I keep thinking about how she glowsWhen she talks about what she lovesAnd how what she lovesIs helping, connecting, empathizing, empowering And when I talk […]
Hydrate
Refill your cup And up and up and up Pour it on out And out and out and out But as you hydrate the world […]
Writings by the water
Waves lap upon the rocky beach The red-orange sun grows as it sinks over the bay All I hear is the wavesA perfect quietIt calls […]
For the better
I’m reading on the back porch of the cottageUmbrella up, sipping Diet Coke in the shadeLooking out at the life my parents builtMy dad carrying […]
A haiku about my experience buying property for the first time
What the flying fuck This is the part where I scream In the end, a lake With Love, Natalie
Coins
Coins in every purse’s pocketsAccompanied by decks of cardsI guess I’d imagined I’d take out on a whimI never have Stationary in five different placesBlank […]
To write about the light again
One of my personal hazards of moving is having to go through notebooks and find all those random places I wrote fiction or poetry in […]
Maybe So
We pass the tequila bottle between the three of usCross-legged on the futon mattressAnd quote Glennon DoyleLet’s rememberWe can do hard thingsBut this, this, thisIs […]
A Good Life
We talk about canoeing on Midwest riversOr kayaking or sailing on the lake We talk about campingI’ll make the fireShe’ll cook the foodThey’ll set up […]
Normal
I hand wash my masksAnd hang them on the porch to dryA line I never thought I’d writeBut I never thoughtI’d do a lot of […]