Evelyn Cole

Evelyn Cole, MA, MFA, poet and resident of San Luis Obispo County, CA, is a failed sea kayaker, a successful cook, failed businesswoman, successful teacher and professor, failed webmaster, successful ping pong champ, failed golfer and successful traveler, wife/lover, mother, and occupant of this planet who wears her poetic license on her car, her head in the sand, and her heart in her pen.

She has published one textbook on levels of abstraction, two books of poetry, and five novels, "For the Sake of All Others," "A Tough Journey," "Gambling for Good Mail," "Hurricane Love" and "The Underbelly," subtitled "Dr. Jacquelyn and Mrs. Hyde." Online she is known as "The Whole-mind Writer" for her series of essays on ways to tap the power of the subconscious mind and for her Astrological, Philosophical Cooking Blog.

Readers can hear her interview on the Joan Brydon show here: http://vimeo.com/53079803

She maintains a venue for poetry readings the fourth Sunday of every month in Arroyo Grande, California. READ THE RECIPE FIRST reflects her style:

She poured in a whole quart of love

before the man was warm

didn't save enough sugar

to sprinkle on anyone else

She melted all of the butter, too.

There wasn't enough left

to grease the pan

let alone the kids

or the skids

She whipped up a frenzy

without separating

the juicy bits

from the facts

She set her oven

too high

let the edges burn

the middle sink

Next life, she vowed,

she'd read the recipe

all the way through,

measure before she began

The next life she came back

as a pile-driving man