BAR TALK You remind me of a father figure—not my real father who I leave absent from my poems. Maybe for him, there are too few words,… Read more “Today: Three Tiny Poems”
Category: My Poems
“Sleepwalker” & The Inspiration Behind It
Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m arriving a tad late to the party again today, but I hope you each had a wonderful day, and I appreciate, again,… Read more ““Sleepwalker” & The Inspiration Behind It”
“I Remember Her Hair” & The Prompt That Led Me Here
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. I’m doing things a little differently this week, writing poems every day, but in a mix… Read more ““I Remember Her Hair” & The Prompt That Led Me Here”
“Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It
Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! I’m doing things a little differently starting this week, sharing a poem and the writing prompt behind it (I’m back to writing… Read more ““Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It”
“All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It
Hello, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and are enjoying your Monday. Starting this week, I’m going to do something a little different. I’m… Read more ““All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It”
What Growing Up Tastes Like
—A poem today after a long hiatus —Happy International Day of the Girl WHAT GROWING UP TASTES LIKE I sit with my windows open,… Read more “What Growing Up Tastes Like”
A Walk in the Snow
When we were younger, we leveled footprints in the woods—off the path, of course, down deep where the sun could barely find us, where we blended… Read more “A Walk in the Snow”
My Dumb Heart
—To my fellow Benders, I threw on my grief. MY DUMB HEART is open wide and overflows with water. How I manage to stay… Read more “My Dumb Heart”
Dear Emily—
—Hope is the thing with feathers. Here is a truth: I thrive on hope. But yet, here is another: if you fill a pillow with… Read more “Dear Emily—”
A Poem with a Gun Inside
It beats. It hums. My heart— what else could beat so cold and low as this : make me a list. give me a kiss :… Read more “A Poem with a Gun Inside”