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June 30, 2026 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Been Gone Too Long

I haven’t written a blog post in a long time. Does anyone do this anymore? Has everyone moved to BlueSky or Substack? There is so much to read and, well, Time! How are you spending yours? In the spirit of me simply keeping up with myself I am posting a few links to poems that have come out in the past couple of months.

I am also here to say that I officially retired from my job as the Mental Health Coordinator at the Cure JM Foundation, though I continue to manage the mental health grants program until someone steps up to take it on. I am proud of what we accomplished but I’m ready to move on. Moving on means more time to write, to read, to teach work relating to Narrative Medicine and collaborate with others in this work.

I have a manuscript floating around various places hoping to get published. Since it’s a second book, it could take awhile–heck, any book can take awhile.

Hoping everyone is finding areas to engage in that bring a measure of satisfaction and hope. It is ok to rest too.

So here are the poem links. And other places you can find me if you want to participate in a workshop or come to a reading.

POEMS:

https://www.terrain.org/2026/poetry/letter-to-america-edison/

In JAMA https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2849334

https://heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-by-suzanne-edison3614599

July 2026 U.S.Catholic magazine contains a poem of mine.

a poem in this issue of Consequence Forum https://consequenceforum.org/product/volume-18-1/

https://www.writersresist.com/2026/06/24/13-ways-of-looking-at-wicked/

TEACHING/WORKSHOPS:

I’ll be teaching some workshops in support of Moms who have kids living with Cystic Fibrosis through the Cody Dieruf Foundation. The retreat is in Montana in October.

I’m teaching at the Poets for Science conference in November.

READINGS:

Online:

Writers Resist Reads Summer Issue 2026
Time: Jul 11, 2026 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85368399627?pwd=m1u2b9FpYjHizTfsUrrxsQ1j5cO909.1

In Person:

November 19, 2026 Bainbridge Island Library 7- 8:30 pm Reading with Kathleen Flenniken

September 21, 2025 By Suzanne

Nature of Our Times

I’m thrilled to have a poem, Into the Rift, in this new anthology, The Nature of Our Times. The website of the same name, originated by the Wick Poetry Center, hosted over 1300 poems and the editors chose a little over 200 for this print edition.

“The Nature of Our Times is a shared initiative, bringing together the joint efforts of Paloma Press, Poets for Science, United By Nature, and Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, and is made possible with grant support from the Ohio Arts Council, the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture and Arts Commission, and the Woodward Foundation. This anthology serves as a companion to the first national assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife.”

The book features poems from some of the country’s best-known poets, including:

Jane Hirshfield
Diane Ackerman
Camille Dungy
Naomi Shihab Nye
Arthur Sze

and many more. Please purchase a copy.

May 3, 2025 By Suzanne

Photo Poems

I’ve been experimenting with taking photos and writing haikus or prose pieces to accompany them. Here are a few examples.

The Climb

Burnt Totem

A prickly heart pairs well

November 29, 2024 By Suzanne

Mental Health and Juvenile Myositis

Cure JM Foundation Mental Health Grant Summary

I am very proud of the grants we have made at the Cure JM Foundation over the past 3 years. Most of them include research as well as interventions. Please take a moment to peruse this infographic.

Mental Health Grant Summary