A Winter Day

A Poem

winter of a new place
greets me, not with
a cold shoulder, but
a front porch smile

Creativity

A Poem

Creativity is the sedated urge
fidgeting in its sleep from
nightmares of erasure
wanting to awaken but…

Quicksand

A Poem

a foundation of quicksand
is no place to build a home

To Become Her

A Poem

I don’t yet know
how to be her
who it is that I
see gazing back
in the mirror

Hello Again

A Poem

a piece of her remained
the northern mockingbird
having flown west for
an extended spring

Before You Belonged

A Poem

before you belonged
the words tripped on
your clumsy tongue
and they often didn’t
even…

Love As Graffiti

A Poem

she dipped her quill
in hazel-eyed caramel

Love As A Lark

A Poem

addiction masquerades skillfully as love.

Symptom Of An Education

A Poem

i am too
heartbroken
to be afraid
anymore.

Epic

A Poem

this new gift

the latitude to dream