I watch as monks destroy the sandpainting— reds, greens, blues, and golds, painstakingly placed— a world swept up in fragments, swirling down river. Shivers of sand scatter to eddies, to piers, to gullies, and gorges, riding waves of ocean, stopping on shore, here in my son’s sandcastle, or in the stomach of a whale. Sand […]
Joan Roger
Joan Roger is a poet and physician who lives and works in the Pacific Northwest. She is particularly interested in the interface between social justice and art. Joan is pursuing a MFA in poetry at Pacific University where she is thrilled to learn from some stellar poets. She lives with her husband, two children and three incredibly spoiled cats.