Yellow Eyes

I saw the devil in there once.

Coronary

I used to think the heart was a fist
coiled tight, ready to strike
with a muscle’s crude strength —

Mother’s Dream

The first quilt I ever made I made on our living room’s hardwood floor, fabric spread across a cardboard mat on which I’d drawn a…

Midsummer Murder

Quiet street abandoned
in the heat of summer.
Trees bear the brunt
of sun’s cruel weight:
leaves droop, branches weak
with…

The Shawl

Your mom tells me you keep asking about that shawl I have hanging over the back of the…

Blue Tiles

Broken tiles lie like teeth after a bar fight
around the rim of my old swimming pool:

Azalea

She wore a purple gown, flower-petal
skirts swirling around her legs as she made
her debut three months too early, tricked
by the lemony sun into…

Warm Colors

The interiors of these empty houses / are all painted in warm colors (CW: miscarriage…