When talented poet Saumya Choudhury of the Delhi Poetry Slam emailed me out of the blue from India and invited me to join her World Poetry Project online residency, I was overwhelmed and a tad nervous. I’m so glad I said YES!
Saumya and her sister, Sristy, were welcoming hosts. I was immersed for hours in the striking work of poets in India and elsewhere, and I humbly shared some of my own poems.
As part of the project, poems from each of us were gathered in the anthology Across Latitude & Language: World Poetry Anthology 2025. I am honored that they chose to include my poem “Cocoa Beach,” a pantoum about violence against women. I’m grateful to have been part of A Journey of 100 Poets and for all my new friends.
I’m not sure how Saumya came across my poetry, but I am happy she did. You never know who might be reading your work.