poems
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Hope Gives a Eulogy Is Turning into Music – coming soon!
My sister, Cheyenne Olson, owns a piano studio in Utah and is finishing up her first volume of Piano Poetry where she gives musical voice to 15 of my poems from Hope Gives a Eulogy. Part of Cheyenne’s piano project meant I got to write about and share some more of my heart and what… Continue reading
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A Poem for What It’s Like Being a Mother
There goes my son sailing down the slide with sword and shield raised high, soaking his jeans thanks to the earlier rain. Here comes my daughter with arms outstretched running to me squealing “Mommy!” on a plain Tuesday morning. There’s my baby girl crawling to me as fast as she can with a grin I… Continue reading
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I Learned to Love the Wind – the poem that started it all
All my poetry is deeply personal, reflective, rooted in my faith in Christ, and very inspired by nature and each of the four seasons… And some of these poems are just begging to be made into fuller stories.✨️ Published in 2023, Swan Song of a Scarecrow holds the legend of the daisy which never bloomed… Continue reading
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Carol of the Mourning Dove – OUT NOW!
Thrilled to announce that Carol of the Mourning Dove has officially launched! You can get your paperback on Amazon – 75 personal poems that tell a story of hope while I held onto my Lord with an often weak but staunch white-knuckle grasp. Hanging by an unbreakable thread, that’s how this book feels. The Lord God is good indeed! I am excited,… Continue reading
