I dedicate this podcast to the memory of my mother Dorothy Knoblauch Blomquist Jorgenson who died 8/08/08. I read the poem “Sea Glass” and discuss grief and loss. mothers death.mp3

Tune into my new podcast and hear me read my poem “Corn Silk,” and talk about sweet corn and August and FSA’s and ethanol. Corn isn’t so simple any more, but it still tastes yummy on the cob right from the farm or garden. Cynthia cornsilk.mp3

Check out my new podcast where I read the poem “Prisoner” about filling sandbags along with a prisoner in the 1965 flood. Hope all of you are safe from the floods of this year.Filling_Sandbags_for_the_flood.mp3

I will be at the White Pine Arts Festival in Stillwater, MN June 17 - 22. It is a fabulous festival of poetry and music in the gorgeous setting of the St. Croix Valley. I have written a book full of poems since I was there last year, and I will be reading them at Belwin Nature Center on Sunday June 22nd at 11am. The poem I read on this podcast is the title poem from that collection. It relates how I used to walk that land until it became a private nature center, and now sometimes I sneak in, and love it even more. The doors will be open that day for you to hear poetry and then to take a nature walk afterwards. Hope to see you there. Click here for the podcast reading of Forgive My Trespassing. White_Pine_arts_Festival.mp3

I have written a poem in anger over the ELCA’s refusal to accept GLBTQ people as full partners in humanity. Their recent statement is nothing new and is just another way to keep people in the church who threaten to leave over this issue. If the Lutheran Church does not make a mature statement about this issue they will be losing many other people who have given up on waiting for them to act as Jesus would have acted. Tune in to my podcast and listen to “The Poem That Needs to be Written.” Cynthia ELCA_Response_poem.mp3

This is my third valentines day podcast. But there is always something new to say about love. Click here for the podcast:

Click here to listen to my podcast about changes for the new year, and listen to the poem “Frozen Ground.” You will also find a poetry prompt in this podcast.Frozen_Ground_podcast.mp3

Do you control your holiday, or does it completely take over, and get out of control? Tune in to my podcast, called Quiet Christmas, and hear a poem about my childhood Christmas, and a discussion about how to bring the holidays under control again. Have a wonderful holiday, Cynthia click: Quiet_Christmas.mp3

Listen to the podcast to hear a discussion about comfort foods, and the use and misuse of food at holidays. What are your comfort foods? Do you control your intake of them, or do they overpower you? What are you thankful for? Do you believe the phrase, “moderation in all things”? Click here:Thanksgiving_and_food.mp3