*Gentle Warning:There is an expletive in this poem. Its contents describe a panic attack. panikattack in Ikea. my body undoing in the doing of buying, in the doing of being daughter-side, too many people, too many things, too much ‘this is how to live in spaces with things’, the lights daggering, my eyes double-visioning, lost… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 4
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POEM A DAY – January 18
The Value of An Editor I am a woman living in the chaos of spiritual change. In body and mind,in magic and logic, in space and time – intersectional continuums flex my abilities to adapt.I am a woman twisting in the genres of life’s stories.In word and sentence, in paragraph and chapter,in space and time – I… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 18
Because
These days are for throat work. For deglutition - aka swallowing. For collaboration with pharynx and esophagus. For the miracle of the complexities of breathing. For honest communication swathed in the lapis-blue of my throat chakra energy. Quietly. I've been swallowing it down. The words. The voices. I've been stomach-ing the fears. No wonder I'm… Continue reading Because
Oops, I did it again
https://media.giphy.com/media/loFkgbqCLQjSQFC4ja/giphy.gif The iconic Britney Spears. I wish that my 'oops, I think I did it again'-ing was anything like Spears' love song. I wish I had the balls to wear that hot red red one-piece suit! No, my oops-ing, as I'm learning, has to do with well...a coping mechanism I taught myself when I was… Continue reading Oops, I did it again
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