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  Art    Folklore   Writing  - It's true: life is art. A continual coming together of elements; many unseen until ready. Until we are ready. Whether visual, kinetic, acoustic, verbal, we are always artist and audience. This blessed weave always moves us into the moment of seeing and being seen. My  fiction, poetry, journalism, non-fiction , and  short plays  have received several awards and has appeared in numerous platforms, including  Big Blend Magazine, BluePepper, Fringe of Marin Festival ,  Marin Independent Journal, Pandemic Puzzle Poems, Riverbed Review,   The San Francisco Chronicle, Postcard Poems and Prose, Visual Verse. Chapbooks: True North (Origami Poems Project), Coyote In the Basket of My Ribs  (Alabaster Leaves). Forthcoming:  Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press).  More  Two Odes to Ukraine:             As a   folklorist , I facilitate folklore-related and creative writing workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area, and am a former folklore columnist for Big

Partial List of Publications Chapbooks True North    (Origami Poems Project 2022) Coyote  in the Basket of My Ribs   (Alabaster Leaves/Kelsay Books 2023) Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mV6Lrg Reviews and articles: GoodReads       Patricia's Pen Down River with Li Po (Forthcoming: Black Cat Poetry Press 2024) February 2023 Featured Poet ,  GAS Poetry, Art and Music Plays Death Fog   Fringe of Marin Virtual Short Plays Festival 2021 Space on Mission Lake   Fringe of Marin Short Plays Festival 2022   Fiction, Non-Fiction  Partial List Above Her Feet     Timeworn Literary Journal Glowing in the Dark      Potato Soup Journal Harvesting Yarrow    Thimble Literary Magazine   Listen Jake's Place      Twist in Time Literary Magazine It's Just Wind  Golden Walkman Magazine     Listen Latin Eyes        San Francisco Chronicle Soobin      Lagom Journal    (pgs 42-43) Table For One     Sonoma Style Magazine    Listen The Itchy Dress Roi Faineant Literary Press Poetry  Partial List Below:  

Work from new series: 'When the Party's Over' unraveling (a work in progress) Black Swan Cover and 4 inside art images: Nightingale and Sparrow Literary Magazine 2022 July Spotlight Artist National Arts Program A Sampling MORE

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