Kristin Diversido 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
Kristin Diversifourth 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
Kristin DiversiA 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
Kristin DiversiA 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
Kristin DiversiI’m Still With Her: One Year LaterLooking Back on the 2016 ElectionNov 9, 2017Nov 9, 2017
Kristin DiversiMarked 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
Kristin DiversiDo 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
Kristin DiversiTell 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
Kristin DiversiFall 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