Welcome! See below for information on my writing, painting, and teaching. Links in left and right columns also lead you to my poetry, art, and other information and projects.
Image above, 16 Circles (detail)

Writing
“This is a poetry very much like the blues, full of lacrimae rerum, and reading it, hearing it, I feel the tension unknotting in my throat and a weight lifting in my chest that I didn’t know was there.” —Dave Bonta, Via Negativa
Boat House
Fallen needles.
The smell of pine is
sharp in the air.
Once,
it had a green canoe.
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Painting
Feeling Permeates the Structure of the Universe
Interior Geometry Series, mixed media, 4’ x 4’
Rosemary Starace
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Creative Process Consulting
I work with poets and visual artists, helping people trust their own authority and go deeper into their art. Choose from studio visits, manuscript reviews, conversations, groups.
“Affirming in the most profound ways.”
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