I went silent, and by the time I found my voice you were gone – swallowed in a cave devoid of sound. I know notContinue Reading
life. living.
If I were to touch the trees and smell the leaves run my finger down the scribbles on a gum, pull the pastry bark fromContinue Reading
Flash poetry: lovers lens
I have always loved my men with care adored the dents and blemishes and imprints on their flesh – the speckled marks in untold placesContinue Reading
Flash poetry: So this just happened
A child reached out for my hand today his sweet nugget fingers sticky with morning life, it felt as natural as breath. I did notContinue Reading
Letters baked in the mail
Love letters served as cake dropped with care in a grieving letterbox, that’s how we really met through food in a tastebud language that spokeContinue Reading
Black ants and driftwood, when writing means life
Everyone wants to be a writer. And they should. Leading the dance of words across a page to create a picture that the reader canContinue Reading
Flash Poetry: kill the beast
Those white toothed faces free from life’s creases brushed with air and a magic media wand filled with hope and broken guarantees of time turnedContinue Reading
I put my heart in the washing machine
I put my heart on the freezer shelf thought the ice would shield her from herself but she got trapped and tapped and tapped onContinue Reading
The wakening
Let me be just me cute as a button soft as pie fire breathing dragon with lashes longer than the plaits that braid down myContinue Reading
This is grief, for now not ever
I rock back and forth, arms pinned in close, left hand in fist on my sternum, right hand clasped over it. This is grief. ThisContinue Reading