Dane’s Poem Links
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IMPERFECT BEAUTY Wins 2nd Prize in Caesura Contest
A poem about my father entitled Imperfect Beauty took second place in the 2009 San Jose Poetry Center's contest, and will be published in the upcoming issue of Caesura. You can enjoy the poem below: Imperfect Beauty I think of my father while waiting at the City Planning Department— only one person in line,
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SIN shows up yet again!
My poem entitled "Sin" shows up every once in awhile in various venues. This time, Edwina Trentham used the poem as the basis for a writing workshop she taught. I'm grateful it is taking on a life of its own! Here's the poem again…. Sin The worst part is failing to kiss the ground
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A Crack Between Two Worlds: Poetry and the Art of Suffering
I had the pleasure of delivering a talk at the 89th Annual Ina Coolbrith Circle National Poetry Day Banquet on November 1, 2008 in Orinda, California (just east of Berkeley). Given my dual roles as therapist and poet, as well as long-time interest in things spiritual, I was asked to talk about the relationship between
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Three Poems in Broken Bridge Review
Broken Bridge Review, from Pomfret, Connecticut, published three of my poems in the Vol 3, 2008 edition: Strange Calculus; Magellan's Voyage Around The World; and, Looking Forward. They are each in the short prose format I've come to love: Strange Calculus The blue BMW took the curve in poor geometry, a straight line, unbending,
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Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar
Dos Gatos Press published a new anthology: Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar. It includes a poem of mine entitled Vanishing Over The Horizon: Vanishing Over The Horizon I believe in Texas as a state of mind the wide deserts room for elbows
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COME TOGETHER, IMAGINE PEACE: New Anthology from Bottom Dog Press
I am proud and thankful to be included in a new anthology from Bottom Dog Press entitled COME TOGETHER, IMAGINCE PEACE. The poem is called Savoring The World, and is included side by side with poems from Ellen Bass, Robert Bly, Jane Hirshfield, and many others. You can order the book for $18 from Bottom
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Second Christmas Absent My Father, in the Tule Review
The Tule Review heralds from Sacramento, California, and published my poem Second Christmas Absent My Father in the Winter 2008 edition. You can check out the Sacramento Poetry Center, at their website: www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org Here's the poem: Second Christmas Absent My Father Santa Cruz, California 2003 Palm trees in the grey drizzle, looking sheepish.
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Three Poems in PORTER GULCH REVIEW 2008
Another year of great poetry in the 2008 Porter Gulch Review, published by David Sullivan and company at Cabrillo College in Aptos California. You can view the entire edition on-line at: http://www.cabrillo.edu/publications/portergulch/PGR%202008%20reviews%20critiques%20final.pdf Three of my poems appear this year: Kamikaze Diaries on page 98; The Gulf on page 102; and, American Jihad on page 105.
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Two Poems in RUMINATE: Faith in Literature and Art
RUMINATE is a poetry journal that provides an arena for faith, literature and art to meet and mix. Two poems of mine appear in issue #8: A New Science of Prayer; and, In The Beginning: A New Science Of Prayer We were curled by the fire, six of us ruminating on lives still
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Love At The Gun Runner, new prose piece in The SUN Magazine
My third piece in Sy Safransky's The SUN Magazine came out in the June 2008 edition, a short prose piece entitled LOVE AT THE GUN RUNNER. Here's a link to my author page on The SUN website, which includes the editions in which my previous two poems appeared: Engine, and, The Jeweled Net of Indra: