Enjoy this audio recording of “Women of a Certain Age” by Penelope La Montagne from Vol. 27:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy the full issue here.
Penelope La Montagne was poet laureate emerita of Healdsburg, CA. (2004-2006). She lived on the banks of the Russian River and learned most of what she knew from watching the river, not pushing, not holding back. For six years, she was the producer of Morning Haiku for KRCB Radio in Sonoma County. She was a California Poet in the Schools, a local realtor, and author of River Shoes by Running Wolf Press and co-author of Fruit of Life, Poems of Passion and Politics, published by dpress.