OK – full disclosure: I ‘come up’ in the sixties. That means a ‘live and let live’ mentality. That means I don’t look for trouble. I’m pretty laid back – in general. You can ask anyone who knows me that I give my friends and colleagues a wide berth, am not an in-your-face person. I [...]
Don’t know what to say on Valentine’s Day? Want to share something meaningful but different? Here are two poems for your perusal! If you like them, feel free to use – just give me the cred! Valentine’s Day Cupid’s army woke up On the wrong side of the bed. Shot a shower of arrows helter [...]
As a long time meditator and artist with a penchant for soul searching, vacations, by virtue of all that lovely free time, have had a way of inciting big changes. It’s true that for most of us, getting away from the routine of our lives, removing responsibilities and to-do lists opens up a chance to [...]
“A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities” San Francisco Bay Press, Virginia/San Francisco: 2009
In her second full-length poetry collection, Joan Gelfand explores the poignancy of living in a world that is war-torn and environmentally damaged. With a nod to the humorous paradox of modern life, Gelfand writes from the vantage point of a mother, an artist, and a Zen meditator. “A Dreamer’s Guide…” looks beyond the surface of our lives at the connections that make live worth living, and the sensual details that color it. Read More
Seeking Center: A Collection of Poems by Joan Gelfand, Two Bridges Press, Richmond CA: 2006
In Seeking Center, Joan Gelfand joins the reader in a free-wheeling discussion, beyond the poems themselves, regarding what is poetry today, here at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Read More