PinnedMember-onlyThe World Needs More PoetsA Poem — Call up your favorite languages Call up your mother tongue Spill out your crafty treasure chests Dust off your used to be hobbies Pull down the attic ladder Gather the scrapbooks, the yearbooks, the printed photographs Your sewing machine Restring your guitar Clear your throat for the harmony Gather the heirloom seeds The fabrics and dyes Your crochet and knitting needles Your…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scribe·7 hours agoMember-onlyLessons From the LostProse poem — So, the sun sets halfway down the summit — sweat pouring dried and dehydrated mistimed twilight making the familiar trailheads — déjà vu distrust as this is the Never Summer Wilderness You’ve given up the game of naming meals you’ll have when you reach town: poutine with portobello gravy lemon-dill grilled salmon Moscato…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Sky Collection·2 days agoMember-onlyCups OverflowIn which I inhale the universe and try to hold it — I’ve always collected boxes — boxes of boxes I am of the world, and I sometimes ask the crescent in my little patch of sky how can I possibly contain all this inspiration? so on fallow days, I organize: New Year: A List 1. Go through all things. Can I…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scrittura·Jan 21Member-onlyPrivacy on the Road to Being UnbornWednesday Prose Poem: Structure Reversals — 1. The woman is you — a different version of you, but still. A choral reading: no. not today. Not Today. NOT TODAY. The sign she holds says, hitchhiking home. 2. This time when you run away, you’re passed by an open-bed wagon with a red, white, and blue bumper…Prompt3 min readPrompt3 min read
Published in Scribe·Jan 18Member-onlyButterflies Over the AtlanticA poem — shall we all turn over the sod let the homeowners’ association subsidize front yards gone wild overgrown children in the milkweed moonlighting their way from spring break where butterflies surprise us with flights over the Atlantic shall we sip juleps peppermint patches where the clubhouse pool echoes heats of swim teams…Nature1 min readNature1 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Jan 16Member-onlyLet the Old Ghosts GoA poem — who among us is not haunted by the living? our past selves unforgiven besides the dead and gone for when was pain? is it hard to trust ourselves looking through the window at our used to be? like an invasion of privacy although we put our work into the hands and minds of…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jan 16Member-onlyHas Anyone Worked With Readers Magnet?Crowdsourcing for others’ experiences — I did a thing. I was called a few times by an agency- Readers Magnet. They are a relatively new company that works with indie authors, and they asked to work with me on my newest collection. Readers Magnet pays readers to find books to promote through their events, such…Crowdsourcing2 min readCrowdsourcing2 min read
Published in Scribe·Jan 11Member-onlyTrance Stack of Mix and MatchQuestions and answers from the Universe — 1. When the sun sets, how can I best take care of myself? The best answer is to clean up the mess first. 2. How do we lower our defenses enough to love? So what you really want to know is the best way to throw the question back to…Prose Poem2 min readProse Poem2 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Jan 8Member-onlyMisalignmentPoetry — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Moritz Mentges on UnsplashMisalignmentPoetry----2
Published in Scribe·Jan 5Member-onlySublimationA poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by David East on UnsplashSublimationA poem----1
