbook “Breaking the Surface.”

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4 Poems from “Breaking the Surface” (video)

March 25, 2010 Breaking the Surface

Hear me read 4 poems from my forthcoming book “Breaking the Surface.”

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Past and Future Tense

March 22, 2010 Breaking the Surface

Under my hand the lichen
gray and sage
abrades like sandpaper.
but I hold the tree trunk
close, the way I hold
my grandchildren
and pray for their safety.

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The Doll House

February 22, 2010 Breaking the Surface

Fine furniture made in the late years
between World Wars and marked “Germany”
sits on tiny needlepoint rugs
Mother made one summer.

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