A fabulous afternoon of poetry at Barnes & Noble at Stevens Creek and San Tomas in San Jose for the Erica Goss and Friends reading. I was honored to be included with three poet laureates and other good friends: David Denny (Cupertino Poet Laureate), Kelly Cressio-Moeller, Parthenia Hicks (Los Gatos Poet Laureate), Casey FitzSimons, Connie Post, Erica Goss in between, me, and Nils Peterson (Santa Clara County Poet Laureate 2009-2011). We had every seat full, our books sold (well, we still have some available), and camaraderie among the poets. Dennis Noren, winner of one of the spots posted on San Jose’s buses and light rail, snapped the photograph. I loved his comment on the reading: “That much talent almost cracked the lens”.

Your Daily Poems has selected five poems for the year 2012 and one so far for 2013.

List follows:

January 8, 2012 – “Sunday in the Windy City”
March 22, 2012 – “Footloose”
June 15, 2012 – “Winter Nights” (Fathers’ Day)
October 27, 2012 – “Moon Viewing”
December 24, 2012 – “Jack at Church” (Christmas Eve)
March 23, 2013 – “Freeway North to San Francisco”

I like the editor although we are only e-mail correspondents. Here’s what she had to say in November:

“I think this line-up works just fine. I try not to repeat a poet more than once a quarter, but I break that rule if I have a poem that fits well into a certain slot. I’m going to schedule your rainbow poem for March 23, 2013, so you can enter the new year knowing you’re well represented on Your Daily Poems and your future accolades are secured!”

I am enjoying the poems in Your Daily Poem.