Monday Morning Dream The puppy lays on my chest, his paws on each side of my neck like trees, his fur forests my throat and I feel safe to fall back asleep and dream. The sun rises, pouring hot strands of light on our slumbering faces. My eyelids, like frosted-glass doors, turn my dreamscape red.… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 8
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POEM A DAY – June 7
The Weight On My Heart Today four years ago todayI was poem-high, love-beathaving spent the day (andthe day before) writingpoetry on demand atart in the park. it wasone of the best days.one of my best days.I was filled with exultationlaughter, awe at thesize of it all: the peoplethe sales, the volunteersthe smiles, the magic inthe… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 7
POEM A DAY – May 31
Blue Moon witches are everywhere:smokin’ smart in the inky pages of the books I’m readingthe woman who saved a wounded crow who keeps receiving gifts from other birdsneruda and his everlasting love poemsC listens with her stomachM mails epistolary boundaries the second full moon on this, my birth month, and the word-earth witch zinging in… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 31
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