Hello.
I moved to New York City 40 years ago. My cozy apartment home and my neighborhood have been the source for so many of my poems. For me, poetry is a way of being in the world with senses, intuition and heart first, connecting deeply with the magic of language.
Photo by Tim Tomlinson
Upcoming Classes
Poetry Workshops
“Nights of the Fireflies” Virtual Reading Series
Part of my joy in being a poet is teaching and encouraging others to write their poetry. I invite you to take one of my poetry workshops or attend my virtual reading series, “Nights of the Fireflies,” for readings and conversations with poets, writers and performers. I conceived of “Fireflies” during the pandemic as a way to reach out with the beauty of poetry, language, music and story.
“In these lucid dreams of revelation, Hermine Meinhard takes as her starting point the most mysterious territory of the soul. Amazed and hurt, joking in fear, loving and experienced, all at once, she is one of those few artists (Kafka and Fra Angelico come to mind) whose simplicity and skill deliver the refreshment of a deeper tenderness toward being.”
- Brooks Haxton, poet and translator, author of They Lift Their Wings to Cry
Photo by Jon Platek. Peter Pan statue in Carl Schurz Park five blocks from my home.