Devil in the Details

I've spoken previously about trying to write a Xoem® a day as part of my daily morning Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry®  practice. One of the things I do by way of this practice is to explore the mind-body connection. A while back I jammed my fingers into the walls of...

And Simply Drinks

We all experience difficulty in our lives. I wrote this Xoem® as part of The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry® process in the midst of pain. It reminded me that there is always another way of seeing things. And though I may not be able to change the pain itself, I can...

Happy National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month, which to me is wonderful because it brings the joys of poetry into more people's awareness and experience. For me reading as well as writing poetry has been a daily lifelong practice. From the time I wrote my first poem at the age of...

Introducing the Xoem®

What exactly is a Xoem®? I wrote a pamphlet called, "A Xoem a Day Keeps the Spirit in Play", and I do try to write one a day. It's a unique, six-line, circular-shaped verse form which I developed and love to use as part of my intuitive morning writing process. It can...