do not ask me my maiden nameDon’t ask me my maiden name My maiden name was rage My maiden name was loneliness And emptiness And, why am i not lovable Or likable Or…Nov 22, 2022Nov 22, 2022
fourth of julyi dreamed of america and when i awoke i had been eaten most pleasantly by smiling teeth the rest of me covered in bullet holesNov 22, 2022Nov 22, 2022
A poem for my Nanny, on her 86th birthdaymy first memories are of her red hats and marigolds Christmas cookies soft perfume (i still have the old bottle, 15 or so moves later) and…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
A Poem for Harriet[My dear friend and neighbor turns 81 tomorrow. I wrote this poem in her honor. She is an extraordinary woman.]Jun 7, 2018Jun 7, 2018
Marked Safe During the Violent Incident [poem]I am tired Of asking If my friends Are alive And which city Will be the next And which benign event Will be shattered next And whose mother…Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Do Places Have Memories (poem)one summer i set out to find something that i thought was lost or at least forgotten an old me, a new me, maybe just, me i felt far away…Oct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
Tell Your Girl-Children[poem]I saw her pushing a baby doll In a baby stroller A baby, herself How do you teach a baby How to hold A baby And, why. “What do you want to…Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017
Fall is here again. [poem]one morning i went out and the air was cooler fall is here again and i breathed in another season passed i thought of sweet summer corn…Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017