Folklore

 Folklore Overview

Get Ekphrastic with Folk Art
4 Writers, 1 Door (March)  Details

4 Writers, 1 Hat  (November)  Details

4 Writers, 1 Chair (July)  Details


The Poetry of Folktales
A Conversation with Paul Brookes Details

FolkHeart Press Blogs samples
Film & Foodlore   Proverbs  The Divine Mother 
Changing Roles in Fairytales  Folk Magic of Hand-Sewing


Select Blogs & Reports: 
 Folk Art Meets Forensics       Sonoma County Scarecrows

About Writing Your Own Folktales


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Published Writing

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Partial List of Publications                                    Chapbooks Coyote  in the Basket of My Ribs (Alabaster Leaves/Kelsay Books 2023)    Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mV6Lrg Reviews and articles: Black Bough Poetry Book of the Month   Blog Interview with Sam Szanto  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) Whiskey Tree Poets In celebration of Untamed Nature   this 14 poets/14 poems collection  published by The Broken Spine  Anthology interview   Live/Virtual Readings Sacred Grounds Rivertown Poets      Two Odes to Ukraine         February 2023 Featured Poet GAS Poetry, Art and Music Once there were two snakes (a rt/poetry/audio), Cassandra/CHORALE project, IceFloe Press 2023) Winter Herd   Poetry Unwrapped: A Festive Feature Plays Death Fog   Fringe of Marin Virtual Short Plays Fest
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Art Samples

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Art Night Time  Day 7 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 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 J
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Karen Pierce Gonzalez

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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, Eat the Storms Podcast, Fringe of Marin Festival ,  GAS: Poetry, Art, Music,    Marin Independent Journal, Nightingale and Sparrow,  Riverbed Review,   The San Francisco Chronicle, The Storms Journal, Visual Verse.    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) .  More  As a   folklorist , I facilitate fo
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