I don’t know much about the zodiacBut I’ve always liked the duality of GeminiThat’s why I was born two weeks early(or so I tell my […]
Strawberry Pie
Fresh strawberry pie In the middle of June. Know: It will be okay With Love, Natalie
Compartmentalize
CompartmentalizeA word that means live your lifeAnd not: live your job With Love, Natalie
Paper Mache
There is comedy hereIn the little tragedies that pile up in a dayPoke the stack of grievances and it falls apartYou have to laugh at […]
Beginning of Summer Vibes
Windows open and it’s hot and humid for the first time Sun dress, braless, paired with low-top converse for a walk The sun on the […]
New Growth
In the woods we findYellow lady slippers, rareTreasures of springtime Then, across the lane,A graveyard of copper treesWho drowned last summer We’ll clear them awayWait […]
A Lake Meditation
I take the three miles slowly, carefullyMuscles creakingI end at the dockStretch on the power-washed concreteThe waves are not wild, but they are waves todaySometimes […]
Sapling Song
My friend tells me about the plants they sing toLittle dogwood saplings in the backyardThey will water and nurture as they grow I have never […]
Resume
The facts of our livesLaid out like a resumeWent here, did thisShook his handTore her poster off the wallHeard that songCalled “Autumn and Me”Forgot that […]
Chimneys & Hairdryers
A half a year of fire and I am the kind of adult who gets her chimney swept in May Who am I To own […]