ABOUT
Christina Watkins
Poet
Christina Watkins B.A. M.Div. teacher, soul friend, pilgrim, poet. I was born in Southern Ontario, Canada. Since I married my husband, who is a geologist, I have lived in Australia, Toronto, Mexico, Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec, Colorado, Arizona, and British Columbia. I have always and still do love to walk and hike and dance, listen to music and write poems, to read and go to the movies and attend theatrical or musical productions. I am a life long learner and life long teacher, I hope.
Poetry Books
Poems for the Journey
Poems~Poemas
Sky and Earth Cielo Y Tierra
Sky and Earth Cielo Y Tierra is a collection of lyrical poems written in both English and Spanish. The languages face each other—one on one side of the page, the other across from it.
In the Speaking of Your Name
by Christina Watkins
Download the hymn music “In the Speaking of Your Name“
Sample Reading: Wind Whispers
A pantoum poem by Christina Watkins from her book “Poemas Poemas”
Sample Reading: To My Mother
A poem by Christina Watkins
Sample Reading: Close Together
A poem by Christina Watkins
Latest Media
Christina Watkins on This Week In America Podcast
Latest Blogs
How to Write a Villanelle Poem
‘The Way Things Are Is Large,’ is a villanelle in Poems for the Journey p.19. I like writing poems that have some form. It helps get me started with words on the page. Two strong lines about things the poet cares deeply about give energy for finding the other lines....
How To Write a Pantoum
There are three pantoums in Poems ~ Poemas: ‘Wind Whispers,’ p.10, ‘El viento susurra,’ p.11‘Far Traveler,’ p.30, Un viajero lejano,’p.31‘East Says,’p.52,’ El este dice,’p.53 Here is the pantoum ‘East Says:’ East Says East says set the second half of life aside for...
How To Write a Sestina
It is fun and easy to write a sestina. There are two sestinas in Poems for the Journey: ‘Waves,’ p.11 and ‘Diamonds and Sutras, ’p.15. The sestina form allows the poet to get lines up on the screen and then play around with the words that come before the end word in...