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Lichen & Salt

Lichen & Salt is a publication for poetry and prose written by a mother, teacher and lover of life out here trying to find the beauty in every day.

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Sunflowers After Hours

after Mary Oliver's "August"

Summer Stories

Last week, I went on my first writing residency.

Wild Things

a poem of story and love

Into the Woods

a poem after Mary Oliver's "When Did It Happen?"

Dragon's Slumber

a poem of return

Accidental Farming

thoughts on the deliberate, the surprises, and the untamed

Interconnection

the weave of one another

nocturne

a cento after Mary Oliver's "Nature"

Beneath the Lichen: The Return

Beneath the Lichen: To look closely at lichen is to witness a symbiosis of fungi, bacteria, and algae woven together into something entirely new and magical.

The Return

A poem after Mary Oliver's "Shadows"

Rainstorm

a poem on how to still that critical voice

Midsummer

a poem for the longest day of the year

Hover Here Awhile

a prose poem

Queen Conch

a poem of discovery

Braving the Flame

a get-to-know-the-writer essay on fear

Join my new subscriber chat

A private space for us to converse and connect

Unfinished

a poem for Vincent van Gogh

AND, it's raining again

Every weekend it rains.

Night Cream

a poem of more

When There Are No Words

learning to pray (and write) again