Send Out the Clowns

A poem

Never the favorite part of my circus visits
Too predictable
More filler than specialty…

The Rain Gets Louder

A sonnet

This tap tap tap gets loud and louder still
Maybe it’s finally going to rain.
Not…

Impostor Syndrome

Poetry prompt day 25

Coffee Shop

Sitting in the coffee shop drinking my decaf and eating a chocolate brownie while writing another famous novel, I am distracted. My gaze…

Abuela

Rice and beans your expertise, filled my heart more than my skinny belly. Twenty dollars under the table, your sneaked way to say you loved me.

Look into My Eyes

Asked to explain my purpose, I get straight to it. “Well,” I say, “With very little in the way of what could be considered…

Darkness Contemplations

Mindful poetry

Soar Away and Let the Wind Guide You

Sowing seeds of possibility — a poem

Stories From the Light of the Village

Visits to your home town or village make you remember a lot

An Illusion of Truth

I wish to be set free

Prophecy of the Damned

This sadly is my life

Do Ordinary Single Moms have Secrets? #10

This one does

Farcical Stride

Good reason to think.

That the strangest color could possibly be, a wild shade of pink.

I Wait

I waited.

My chin on my hand
 a black leather jacket Thinker.
 I waited for you.
 looking through the window
 blue sky…

Replacement

I was the prettiest plant in her garden.
I was above all plants,
She put me on a pedestal.
She watered me when I was thirsty.
She used to…

Cups

I’m full goddamnit!

POETRY

Color the Fascinating Division

We humans were given color by nature to adjust us to circumstances

Poppy and Opium

It is only a flower on a plant — it has both possibilities — the good and not so good

Pretty Pain

A poem

Tongue against leather,
Wet flesh against lace,
She held her throat tight,
Pulling the mask against…