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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 have appeared in numerous platforms, including  Big Blend Magazine, BluePepper, Cold Moon Journal,  Eat the Storms Podcast, Fringe of Marin Festival ,  GAS: Poetry, Art, Music,   Nightingale and Sparrow,   San Francisco  Magazine ,  The San Francisco Chronicle, The Storms Journal,  Visual Verse,  and  Wise Owl.      C hapbooks:   True North  (Origami Poems Project),  Coyote In the Basket of My Ribs  (Alabaster Leaves),    Sightings from a Star Wheel  (Origami Poems Project),  True North  (Origami Poems Project). Forthcoming:  Down River with Li Po  (Black Cat Poetry Press) .  I also belong to Th

Partial List of Publications                                    Chapbooks Mountains of Ocean: 10 Waves Poetic Libretto,  digital water journey of poetry and art == Coyote  in the Basket of My Ribs (Alabaster Leaves/Kelsay Books 2023)    Black Bough Poetry Book of the Month   Blog Interview with Sam Szanto Broken Spine Arts Poetry Book Review  Amazon         GoodReads        Patricia's Pen      Yesterday and Today == True North    (Origami Poems Project 2022) Sightings from a Star Wheel  (Origami Poems Project 2023) == Down River with Li Po (Forthcoming: Black Cat Poetry Press 2024) == SPECIAL PROJECTS and MORE The Whiskey Tree (Broken Spine Arts)  14 poets/14 poems - 3 editions Untamed Nature  interview   Untamed Love  interview == BEST ONLINE POEM AWARD  Historic Landmarks, Four Feather Press == Live/Virtual Readings Sacred Grounds Rivertown Poets == Plays Death Fog   Fringe of Marin Virtual Short Plays Festival 2021 Space on Mission Lake   Fringe of Marin Short Plays Festival 20

FOLKLORE Beaver Tale Supernatural Park Feature Ekphrastic Folk Art  Season 1 Ebook Foodlore   Partial List Isalene's Rose Petal Jam      Sunday Brunch      Blogs   Partial List Love Folklore  Mix & Match The Journey A Folktale Motif The Poetry of Folktales Conversation with  Paul Brookes More Film & Foodlore     Proverbs    The Divine Mother   Changing Roles in Fairytales     Folk Magic of Hand-Sewing Select Reports:    Folk Art Meets Forensics         Sonoma County Scarecrows About Writing Your Own Folktales kpgfolkheart@gmail.com  

Art we tendrils   (poetry/art hybrid) #GAS18 Poetry, Art Music Video Show Night Time  Day 7  of  #EkphrasticChallenge2024  National Poetry Month The Wombwell Rainbow's 30 days of art Painted Willow Wrap Day 4 of #EkphrasticChallenge2024 to celebrate National Poetry Month   The Wombwell Rainbow's 30 days of art (mine and that of two other artists)  in this  ekphrastic challenge Spring Ice a hybrid video   chronicles the making of art  based upon my poem, 'A Tender Walk' The Starbeck Orion Issue 1 Constellation Feature/Interview watermelon i, ii, iii Chestnut Review    Cover  Winter 2024 'After the Squirrels have Feasted - What Remains 2' Reverie Magazine Winter 2024 'Bird Woman' FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art   Cover 'Mini Pine Cone Forest' and two inside images Nightingale and Sparrow Literary Magazine   Cover 'Black Swan' and 4 inside art images   Tidings  Winter 2023 'Lily Winter' photograph The Storms Literary Journal #3