That June Glow

June’s mid-day glow 
turned my daughter’s pale cheeks 
rosy as flowers 

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June Came Late

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June came late,
after May rains slanted,
and gardens were planted. Continue reading

For the First Words Spoken after a Long Silence

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after Terrance Hayes’s lines:
sing until our blood is jazz,
we swing from June to June

Our skin is too tight. We need to sing,
our spirits folded into cranes, until
we can no longer stop our
words from spilling like blood, Continue reading