Sexual Assault

Sexual Harassment: Yeah, Not All Men

The ballad in search of a tune; I walk alone at night without…

Somewhat Safer

those questions of consent – a #MeToo slam poem (with audio)

Lipstick List (an old story repeated)

I don’t write on bathroom walls,
I leave it to the school kids.
I had my turn,
I didn’t know…

Perfect Victim

Explode

If women could explode,
Spray indelible ink,
A dye pack of shame,
Redden perpetrators,
Face and hands,
Would that be hard?
Evidence enough?

Very Scary Time

In deep reptilian folds,
Are you terrified I remember
Something more than
A popped collar Izod cad,
The sweeping stair of your…

Time Triggers 2

Trigger memories of 
scary days, 
secrets pulling at my heart, 
waves of shame and danger, 
body memory of 
twelve 
hours 
of…

Women and Children First

A Villanelle with imagery

Fire Raining Down

This is How Triggering Feels to a Survivor

Made Man

Nothing says loyalty like a crime shared,
A pathogenic blood brotherhood,
A fraternity of mutually assured destruction.