The earth is a sleeping pig, stinking, boiling, blunted, blinking, sourly computing every sound in the blinding quiet.   The earth is a precious child. We must attend to every sigh. Rien de plus … There is nothing more or else or other. No other…

Write a poem from the perspective of an object pov: negative covid test on dining room table  i wonder if they’ve forgotten about me or if i’ve just been here long enough to become  permanent fixture or maybe decoration  kin to the dried flowers rescued…

Marriage   A tunnel filled with light. An amalgamation of selves. A bond, a pact, a partnership. The perfection of love. Freedom.   Or   A tunnel filled with darkness. An obliteration of the self. A duty, a deal, a convenience. The pretence of love….

Journeying together Bonding in new ways Caring about our lives Holding hands in times of need Always and forever

Union of two souls Legally bound by Law and God Some short-others long.

Marriage Prompt   I Chose You Today I Chose You Along The Way I Chose You Forever

Prompt 1   Out of Nowhere!   (First two lines from Selkie Weaning Young (Redux) by Diana Khoi Nguyen   This is how she found us the past draped about us like a cloak, she offered a helping hand soon the weight of the past…

Again she stumbled on a contest “why do they care?” she said There’s this scar on her chest “No one cares how little writers fare” Same old same old What glitters these days is fake gold! I know a girl Who wrote a million and…

Whether it is a dream or not it doesn’t matter   But somehow Life has conspired to find me here, now, with you….   I find myself…   With this mountain Stranger…kinfolk… This imperfect black strength This beautiful scarred freedom My history…my possibility…and more… I…

Taking care of ourselves may not always be easy The troubles and pain can hold us back Being stuck in our head Not moving forward becoming stuck We have to learn to move forward. Looking for the easy way out, There is not always the…