Poet Runner

Julie Rogers' poems were first included in a SF anthology in 1980, and she later published several chapbooks. She has read her work on public radio and television and at many venues in California and Oregon, Washington state and NYC. During 25 years in southern Oregon, after decades of involvement in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism, in 2007 Vimala (vimalatreasures.org) published her Buddhist end of life manual, Instructions for the Transitional State. Her poetry has been featured in various journals and anthologies such as Beatitude-Golden Anniversary 1959-2009, Poetry Flash, Sparring with Beatnik Poets, Big Scream, The Cafe Review, World of Change, End of Life Times, and others. In 2012, Wild Ocean Press published her selected collection of poetry, House Of The Unexpected, spanning thirty years of work. Julie Rogers and poet/author David Meltzer married in 2011 in San Francisco and read their poetry together before audiences until months before his death in 2016. They recorded their CD, Two-Tone Poetry and Jazz, with saxophonist Zan Stewart in 2012 (Pureland Audio). Omerta Publications released her chapbook Street Warp in 2013. In 2020 Omerta also published Trading Fours, and a companion volume, Sharing Breath, love poems written with her late husband and often performed before audiences, followed by a collection of her work, Life on Earth. In 2014 she became the Founder and Director of TLC Transitional Life Care, a Vajrayana Buddhist end of life support and education non-profit program. Julie leads a Buddhist practice group at Orgyen Dorje Den Temple in Alameda, CA, presents end of life workshops, and teaches creative writing for Litquake Foundation programs in San Francisco. Beat poet Michael McClure has said of her work, "Few poems are written as close to the heart -- no extra words, just soul meanings?