Hearts beating quickly Nervous energy near him Will he meet my gaze?  

I never leave home without them My ears levitate at every beat Shielding me from mayhem The ugly words that men spit Your lips are moving Glad I can’t hear a thing I won’t take them off either I know your words are bitter Despite…

A gentle touch, something small like a belief in you, words used genuinely to build you and comfort you. Compassion wrapped in a gift, warmth you can feel without standing close; a promise that you matter is love.

Cows Do Not Understand Love Ten What is love, if not the sun soaked butt of a cow waiting for storms that never come? Do they know that, in tipping, they fall closer to center with each muddy splat? What is love, if not the…

In order to explore the depths of my soul I bought a diving bell. Sparing no expense, I also hired a professional crew (like the ones you’d see on one of those over-produced documentaries) I even hired a research professor from an Ivy league university,…

There are many complicated theories about space— most being hard to understand.   String theory speaks of vibrating loops—electrons & quarks. I wonder if that theory   has anything to do with the moon? Well, I am no scientist, just a poet. So here goes…I…

The world moves slowly through time on the back of a turtle. That is why we call it Turtle Island. Some say four elephants stand on the turtle’s back and old up the world. I have never seen them, just the turtles. Wrinkled necks, tough…

Dances through the milky way Stardust thrown into the galaxies Singing her beauty from full to new Lights the way Healing, Strength, Wisdom Tides wash our female souls Honouring with Drum and Songs Grandmother Moon

sometimes I lay awake thinking               about how ten years from now there will be fewer of us                         and fewer days for me to spend with you.                                     under Edison bulbs in honeysuckle gardens,                         mug of camomile tea. yet even in this dream…

Parts of life, all life offer points of transition Butterflies show us this most clearly Seemingly soft, but strong and resilient So much comes from the struggle -to change -to move through -what was; to -what can be They are unmade and remade Adding strength…