Diaspora

Diaspora   Close eyes Weaver knits wind tails Dreammaker ignites fire Reach, catch a tail, flipping fast, skim invisible air Grab this one or that— tail of another fantastic— Soar through days, ripple like waves surge through  moments twirl through realizations A...

Everything is Beautiful….

Here’s a poem I wrote when I was in high school… yep, high school. That was, let’s see… a long time ago. My kids are now close to the age when I wrote this. This piece was published in our annual high school literary magazine. My 7th grade...

Andalusian Dream {poem}

Andalusian Dream   Closing my eyes to find the cobalt sky reaching down to touch the sea, not knowing whither it ends or begins   Searching along the shore near Malaga I hear her shoes tapping like we were back in Seville and buying dresses off the streets...

Some Kinds of Loss

Some Kinds of Loss   Checkered, framed, lines in sharp angles Drawn around the faces of those inside. I stare and they change, get older, like Dorian did Yet a small sunny spot stays on her forehead, when she Held up the days with her own two fingers, When she...