Someone is alwaysOn vacation, happy hourLasts and lasts and lasts I don’t mind, laughs andGood wine and politicsStories over snacks I brag about myBoundaries, prioritiesBreak […]
A Series of Decisions
A novel is a series of decisionsThat’s the hard partThat’s the slogThe deciding, scene by sceneBut . . .There comes a pointWhere you’ve made all […]
Ghost Made Visible
I wrote an angryStuttering poemBut then I rememberedThat just becauseI got something out of meDoesn’t meanIt needs to pierce someone else So here’s is a […]
Fireworks
It’s like we were inside the fireworksThey shot directly over our headsBoomed and scattered across the nightTrails of golden light . . . trails of […]
What sound does a frog make?
A family walkDad says: Do you hear the frogs?He mimics: tweet tweet With Love, Natalie
If the earth stopped spinning
If the earth stopped spinningAll at once1,000 mph to zeroIn under sixty secondsThe rotations would stopBut the oceans would notImagine, all the water1,000 mph across […]
Zia’s Here!
My best friend, Zia It’s been two years since we hugged Today: reunion There is nothing like An old friend who’s a good friend Talking […]
Pace
This pace: is it slow?Or is it normal? How canI tell? Fifth gear, locked There is space todayTo think, construct, make a listSix things, cross […]
Mercury
I look up the dates for mercury in retrogradeA phenomenon I don’t really believe inBut I’m searching for an explanationTo why what was easy is […]
For my dad
My dad creates signsThere is a post on the drivewayPointing across the stateAnd down the roadAnd around the worldThere are weather vanes — fiveOn every […]