Stepping onto the cool, smooth tiles, Into the long exhaled sigh of day’s end Is to melt into relaxation, a calm And quiet embrace. Soft fingers tickling My shoulders, rivulets of warmth flowing Over and down, slurped up by world-weary … Continue reading Ode to My Shower
First, determine if it’s worth finding. Check your pockets, eat the Hersheys kiss, dig the lint out from under your fingernails. Look in the very back corner of the junk drawer, past the MP3 player and 1984 Worlds Fair cigarettes. … Continue reading How to find the thing that’s missing
What if the Milky Way lived In the Earth? Would we walk In the stars, be called Twinkletoes Instead of Humans? What if Earth’s mantle lived In space? Would the sky be aglow Like birthday candles for our every days? … Continue reading Abstracted
Fear tempers my love of the letters Of this world which are as pins Through the body, like a woman in love With her own making, infatuated with all Corners of the blemished universe. The heart closes its doors, becomes … Continue reading Fear & Flow
I have a poem, “Washed Away 2005”, in the new issue of Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. Much thanks to the Editors for selecting this poem. It’s one of several I’ve been holding on to for a good many years. Now … Continue reading Poem in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine
Relieved laughter the day I left, Rolling in orange and silver – A getaway to the rest of my life. Sunlight winked on Ponchartrain As the city rose over gobbled miles And I ate it like candy. Days flew by, … Continue reading The Leavings
Lift the beige melamine cover From the plate, exclaim Over the pretty food colors Squash the color of daffodils Beets glistening like rubies A plop of mud colored meat (Don’t say this out loud) Lift the spoon to her slightly … Continue reading FEEDING A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA
Here they are, a few of my favorite poems for the first quarter of 2019. Every one of these poets are new to me and I’m so excited about sharing them here and following their work going forward. Enjoy! Vagabond … Continue reading First Quarter Favorites: The Poets
Good morning Poet friends! Who’s participating in NaPoWriMo this year? Please leave a comment so I can be sure to visit you. There are so many sites on the napowrimo.net list it’s daunting to look through! Thanks & I’m looking … Continue reading NaPoWriMo
“I think social media allows more access to more poems. And I think it allows me the chance to think about the work of poets I love in a more intimate way since I can see them struggling with teaching … Continue reading My Interview with Jericho Brown
