I Know I Will Die, But Not Today at my end, when this body is levitating ash I hope what remains of my remains is the origami heart-stirthe bone-softening laughter the throat-nuzzle voice liftand the tear-river rush of my love for you Friends, I know my poems have been...deeper...maybe darker than usual. I'm okay. Attempting to gracefully… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 10
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POEM A DAY – June 5
dear future I’m glad we are friends.I understand your desireto lure me closer, to devour my attention, to mischief-winkat my foolish belief that one daywe could actually touch. It’s okay. There are other ways to share intimacy, like when I write a commitment, in pen on the pages of my date book.I feel you then, tugging at… Continue reading POEM A DAY – June 5
POEM A DAY – May 30
Good dirt under my fingernails like waxing-moon eyeliner, in my nose like pepper flakes noir, between my breasts like pesto on plump bread, on my skin caught in sweaty sunscreen like bedazzle…this summer day in the yard yanking and raking and pulling and pushing and mowing and picking and scrubbing and hanging…and now there is… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 30
