I’m always finding random writing in old notebooks, but I don’t know when I wrote this one. It could be anytime in the last eight […]
Taller Trees
The trees are tallI was there when they were plantedNow they tower over meCan we measure life in branches? My heart has its roots in […]
Yearbook
In the back, she wrote‘Marry him and invite me!’And I did, I did Yet, his page is blankNo love note in my yearbookI asked, I […]
Paint Drops
Sweeping spiderwebs off the porchThere is a version of myself that would neverBut she does not sit on a balcony overlooking the bayReading a book […]
Revelation
Last week I burnt my arm accidentallyThree thin linesFrom a metal buckle in hot laundryStupidBut I can’t stand the marks on my skinNext to the […]
Coming Home Haikus
Immortalize this:The sweet spots of memoryThe joy coming home Stopping for ice creamThose first glimpses of the bayThe air tastes cleaner I try pretty masksEverywhere […]
Gentle Metaphors
Pick a gentle metaphor:Today, like one blade of grassIn the boundless prairie Or today, like stepping on stoneBut there are thousands of steps in a […]
Counting Joys
I never knew I liked cherriesUntil I had them sweet and freshAnd piled up the pits in a bowl Take deep breathsBy the lake on […]
Like the fisherman
Like the fisherman in the boatThat rocks in a restless seaMy lesson is to be steadyAnd find the calm inside of me I meditate by […]
Rose & Yellow
I cannot control the windOr the destructive walks people take at nightI cannot take up every battleSome days I’m too tired to fight But I […]