Eden

A poem about men interrupting women in bloom

Silver Lining

I’m sorry
they took
the part of you
that was
happily naive

Turning toward the light

Light finds its way through even the smallest of cracks, and it’s your job to…

Green

I want to put water out for wild animals
and watch them drink

Mifflin Street

I see strangers coming to the door My head says “lock it.” My heart says “come in…

24

i turned 24 yesterday and now i have as many years as there are hours in a day. that got me thinking about time and how we use it and how we’re told to use it, especially at this age. but if there’s one thing i’ve learned since i turned 23 it’s that time is a fickle beast.

Home

I’m home
in this place I’ve never been before
on streets whose names I don’t know
in dark alleys where I should be afraid
I’m safe

autumn. autumn is a mysterious bitch. the end of summer feels like reading the last word of a book that you want to go on forever. when you feel absolutely satisfied but completely…

Sweat

I greet pain with a warm embrace The way I do
when I see my mom

God Did Not Make Woman for man

Words for all women who have been touched, looked at, spoken to or treated like anything less than human.