We Are Rock Collectors

we are rock collectors
carrying wisdom in sediment sifted
in our shirt baskets
we bask in metamorphosis
caterpillar to…

Dishpan Hands

Poetic Rage at №45

When This is Over

When this is over
We will
Hoard
Jam like our grandfathers.
Stock up on flour
Like our grandmothers.
Re-use small squares of…

Exhausted

A Villanelle With Imagery

The Slowness

Seems like
 My brain worked better
 When it moved slower

Done with the News

A week ago our death toll was higher than the new hospitalizations.
I asked,
Where are these people dying?
The answer is…

Hunger

Visible stomach frame

Belly growl

Grows