Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit poet/collage artist/kind person Cathy Stenquist for Roundup.
Did you hear that Derby 152 gave us the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby? Yep, Cherie DeVaux made history when Golden Tempo won last Saturday. So exciting, esp. for the ten-year-old in me who dreamed of training a horse that my sister would ride to victory in the Kentucky Derby.
Also this week I got to hang out with my Garden Girls & learn & dream about all the green, growing things we've planted or will plant in our own gardens. So what if it was raining? It was still inspiring... All about beauty, sustenance, and friendship with each other & the earth!
Denise, Irene, Donna, Melissa
(not pictured: Shannon)
Coming next week: interview with Amy Hevron, illustrator of Come In! Come In! Wordspinners to Welcome You Home. The book includes 66 "wordspinner" poems written by me about homes and things found inside homes, like spoon, room, and dog! Coming from Astra/Wordsong, Oct. 20, 2026.
Today's ArtSpeak: WOMEN poem features the next artist from the Harper's Bazaar article. I am loving learning about all these amazing women artists! And wow, what a force Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was (she died last year). A member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, Smith also created book illustrations, often for poetry books...like The Telling of the World by Joy Harjo. Click to learn more about Smith and her "Trickster" pieces. Thanks so much for reading!
coyote sees the world clearly without looking
snow-seasoned stream
tastes of mountains
far away & long ago
pillow of his paws
padding the pinestraw path
reveals rain
or no rain
hare hiding behind
twining honeysuckle vine,
o how its sweetness
moon howling fat
& golden, reminds him
he's not alone
never has been
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