Kristin Berkey-Abbott

One of the treats that comes from spending time with my nephew is seeing his completely different take on the world. During the last 2 visi...

I woke up feeling anxious. I haven't written a poem in what feels like forever, but my poetry notebook reminds me that I wrote an intrig...

On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. This act is often given credit for launching th...

This time last week, I was part way through the long, long state of Florida. We got up early, threw the cosmetic case in the car, and heade...

In the hours before I undertake my electronic fast, I just got word that my poem "Sharing the Sea of Surround Sound" is up at qarr...

How has it gotten to be Thanksgiving again? This blog is likely to be fairly quiet for a week, as it's time for family, a good time to ...

I have been to many poetry readings, but none took the kind of effort to get to that yesterday's reading did (and that includes readings...