Daniel Ari 
poet - writer - performer
teacher - coach - guide
copywriter - sound engineer - creative consultant
musician - dancer - DJ

Books and Chapbooks

One Way to Ask, original poems with art by 67 artists, Norfolk Press, 2016
Winner, 2017 Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Award
Finalist, 2016 Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry
Release events, readings and performances at Norfolk Press, InterPlayce, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Ari Residence, Richmond Public Library
  
The Richmond Anthology of Poetry: 62 Voices from California’s City of Pride and Purpose, Norfolk Press, 2017;
created and edited by Daniel Ari with a grant from the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission
Release events at Kaleidoscope Coffee, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Richmond Public Library

Agreement Press, founded in 1998, is the publishing venture of Daniel and Lauren Ari and produced these books of poetry and art:
IMUNURI, anthology of 6 poets, 2012; Performances in Portland, Oakland, Richmond
Monster Poems, 2012; Performances at The Marsh Theater, Berkeley and San Francisco
Junk Drawer, 2011; Release event at Firehouse Collective, Berkeley
Dandelions, 2005; Performances in Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Oakland, San Francisco
Ari wedding keepsake, 2000
Bass Line Dada Version Book, 1999; Performances with band in Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco, Fairfax, and Hanford, CA
We Agree, 1998; Performances in San Francisco

Self-published chapbooks
Positive Space, 1996; Performance in San Francisco
Buildings with Voices, 1995; Performance in  San Francisco
The Michele Sequence, 1995
You Breathe As Daniel Gushes, 1995
Deal, 1994
Earth to Daniel, 1994

The Continuous Lover, my MFA manuscript, was printed by Arizona State University, 1992

Awards and Honors

Poet Laureate, Richmond, California, 2017-2019
Winner, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Strambotto, 2019
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Catena Rondo, 2019
Honorable Mention, Winning Writers Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, 2018
​Honorable Mention, Winning Writers Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, 2017
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Diminishing Verse, 2017
Winner, Eric Hoffer Da Vinci Eye Award for One Way to Ask, 2017
Finalist, Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry for One Way to Ask, 2016
Grantee, Richmond Arts & Culture Commission Neighborhood Arts Grant, 2016
Grand Prize, Dancing Poetry Festival, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2015
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Decima, 2015
Featured Poet, Edwin E. Smith Quarterly Review, 2014
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Madrigal, 2014
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Sijo, 2014
Limerick of the Week, Mad Kane's Humor Blog: four times 2012–2014
Winner, Cardinal Sins Journal “Expansion” Poetry Contest, 2013
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Pantoum, 2013
Top 25, Poetic Asides Poem-a-Day Challenge, 2012
Honorable Mention, Wild Age Press “Anything Goes” Poetry Contest, 2012
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Luc-Bat, 2012.
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Quatern, 2012
Winner, A Drift of Bubbles Dominotion Contest winner 2012
Winner, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: The Bop, 2011
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Sevenling, 2011
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Rondeau, 2010
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Cascade, 2010
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Ghazal, 2010

Poetry Publications

2020
Colossus: Home — An Anthology of Lives In & Out of Place. ed. Sara Biel and Karla Brundage. Colossus Press: "There on the Roof"
California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology, ed. Molly Fisk, Story Street Press: "(Untitled)"

2019
Writer's Digest, "Chant des Morts," Winner, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Strambotto
The Wayfarer, "Another purpose in writing" and "On this path" (forthcoming)
Winner, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Strambotto: "Chant des morts"
Top Ten, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Catena Rondo: "Bat Mitzvah"

2018
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention, “‘If I can hear you chew, I have fantasized about your death’” (listen now)
The Big Jewel, “The Facts about Sir Lancelot du Lac”
Last Call: The Anthology of Beer, Wine, & Spirits Poetry, “RAGG MOPP”
Zetetic: A Record of Unusual Inquiry, “Broken house”
Dual Coast Magazine #6, “I want more of you”
Bay Area Generations #58, "Crowning,” “Mine and not mine,” “KISS FM Listentothemusic” Richmond Writes!, “A love song called Amanuensis” 
Poetry Pacific, "We are just passing through"
The CDC Poetry Project, "Like trying to keep a river in a birdcage"
Bay Area Generations #54, "Meditation (Enchancement),” “Meditation after breakfast”

2017
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Honorable Mention, "Maybe Blame the Party-Planning Industry" 
Bay Area Generations #48, "If I can hear you chewing, I have fantasized about your death"
Bay Area Generations #46, "When I had to explain non-binary to a beginner"
NonBinary Review, Snopes Issue, "Mortuary worked accidentally cremated while napping” 
Bay Area Generations #45, "Fear of Cataclysm,” “Rewire”
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Diminishing Verse, top ten, "Too much fun"
Bay Area Generations #44, "Enchanted exile," "Our fertile version of the truth"
Bay Area Generations #42, The Trip, days 7-11
Dearly Beloved, pub. Zoetic Press, "Without you"

2016
Really System, "Fremont Street Deterrent," First Block of Sutter," "On Market (Second Thoughts on Saturday)," Drumm Street”
Our Last Walk, Using Poems for Grieving and Remembering Our Pets, "Where is your frizzle-bee?"
Soul-Lit, "Aleph"

2015
Writer'sDigest Poetry Form Contest: Decima, top ten, "Globe of Matter”
NonBinary Review, 1001 Arabian Nights Issue, "Class Action Suit: Women v. Shahryar"
Dancing Poetry Festival, Grand Prize Winner, “Hellzapoppin’”
Weirderary, “PS: Just in case you haven’t got the hint”
Mythmaking, selections from the first year of Nonbinary Review, “Meeting the Doctor”
Quatrain Fish, “My life in brief,” “As a motormouth,” “Floaties,” “New baby!”
*82 Review, “Lithuanian Proverb”
Really System, “Consider the Machine”
Found Poetry Review, Poetry Month Laureate Scout
Festival Writer Erasure Issue, “All around you/Every two weeks,” “The Good,” Up-Roots”
Thema, We Thought He’d Never Leave Issue, “Feedback on 4.5”
Rio Grande Review, “We Agree,” “Fortune’s Castle”
The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles, “Reasonable Doubt v. Abiding Conviction,” “In America’s Court”

2014
Edwin E. Smith Quarterly Review, Featured Poet: “No one moves,” “Vision quest vision,” “The Rabbi's daughter,” “The inches between,” “House guest,” “Evening etude,” “Baba, an American woman”
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Madrigal, top ten, "Midsummer Night"
NonBinary Review, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Issue, "Meeting the Doctor" 
Flapperhouse: "What's cooking," "The fallow months"
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Sijo, top ten, "(He dressed up for the party)"
2014 Poet's Market, "The Artists' Honeymoon"
Shufpoetry: "300," "citystare" 

2013
Gold Dust Magazine, "Fairy Panic" with art by Lauren Ari
Cardinal Sins Journal Contest Winner, "Misery Mojo and the Minds Less Blown"
carte blanche, "Ways to this man's heart"
Tales of the Undead: Suffer Eternal (anthology), "Meeting the Doctor," "Queron 18," "Pack Politics," "The Pale Man"
Hobo Camp Review, "Who wept at the romance"
Ugly Babies, "Warts and all," "Unearthly whiz"
Wisdom Crieth Without, "After the party"
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Pantoum, top ten, "Celebrities as deities"

2012
Poetic Bloomings: First Blooms, "'When I pray for you, I pray for myself'"
The Wayfarer: A Journal of Contemplative Literature, "Take Pen and Paper," "Spinal Adjustment"
In our books, "this glamorous profession" with interview 
Shufpoetry, "andandandand," "Loper v riva," "Texture and discovery"
Beyond the Dark Room, "Accept except," "His awful frustration," "Homecoming"
Defenestration, "Fascinations"
Turbulence Magazine, "Zombie Movie Climax"
42 Magazine, "Lemonovember"
Wild Age Press Anything Goes Poetry Contest, "Serious ink," "Now you know," "A vision during a vision quest," "Tale of two oh ten"
Mad Kane's Humor Blog, Limerick of the Week, three times
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Luc-Bat, top ten, "The empty house"
Prose Posies, Poet interview and "For Richardson Bay"
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Quatern, top ten, "Another round with dad"
A Drift of Bubbles, Dominotion contest winner, "Hellzapoppin'"

2011
Prompted: An International Collection of Poems, "relationship meditation," "Ars Poetica," "Breadline reactionaries"
Writer's Digest, "Wool Coat with Briers," Winner, Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: The Bop
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Sevenling, top ten, "Sevenling (everyone sighs)"

2010
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Rondeau, top ten, "Play" 
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Cascade, top ten, "Surprise" 
Writer's Digest Poetry Form Contest: Ghazal, top ten, "The Throes" 

Before 2010
Jack Magazine, "A second's salvation from Touchdown Jesus," "if every word's a diving board," 2009
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: "How to build a sestina template in Microsoft Excel" 2007
Pearl Necklace, "The poem I found outside," "Where we go," "World lines," "Leaving Babylon," 2006
Tattoo Highway, "Vegas Kills Me," 2002
Tattoo Highway, "911," Illustrated by Lauren Ari, 2001
BigEmpire, "New Vegas Poem," 2000
Pearl, "Honesty Rain," Illustrated by Lauren Ari, 1998
Contact Quarterly, "Shared Poem about Sex," 1996
Pearl, "Michele," "Michele," and "Michele," 1995
The Writing Self, "Compound Revelations I," 1995
The Joy of the Journey (anthology), "Collector of Collections," 1995
The Amethyst Review, "Learn That Poy-m," 1995
Silent But Deadly, "An Ocean Poem, A Mother Poem, and Another Poem," 1995
SPSM&H, "A Stage-Goose," 1994
Liberty Hill Review, "September, 1994," 1994
Pearl, "Synonyms," 1993
Poems in Slur, Kaspahraster, The Angle and other small press pubs, 1989-1994
Spontaneous Overflow, "The other January of 1989," 1989

Prose Publications

Points in Case, "As poet laureate of Sunhill Knolls, I offer my apology,” 2018  (listen now)
Poetic Asides, “Why I Write Poetry,” 2018
2018 Poet's Market, "Poetry on Stage: Practical Advice for Live Performance” (reprint)
2017 Poet's Market, "The Whys and Ways of Rhyme”
2016 Poet's Market, "Poetry on Stage: Practical Advice for Live Performance”
The Write Spot, "Sense and Specificity: The Soul of Great Writing," 2015
Poetic Asides, "How to Make Your Poems Stand Out: Advice from a Reader," 2015
2015 Poet's Market, "7 Somersaults for Polishing Your Poetry"
Writer's Digest, "Reject a hit: Tulips and Chimneys by E. E. Cummings," 2014
The Write Spot, "The Miracle of Language: Reminders from 50,000 Feet," 2014
Conscious Dancer Magazine: "Turning the Tables," 2012
Kerosene, "Consider the Trek," 2012
Pif Magazine, "by dadada," 2012
Ceramics Now Magazine, "13 Ways of Looking at 'Natural Great Piece’: Meditations on a performance in clay by Cybele Rowe and Lauren Ari," 2012
Conscious Dancer Magazine, "Moving in a Blur," 2011
Conscious Dancer Magazine, "Dance of Words," 2011
Poetic Asides, "How to Cook up a Poetry Jam," 2011
Richmond Art Center, Vision Statement, 2011
Jack Magazine, "Off the Grid: New Takes on a Favorite Family Game," 2008
Admap: “BrandActional Advertising: Building Brand by Driving Sales,” ghostwriter, 2006
GoodenWorsted’s Video Ventures, BigEmpire.com, 1999-2004
Dance Magazine, “Dancing Las Vegas,” 2003

Performances

10/17/20 Colossus: Home reading online
​1/14/20 Bazaar Cafe Writing Salon with Peter Kline, San Francisco
11/16/19 Rolling Writers: Shakespeare Night, San Francisco: Sonnet 18 explication and response (Queron 18)
8/7/19 Alameda Island Poets, Frank Betts Art Center, Alameda: featured reader with Rob Lipton
6/2/19 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ, "Waking Dream"
5/26/19 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ, "Rollacoasta"
5/15/19, Rolling Writers: Rolling in the Aisles (Humor Night), San Francisco: "The Legend of Rutherford B."
3/17/19 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ, "Keeping Things Whole"
2/3/19 Presenting You, The Writing Salon, Berkeley
2/3/19 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
12/16/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
10/27/18 The Best Poem Ever (panel discussion), Bridge Storage and ArtSpace, Richmond 
9/28/18 Beat Poetry Festival, Chief Sullivan's, San Francisco
9/27/18 Red River Radio Tales from the Pages hosted by Barbara Ehrentreu
8/27/18 Bay Area Generations #60, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland
7/14/18 Richmond Poets Laureate Present, Bridge Storage and ArtSpace, Richmond
7/8/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
6/25/18 Bay Area Generations #58, Geoffrey’s Club, Oakland
5/15/18, Rolling Writers: Rolling in the Aisles (Humor Night), San Francisco: Fasterpieces
4/30/18 Monday Night Marsh, Marsh Theater, Berkeley: “Mirabai & The Faeries”
4/29/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
4/27/18 Richmond Poets Laureate Present, Kaleidoscope Coffee, Richmond: performance TBD
4/26/18 Literary Speakeasy, National Poetry Month Edition, Martuni’s, San Francisco, poems by La Loca (Pamala Karol) and Daniel Ari
4/16/18 Monday Night Marsh, Marsh Theater, Berkeley: “Mirabai & The Faeries”
3/18/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
2/26/18, Bay Area Generations #54, Bellevue Club, Oakland: two meditation poems
2/11/18 Writes of Winter, Kaleidoscope Coffee, Richmond: organizer, emcee and reader
1/21/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
1/14/18 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
12/24/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
11/19/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
11/11/17, Rolling Writers: Shakespeare Night, San Francisco: Peter Quince’s monologue
11/5/17, The Poetry Brothel, The Great Northern, San Francisco: performing as “Lars Poetica”
10/29/17, Open Studio, Ari Residence, Richmond: readings
10/26/17, About a Girl by Natasha Dennerstein release, Alleycat Book, San Francisco: guest reader
10/1/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
9/25/17, Bay Area Generations #49, The Bindery, San Francisco: guest curator
8/28/17, Bay Area Generations #48, Bellevue Club, Oakland: “If I can hear you chewing…”
8/27/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
7/30/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
6/26/17, Bay Area Generations #46, Bellevue Club, Oakland: “When I had to explain non-binary to a beginner”
6/25/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
6/18/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
6/4/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
5/26/17 One Way to Ask reading, Richmond Public Library, Richmond
5/12-13/17 Wing It, InterPlayce, Oakland: Ensemble
5/4/17 Poet Laureate Honors and Reading, Richmond City Hall, Richmond: Poet Laureate
4/24/17, Bay Area Generations #44, Bellevue Club, Oakland: two faerie poems
4/22/17, Richmond Anthology of Poetry reading, Richmond Public Library, Richmond: editor, host and reader
4/16/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
4/9/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
3/26/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
3/23/17 Just Breathe: Storytelling Night, Kala Arts Institute, Berkeley: storyteller
2/28/17 Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley: Scenes from The Trip
2/27/17 Bay Area Generations #42, Bellevue Club, Oakland: Selections from The Trip
2/16/17 Jazz and Poetry, Jerad’s Pottery, Richmond: reader
2/10/17 Exit Theater, San Francisco: “Shakespeare v. Skymall” solo performance
1/29/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
1/1/17 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
12/25/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
12/18/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
12/15/16, Richmond Anthology of Poetry reading, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Richmond: editor, host and reader
12/10/16, Richmond Anthology of Poetry reading, Kaleidoscope Coffee, Richmond: editor, host and reader
11/20/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
11/27/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
10/30/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
10/23/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
10/9/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
8/24/16 Hook, Line and Sinker, Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland: "Melancholy Cola"
8/14/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
8/4/15 Oakland Rotary Club: Guest Speaker, “Cummings and Goings: Super States of Language”
7/17/16 Soul Sanctuary Dance, Ashkenaz, Berkeley: DJ
5/14/16 One Way to Ask book performance, Interplayce, Oakland
4/13/16 One Way to Ask book reading, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Richmond
3/15/16 One Way to Ask book release and reading, Norfolk Press, San Francisco
10/27/15 The Moth GrandSLAM, Castro Theater, San Francisco: storyteller
8/31/15 Nerd Night, East Bay, Oakland: “Cummings and Goings: Super States of Language”
4/28/15 Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley: ““ask me whether what i have done is my life” 
2/26/13 Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley: “Shakespeare v. Skymall”
August 2012 IMUNURI interactive poetry happening, Richmond
2/24/12 Oakland Indie Mayhem: North American Time by Adrienne Rich, virtual reading
November 2011 IMUNURI interactive poetry happening, Revolutionary Cafe, Portland
5/31/11 Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley: “I Knew a Woman”
3/11/11 Junk Drawer chapbook release and reception, Firehouse Collective, Berkeley
11/19/10 Site-specific performance at Haggin Marketing, Mill Valley: “Free Is In”
3/30/10 Tell It On Tuesday, The Marsh Theater, Berkeley: “arising fall”
5/26/09  Tell It On Tuesday, Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley: solo accordion
4/29/09  Tell It On Tuesday, Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley: “Fights With Poems”
Summers 2004-2007 Monsters of Accordion Tour with Jason Webley and Duckmandu, venues in Seattle, Portland, Eugene, San Francisco, Oakland
Ongoing or Sporadic Performances at The Moth, Katz Literary Salon, WingIt Performance Ensemble, Tell It On Tuesday, Monday NIght Marsh, The Ari Residence, and elsewhere
Fights With Poems is the overarching title of a series of theatrical presentations of favorite poems performed in Richmond, Berkeley, San Francisco and elsewhere, 2009-2013.

Prior to the life change that came with becoming a father, I performed with my bands, Bass Line Dada and Blase Suave, and alone on accordion, performed in dance and theater productions, did stand-up comedy, participated in site-specific guerilla theater events in addition to performing poetry and storytelling. My history of performance goes back to early childhood.

Music and Lyrics

The Mockingbirds, a.no.mie, lyrics on "Think Twice,” “Good Soul,” 2017
The Mockingbirds, Lacuna: lyrics on "Between the Sea and the Sky," "Wanting, "Surprise (You're Gonna Smile)," and cover poem, 2012
"The Bye Bye Song," A Show with Ze Frank, 2011
Bass Line Dada, Brainstorm: lyrics, vocals, accordion, etc., 2006
Daniel Ari and Bass Line Dada, Unmastered: lyrics, vocals, accordion, etc. 2005
Bass Line Dada, "Grammarians 'R' Pissed!" CD single (BMI), 2002
Bass Line Dada, Shoulder of a Hungry Man: lyrics, vocals, accordion, etc. 2000

Teaching, Consulting and Advocacy

Summer 2020: Creating Writing Teacher for Brandeis Marin School community, grades 8-adult
Summer 2020: Creative Writing Teacher through Publicis Groupe Summer Schooling program, grades 8-12
January 2018-present: Performance Teacher and Coach at The Writing Salon, Berkeley
July 2018-present: Generative Writing Teacher at The Writing Salon, Berkeley
2016-present: Poetry Consultant, offering one-on-one feedback and guidance, Richmond
2018-2019: Guest speaker at Brandeis Marin School, San Rafael
2018-2019: Creative consultant on The Fertile Void podcast by Midnight Rose
2018: Guest speaker at Tehiyah Middle School
2010–2018: Leader, creative writing group, Richmond
2017: Guest curator of Bay Area Generations #49, San Francisco
2015: Guest lecturer at Santa Ana City College, Santa Ana
2015: Presenter at Writer’s Forum: Techniques for Sparking Creativity, Petaluma
2014: Presenter at Writer’s Forum: Somersaults for Editing Poetry, Petaluma
2014: Teacher at ArtPlunge, an Interplay event, Berkeley
2012: Guest Lecturer on creativity and improvisation, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2004–2006: Co-leader, Improv Arts, Los Gatos
2003–2006:  Co-creator, Holding a Space arts workshops, Richmond and Los Gatos
2000: Guest Lecturer on creativity and improvisation, Cal State Hayward
1999-2004: Leader, Poetry Slide, creative writing group, Oakland
1993-1995:  Teacher, Institute of Reading Development, Berkeley
1991-1992:  Writer in Residence, YMCA Writer’s Voice Project, Maricopa County, AZ
1983-1985: Religious school teacher, Temple Beth David, Westminster, CA

Blogs

Inlaid Ear: sole proprietor, December, 2010-present
IMUNURI: contributor, facilitator and founder with Marna Cosmos, 2010–2013
Writer's Digest Poetic Asides, guest blogger and participant, 2009–present
BigEmpire.com: contributor, 1999-2006

Professional writing

As a professional copywriter for 25 years, I have written content across media and across industries for companies including 24 Hour Fitness, AAA, Amazon, American Express, Art.com, AT&T, Bare Necessities, Bed Bath and Beyond, Big Fish Games, Black Rock Gazette, Boudin Bakery, Bowflex, Brookdale Senior Living, Centralink, Central Garden & Pet, Chevron, Cintas, Conscious Dancer, Dance Magazine, Dell Computers, Del Monte, Delta Air, eBay, Epsilon, Farnam, Fingerhut, Flexera, Fox Design Group, Gemological Institute of America, Gold’s Gym, Google, Google Partners Podcast, Haggin Marketing, Hall Winery, HealthAlliant, Hitachi, Horse Health, Jagwire Design, Kaehler, Mervyns, National Luggage Distributors Association, Nautilus, Nestle, ObjectWare, Office Depot, PayPal, Redbox, Ryan Partnership, Safeway, San Diego Zoo, San Pelegrino, Schwinn, Sears, SelfCare Catalog, Shire, Skymall, SolutionSet, Sound & Video Contractor, Sunglass Hut, Super, Supercell, TXU Energy, USAA, VitaFlex, Writer’s Digest, and many other companies, organizations and individuals.

Education

Hakomi Comprehensive Training
Hakomi Institute of California, 2019.

M.F.A. Poetry, Chaired by Norman Dubie, Alberto Rios, Beckian Fritz-Goldberg
Arizona State University, 1992.

B.A. English, writing emphasis, Humanities Honors Program, Scholastic Merit Award
Mentored by Robert Peters
University of California, Irvine, 1990.​​