Motivation The whole day stretched before me To work on all this mess Dust bunnies danced along the shelf, Much laundry, I confess. I scrunched down in my favorite chair. My pans were mucked in swill. I wondered what to tackle first – The socks piled in a hill? While I yawned […]
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21 April 2019 | National Poetry Month
A F T E R After there’re no mountains left to climb After there’re no poems left to rhyme After there are no more problems left for me to solve After there are no more urgent conflicts to resolve After goals I set no longer shine After things I wished for all are mine I […]
20 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
Femme for love & culture You weep inwardly (inner cry-New York Style) after your friend asks you – did you ever want a relationship with your father? after twenty years – filled with antiseptic/// hardened glow No, I say, and I want to cry. no resource will fill—I doubt the hand that […]
19 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
To Bring One Home Do you hear it? The plaintive drone, A wild melody, Drifting on the wind. Follow me Down cobbled alleyways, Past stonewalled cottages, Into fields of heather Across a grassy moor. The call is louder now, Pulling you inexorably, Stirring the blood With cries of warriors Marching into battle, […]
18 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
Put your head on my shoulder, let me reminisce in your autumn sky, lemongrass, sweet chocolate chip hair Each strand like momma’s fresh baked cookies Lay your head next to mine dear And let me inhale until i can’t smell sadness no more Until all that lingers in my soul Is the scent of home […]