Kick against the sun. The great generator, its spangles and chains. Belly into dusk the silence the still air the curve of trance. Let your shadow shimmy over the floor of the deep end. Mysterious. Cool. Like Jimi plucking steel strings with his teeth and spitting out stones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shared on dVerse Poets Pub, an online community where poets share their work and support each other. (image via) Continue reading the deep end
Water, condensed on the windows Like all the hopes in your gut that Never were released. Outside people Walk through the oppressiveness Intent on the busyness of their lives. A small flame flickers waiting To burn off the sludge. Continue reading Rise
You gave me acceptance when I was uncertain You gave me community when I felt alone You gave me creativity when I was blank You gave me a big, wide world of dversity Value Expression Rebellion Support Exuberance What more could a poet want? Happy 3rd Birthday to dVerse Poets Pub! dVerse has been a great source of inspiration for me with a great network of very supportive poets. They’re celebrating with a Poets Ball so why not hop on over there and visit a while? Continue reading The dVerse Ball and All
For the second morning in a row I’ve stepped through my sliding glass doors into the past. This always happens to me in the fall but this is the middle of July. We’ve had a cold front move in – unheard of in summer in New Orleans. When I was a kid and there was crazy weather, old timers would say it’s because those men walked on the moon. They shouldn’t have messed with the moon. Well, we did have a Super Moon a few nights ago so maybe it’s all connected. All I know is it feels lovely on … Continue reading October in July
I’m very happy to have my poem, “Opal”, in the newest issue of Blue Fifth Review: Blue Five Notebook. This poem is about a car wreck I was in with four other girls, out joy-riding unbeknownst to our parents, when I was about 16. We rolled into a creek, ended upside down and were very lucky to walk away. Big thanks to editors Sam Rasnake and Michelle Elvy. Lots of good writing over there – go read it! Continue reading Blue Fifth Review
This is what happens when you take photos of the Super Moon in slowmo without a tripod, trying to catch it between cloud cover. The middle and right ones were taken through the banana canopy in my backyard. Actually, I’m ok with the pics. They remind me of a grainy B-movie from the ’50’s. Continue reading Super Moon, Shaky Hands
She had circles under her eyes and such a great restlessness, an energy smoking from her whole body, impatience, avidity. — Anaïs Nin, Little Birds My contribution to David Abrams’ “Sunday Sentence” project in which participants share the best sentence read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.” Continue reading Sunday Sentence
I recently discovered Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos, a website that shows literary tattoos people have had inked on their bodies. A tattoo is not something I’m interested in for myself but I do find them interesting and the reasons people get them interesting. I like the one above particularly because it’s from the poem “Antilamentation” by Dorianne Laux, one of my favorite poets and poems. It’s a beautiful and honest line and a poem all by itself. I also like the placement of the design because I like the idea of a tattoo being hidden and only revealed to a select … Continue reading Literary Tattoos
Sharing from my other blog. I love this statue. Continue reading Wordless Wednesday
Recently a sister blogger nominated me for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award. It’s been a long time since someone did that and it came at a time when I needed it, too. I needed it because, let’s face it, it’s nice to hear from someone who reads your blog and thinks enough of your writing to take it a step further to let you know, especially when you’re not feeling very inspired. MarinaSofia blogs at Finding Time To Write and I’ve been reading her blog for about a year where she posts her original poetry, book reviews, and generally things … Continue reading The Inspiring and the Inspired
