Information about Perie Longo, Poet, Poetry Therapist, Marriage & Family Therapist in Santa Barbara, CA.

Perie Longo was appointed the new Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara for 2007-09. P erie’s life is helping others to find their voices, whether in her role as a marriage, family and child therapist, a poet, a poet teacher through California-Poets-in-the-Schools (CPITS), or poet working in the therapeutic mode.

Perie has received three pushcart nominations from Askew, Rattle, and Solo Novo. She has published several poems and essays over the years in several California-Poets-in-the-Schools (CPITS) anthologies, and edited two of those volumes.

The Santa Barbara Summer Poetry Workshop Each August Perie, Poet Laureate Emerita, leads a three day poetry workshop/retreat (www.sbpoetryworkshop.com) for writing, crafting and discussion of poems in a setting of mutual respect assisted by Barry Spacks, Poet Laureate Emeritus, and David Starkey, current Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara. In 2010 ...

Perie Longo, Ph.D., MFT, PTR. Registered Poetry Therapist. 1114 State St, #315 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687-1619. E-Mail

Four Poems from Perie's new book: With Nothing Behind But Sky . The Writing Group. With joy we sit we cry we confess we are sorry we are anxious we are tongue tied we are heart bound we are safe we are falling off the cliff of our heart into a pool of unswum water so blue through the gate headfirst into cape

Perie Longo, Ph.D., MFT, PTR . Registered Poetry Therapist. 800 Garden St. Suite I Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687-1619. E-Mail [email protected]

Baggage Claim, WordTech Editions 2014 ($18), The Privacy of Wind ($10) and With Nothing Behind But Sky: A journey through grief ($12) can be ordered directly from Perie. To order, contact her at perie(at)west(dot)net , visit Amazon.com , or phone her at 805-687-1619.

INDEX of POEMS BY PERIE LONGO. The Writing Group. With joy we sit we cry we confess we are sorry we are anxious we are tongue tied we are heart bound we are safe we are falling off the cliff of our heart into a pool of unswum water so blue through the gate headfirst into cape

PERIE LONGO 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, has led poetry workshops for over twenty five years with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and California-Poets-in-the-Schools, as well as privately.