We Had a Wonderful Reading in the UK!
May 27, 2021 No Comments
On Zoom, of course. On May 23, five British contributors to Voices of the Grieving Heart read their poems, including some that are not in the book. Thank you so much to Rosemary Palmeira, Rose Drew, Maggie Jackson, Gill Garrett, and Yvonne Ugarte! I read a few poems as well, including one from a sixth British contributor who couldn’t make it, Lucy Trevitt.
We were joined by John Fox, founder and director of the Institute for Poetic Medicine. You can watch the recording here:
On Monday May 3, I was interviewed by Brian Reynolds for KCBX, the public radio station of San Luis Obispo and California’s Central Coast. We discussed writing as a tool of healing, and of course, Voices of the Grieving Heart. 
Have you ever had someone who died appear in one of your dreams? Joshua Black, PhD did his dissertation on the topic of grief dreams. In this podcast, we spoke about grief, about my book “Voices of the Grieving Heart,” and especially about several dreams I had in which my late wife appeared and checked in on me. One of those dreams became a poem, called “Resurrection,” which appears in the book. In the chapter called “The Garden of Dreams,” other contributors also wrote about their grief dreams.
Mike was
On May 5 at 2PM PDT, Mike will be interviewed live on the internet radio show “Good Grief with Cheryl Jones.” 
Mike spent an hour with Charlotte Jones, British host of the podcast “Be Boujee Be True Be You.” Charlotte is focusing on grief and loss this season, and she asked excellent questions about how creativity can help when we are grieving.