I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them.

I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.

There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life.

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.