We are the Daughters and Sons
of closed doors. Locked windows. We hid under covers. Afraid of shadows that walked our hallways. Reflections that hid in bathroom...
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- Feb 8
- 1 min
I originally wanted to tear
This part up and leave it for the ghosts for the gravestones and the mourners for the dust-ridden shelves and their friends for and...
- Feb 8
- 1 min
The first time we fall in love
It pours out of us a mess we hold and catch what our hearts can’t hide we stitch it to our clothes and inevitably get dirty Then we...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Can we put the knives away
and go to bed? I’ve burned my tongue on too many words I didn’t mean. I forget who I am when I’m angry— I hate seeing this place a mess—...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
This Window
For Mrs. Rochester --A masterpiece-- Shatters against the rain. Each drop a life (A moment in time?) I have gotten used to counting...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Hades and Persephone have a fight
He’d start by telling her she was beautiful. She’d laugh in Old Fashioned and His throat would burn at the bitter taste of it. “You’re...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Quiet Quarters
Quaint keepsakes commandeer quiet quarters, Quaking quasars and queer quilts, Quirky quotes and quivering quills, Candid quests and...
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Haikus – Chronos
Glimpses of the sum- mer taste of fresh apricots on the windowsill. Your red tongue is stained You bite and bite and bite yet falling...
- Sep 19, 2021
- 1 min
Grief is Love without a home
At first, she hid in the pockets Of your favorite corduroy sweater. The one worn only on special occasions. But soon she got too big for...
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Love as the Study of Linguistics
They say that love must be easy. That it must come naturally, Like filling your lungs with air Or convincing your heart to beat. I see it...
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
La Luna Tira
Tonight the ocean hums, 3,000 miles away, On a distant beach Under an intoxicated sky. She is breathless, Jadante, That is to say another...
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
Let me seek refuge
In the thunderstorms of your heart. I’ll stand there quietly, I promise. I’ll offer you an umbrella and we can Watch the darkness swallow...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
I remember when you asked me
To watch the stars with you. The night was on fire, emblazoned with meteors, Though I stood there shivering Like a sailor lost in a sea...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
From now on
I want us to be the softest of endings In those messy and crowded theaters, The kind that hushes the rowdiest of us, And pulls bent...
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
A Mature Love Poem
Tea whistling gently on the kettle. An open window. Smudges on rearview mirrors. A bed, neatly folded. A candle slow dancing on the...
- Apr 13, 2021
- 1 min
Endless Summer
We’d stand on rocks and stare at city lights, Proclaim ourselves the kings of endless summer. We’d soar on bikes and boards and all the...
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