Fresh rain dimples
Mother Ocean,
intertwining with brine
in frothy swells, Continue reading
Minnows swim. Crabs hide.
Tides roll in, tides roll out,
drowned to drought.
Plovers pipe. Wren nest.
Mussels and clams filter waste
and toxins out. Continue reading
snow doesn’t stick
buds burst, robins return
it’s spring
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Under the snow
that falls today,
are blooms that
smell like blue sky
and sunshine.
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Acevedo’s words wake my inner girl,
that angry, confined, injured girl
who broke free of youth, rose up,
and found that her bruised layers Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce that one of my poems can be found in the wild, or at least on The Mistake Anthology blog. The way it referred to me was hilarious: IMPERFECT poet Brenda Davis Harsham. So fitting. 🙂
The Mistake Anthology, Imperfect, comes out this month carrying two of my poems into the world with it.
snow flies
tingles but doesn’t bite,
winter’s waning
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Too-large slippers clomp
down the stairs.
Giggles and gasps
harmonize with crinkling
jelly bean bags and
foil-wrapped bunnies.
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silent snowfall
the weight of water,
heavy as thought
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bittersweet spring,
winter has overstayed
cold silence
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rain’s dragonish curves
stinging, quartz-like mask
cuts away winter
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