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 […]
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 […]
Knocks
Insomnia knocksTwo nights in a rowTwo hours, three, fourLying in the darkGetting up to readTo adjust the A/CTo watch a showEvery hour I cannot put […]
I hear it again
I hear it again todayWhy wait? Why wait?If you can seeWhere you want to beWhy wait?The roadblocks are movableOr all in our headWe can move, […]
Swimming, Day 2
The taste of chlorineThe heat of the poolThe loudness of my breath underwaterThen, gasping for air The only one thereBut for the fit lifeguardWatching this […]