A journey of months

First review of Gathering the Pieces of Days

Reading at Book Passage, June 14, 2025

The last three months have been a whirlwind since my book came out—nine readings and a book festival. Seven of those readings were local and two were online, and I discovered a bit of an inner extravert who I didn’t know was in there. I really love reading my poetry, outloud, to an audience. Who knew?

A dream came true. They don’t all come true, and this one took so long to come to fruition I wasn’t sure it ever would. I didn’t give up but I had to be okay if it never happened.

Cathryn Shea and I on the bulletin board at Book Passage

This week the first review of Gathering the Pieces of Days came out in Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche. You can read the review, written by Naomi Lowinsky, here: "Carpe Diem: A Year in Poetry"

This book of poetry is at once alchemy for the troubled soul and medicine—as our indigenous ancestors meant that word—for our cruel and angry times. The year 2018 was full of turbulence and trouble and yet, what a glowing passage around the sun it became, in Pickrell’s gifted hands. Despite the terrible news that shadows our days, we can learn from LeeAnn Pickrell the art of living in our sensual bodies, in our deep emotions, in a way that honors what we find beautiful, meaningful, and profound. May Pickrell’s muse, Carpe Diem, inspire us, her readers, to create our own rituals of gathering the precious pieces of our days.

You can get get a copy of Gathering the Pieces of Days from Unsolicited Press, Bookshop.org, or Amazon.

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Now I have to return to earth for a few weeks; it’s back to long days at work and a bit of play in between projects. Once again I’ll be posting poems and readings of poems next week. Thank you for your support and allowing me to share this journey with you. I couldn’t have done this without you.