Shared Heritage: 30 paintings paired with 30 poems
Hardback art book collaboration with Ojai Chumash Painter Brenda Mercado. Pub date: Nov 10, 2026: signed, numbered copies at launch events. Please click on image above for a 20% discount on advance purchase copies (through 7/31/26).
Advance purchase includes printed acknowledgement in the book (if ordered by 7/31/26)
Captions for Photographs: Poetry
My 17th poetry collection (November 2026).
Photo: San Francisco Zen Center
Tide Pools: Short Stories
22 new short stories (November, 2026).
Photo: West Cliff Drive Picasso, Santa Cruz
"Forget Writer's Block. I read constantly: poetry, fiction, plus history & science. I don't wait for a Muse to show up at my desk. Here on Oahu, muses are everywhere. I met a muse on Pensacola, waiting for the 8 Holo bus. Another muse rides the 60 North Shore Holo bus with her gang box on wheels."
Call and Response
“Listening to the Light” is a 100-page hardback art book, to be published in Nov. 2026, featuring 30 paintings by Ojai artist Brenda Mercadeo paired with 30 poems by poet Jon Obermeyer. Santa Barbara natives, they have a shared language of landscape and seascape, and a soulful approach to their work.