Author Archives: Risa Denenberg

I spent last week away from home, on a writing retreat in northern California. On Friday, I drove from Petaluna CA where I had lunch with a friend, to Medford Oregon and yesterday, I met up with another friend in … Continue reading →

  Nostalgia is an illness you might die of Last winter I lit a candle, placed it in the window to guide the night birds to me so I could sleep. Morning now. I face a slice of pink sky … Continue reading →

  If you are reading this on Sunday morning, I’m on the road to a poetry retreat in California. Hope to get some work done on a new manuscript. Meanwhile, very excited that my poetry collection, Slight Faith, which will … Continue reading →

Pericardium An opening, a hole, a window A pale stream of greenish fluid A small boat sinking in horror Tock-ticking doggedly, forgetting why it’s important Stricken, awash with grief Clear amnion and maroon clots Is that, is that, is it … Continue reading →

All day Saturday it was sunny on the Olympic Peninsula, right when we had almost forgotten what a sunny day could do for one’s spirits. And, to boot, a glimmer of dawn arrived around 7:00 AM. The air was cold, as … Continue reading →

From Slight Faith, forthcoming from MoonPath Press, May 2018.  Pre-orders profoundly appreciated! Abiding Winter  How we made it through another winter’s not the question. Nor is it an answer since one of us was left behind in winter. In Spring, in … Continue reading →

I have a lot on my mind today, mainly poetry stuff. This is a day in the life of a working nurse practitioner who is also a poet and a poetry editor. Here is my to-do list. Respond to emails … Continue reading →

From Slight Faith, forthcoming from MoonPath Press. Pre-orders profoundly appreciated.  Southern Faith comes to the door wagging a tale for sweet iced tea, then sways her hips, serene on the porch swing, sipping between handfuls of boiled peanuts. I didn’t … Continue reading →

I am working on a new manuscript, having sent the final, final version of Slight Faith off to its next stop: publication on May 1st. I’ve already found a word I feel I *must* change, and I really want to … Continue reading →

Poems from Slight Faith, forthcoming from MoonPath Press in May! Pre-orders profoundly appreciated!  The Slightness of Faith Having stumbled on faith, I’ve learned how little it mollifies, how slapdash the veil that seemed bountiful as the sky, how narrow the … Continue reading →