poet & writer
Deborah Bowman, Ph.D., is a retired psychologist and served as a professor of Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling and Wilderness Therapy at Naropa University.
She is the author of The Female Buddha: Discovering the Heart of Liberation and Love and other books. She is co-author with artist Melinda Canino of tangled thicket: seasons of haiku.
The practice of haiku weaves together her passion for all things wild, from the flight of a finch to the vulnerable and supple human heart.
Includes haiku published in bottle rockets, first frost, Frogpond, hedgerow, The Heron's Nest, Kingfisher, Modern Haiku, Presence and tsuri-doro.
"Reading haiku invites us to step into the shoes of a stranger and someone so close they could whisper in our ear. We are nature listening to nature. Both poet and reader are on a quest to connect to our world and its mystery."
Tangled Thicket: Seasons of Haiku
Hear from Melinda & Deborah about Tangled Thicket. . .
The Female Buddha:
Discovering the Heart of Liberation & Love
In this stunning collection, Deborah's photography is paired with the wise words of women writers from the time of the Buddha to the present day.
"The Female Buddha is beautiful and inspiring. The photos and the quotations remind us of our own inner capacity for love and freedom."
Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness
"Deborah captures the essence of the divine feminine, gentle yet strong, inwardly contemplative and outwardly courageous."
Linda Leonard, The Wounded Woman
2024 Golden Triangle Poster
80 haiku chosen out of over 4000 poems to line the streets of DC!
