Love People. Cook Them Tasty Food.

I don’t cook that much that often anymore, a habit I’ve lost more or less since my Roger died and cooking lost its lustre. Now, I mostly just throw something together. I count on eggs, keep handy fruits ’n vegs, some bread units. Peanut butter! And dinners out and Door Dash! I get by. But!

A Small Cornucopia for Thanksgiving

My Body the Guitar Poems on guitars and guitarists by Karla Linn Merrifield Coming soon! My newest book, My Body the Guitar, will be arriving in early December from Before Your Quiet Eyes Publications Holograph Series (Rochester, NY). “My Body the Guitar is a poetry book inspired by guitars, guitarists, and their music. In “Part

Of Mr. Rogers and Venus Fly Traps—an Interview with Scott Ferry

Scott, welcome to The Muses’ Refugia. Thanks for joining with me to share with readers a taste of your life in poetry. First the basics: How’d you get into the poetry game? Thank you for having me! I am honored. I have been writing poetry ever since high school (which seems like a really long

“Funky country blues fusion”— An Interview with Guitarist George Ott

George Ott bills himself as a “long-suffering, underappreciated Jersey Shore musician.” At least that’s how he “signed” the blurb he wrote for my forthcoming book, My Body the Guitar (see previous post). As a thank you to George for writing the blub—and to amp up appreciation for him and his remarkable talents, I interviewed him

My Body the Guitar

Coming soon! My newest book, My Body the Guitar, will be arriving December 1 from Before Your Quiet Eyes Publications Holograph Series (Rochester, NY). Sample Poem Jimi Redux I summon Hendrix the flames of his immolated guitar him crouching on stage in my imagination as he did with a can of lighter fluid squirting            

“The anatomy of genius”

I killed three lanai intruders with this book, two wasps and a wolf spider. (Had to. Allergies.) But it is Enid Shomer who slays our hearts with her 2020 collection Shoreless. I can’t remember when I have been so completely bowled over by a collection of poetry. “Exquisite ” leaps to mind. And “masterful, ”

Let’s Play DJ

So, readers, what music have you been listening to lately this curious writer wants to know? I mean it. Feel free to send me in your comments the title of one tune that recently hit the right chord. Who performed it? How did you listen to it? Vinyl? Spotify? CD? Alexa/Siri? Why did it touch