There is power in three In one, the fit of her waist in my hand In two, our legs pressing on their bunk In three, […]
Sleep, Try Again Tomorrow
Wake up to an earful of NPR An hour-long alarm I don’t turn off I dream of a movie plot While they interview an actor […]
Don’t outrun the wind
It clicks and pounds and it comes out stunted Stunted, stunted Then too much, too fast, at once Slow down I can barely capture you […]
Grass-Is-Greener
I wrote, I don’t want to grass-is-greener my whole life The next chapter, the next year I brush my fingers over the seams of futures […]
The Day After Perfect
The day after perfect Everything breaks at once The things at least A laptop screen, a taillight, a step-tracker But I tie a ribbon around […]
At My Back
For my brother, on his 25th birthday Riding on the edge of the bike lanes Peddaling too fast To hear me yelling after him Be […]
Mother’s Day Haiku
The noblest love Through shopping trips, crying fits Mom always means Home
Contradictions
Here are the contradictions
Flitting from eye to eye in the bathroom mirror
Stare them down until they flutter
Until they inch back under my skin
Stare them down until another day
The contradictions flare again
Rhyming for My Father
For my dad, on his birthday My dad taught me to write poems that rhyme So now I think of him every time And mark […]