I don’t usually post poems on this blog, but this poem was previously published in an online journal that unfortunately doesn’t exist any longer.
SCATTERING ASHES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
Storm-light cracks the rain-whipped windshield.
We are numbed by the beat of the blades & grief.
Your childhood was a shattered peace; memories cut on broken hearts.
When your father [...]
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Close to the truth, but not
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Creativity, Death, Death of a Parent, Family, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Coast, Love, Mother, Nature, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Cajun, Clare's Publications, Creative Writing, Creativity, Death, Family, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Coast, Louisiana Poets, Love, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living Truer To My Self
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Health, Literary Journals, Literature, Mother, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Creative Writing, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Family, Health, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Love, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OFFICIAL BLOG RENEWAL POST002-1015
In 2004 the death of my beloved child prompted me to look deeply at my life and how I could live truer to my self from the point of Adam’s death onward. What meant the most to me beyond my own and my family’s health and well-being was to be the writer [...]
Nice to meet ya, again.
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Books, Cajun, Creative Nonfiction, Creativity, Death, Friendship, Language, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Memoirs, Moon, Mother, Nature, New Orleans, Photography, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, Self Portraits, Short Fiction, Sunsets, The Writing Life, Theatre, Word List, Writers, tagged Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Body, Cajun, Clare's Publications, Creative Writing, Creativity, Death, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Arts, Louisiana Poets, Love, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Nature, Photography, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Publishing, Self, Southern Literature, The Arts, The South, The Writing Life, Women, Women Poets, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Writing Life on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Each success, no matter how small, in practice of what I love is a lightning strike against the dark. And I have been in dark, metaphorically dark and literally extinguished places. I’ve been around fires a blazin’ too and they can be happy places!
Ah ha, yes. Well.
I am a poet/mother/wife living with bipolar disease. [...]
The Next Steps
Posted in Body, Creativity, Death, Poets, Self, The Writing Life, tagged Life, Writing Life, Women Writers, Women's Issues, Writers, Writing, Wifehood, Self, Mental Wellness, Weight Loss, The Writing Life, Women Poets on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…will be to review and revise the two manuscripts…get back on the writing track…move forward after two surgeries and other health issues…cope with a great loss (a loved one) …play guitar…teach self not to worry so much…be open to new words…
A Loss
Posted in Art, Artists, Body, Creativity, Death, Friendship, Love, Music, Poetry, Poets on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I took a nap at my mother’s and cried in my sleep. Yes, I am heartbroken.
Nominated!
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Books, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Family, Language, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Mother, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Clare's Publications, Louisiana Poets, Poetry, Poets, Publishing on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My poem “Ice to Water” has been nominated by The Dead Mule for Best New Poets 2009!!!
Thanks to Helen and the editors at The Dead Mule for the recognition and support. This is such a joy–I’m very honored.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
Best New Poets
5 Years
Posted in Death, Death of a Child, Family, Love, Mother, Self, tagged Death, Death of a Child on March 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It is five years today that Adam (my son) passed away. It’s hard to imagine that length of time has passed, and that I was pregnant with him 25 years ago.
New Woman, New World
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Death of a Child, Death of a Parent, Family, Father, Friendship, Health, Language, Literature, Louisiana, Love, Marriage, Mother, Poetry, Poets, Self, The Writing Life, Writers, tagged Bipolar Disease, Cajun, Louisiana, Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, Poetry, Poets, Self, Women Writers, Writers on November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am standing on a mountaintop of GOOD.
Last night was my first “feature” as a poet. It was an incredible night for me because I had my family and friends with me to share in a moment that was long-awaited (considering I have been writing for more than 20 years) hoped-for and that at one point seemed [...]
The Hurricane Poems
Posted in Acadiana, Art, Artists, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricanes, Language, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Coast, Love, Nature, New Orleans, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, Self, The Writing Life, Wetland Preservation, Writers on September 5, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I am working on a series or long poem, titled The Hurricane Poem(s.) I think I can work this material (some old some new some yet to be) into a whole. The trick will be to secure the underpinnings.
What excites me is that I know there is material of substance under the surface of these words. I [...]
Beyond Katrina
Posted in Acadiana, Cajun, Creativity, Death, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricanes, Katrina, Literary Journals, Literature, Louisiana, Louisiana Coast, Nature, Poetry, Poets, Publishing, The Writing Life, Wetland Preservation, Writers on August 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After the Flood
The city’s dead undulate in rivers.
They sing of loss, haunt
the haunted city.
The newborn is crying.
She is a loaf of discomfort.
Her cold mother was not swift.
We, hapless humans,
prepared the best we could—
Bought cigarettes,
wandered through clouds.
Clare L. Martin
8.31.05
“After the Flood” first appeared in the anthology, [...]
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