maybe as adults we use the same wordswe maybe even feel the same feelingsabout our bodies, about the dis-easesthat challenge our guts and our joints we maybe even pray to the same marysand dance to the same madonna, it’spossible our mother wound is the sameshape… but I’m fairly certain it’s not the same size. I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – July 25
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POEM A DAY – July 19
Crooked Family mother’s familial shapeistriangular she apexesthendaughter & other daughter a trifectathreesomethree musketeers west-end girls except daughterdeviates& angles shift tectonic loveindisruption mother’sscarcrooked over her collarbone daughterleaves& sides collapse families end, girls
POEM A DAY – July 9
Walking the Puppy Haiku leaf skitters on asphaltlanky legs airborne, full attackmust protect mother
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