Between the red ferns, my belly roars one person’s growl, is another person’s piano music, as soft as young laughter.   Between my red ferns, not but an inch of skin is clear from the stretching.   They put several of me into jars, I…

Home now a distant memory A photograph embedded in the corners of her mind Her silhouette standing against the front gate Now broken now demolished In an empty house, an empty home Where did time go? Can she build again in this new place where…

Holding Mama’s hand The sun blistering my face, my body My feet burning in the sand My throat scorched Nothing to drink But Mama held my hand In the middle of the Arizona desert Waiting for Jesus to save us   No cross No crown…

Laser my heart, you brimming song, Pulverize first pause into submission. Burn aortic passage with smokey din Blind heat of pebbled words in, in, in. Singe my valves, drum my beat, pain Right where I live, not gut, not brain. Don’t say your gun’s misfired,…

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/416653403004856668/ Prompt #2 Your beauty, broken down nakedness became the garment clothing your skin. You didn’t cower in your shadow you came into the light revealing soul and truth. Vulnerability is your armour now. You stand straight and tall and you refused to succumb to…

  shut up and dance!   You, there! You, there, with your belly full of stars: can you see the path, the link, the umbilical cord between you and me made of lightning bugs – yellow flies – pieces of stars shattered by baby Thunderbirds…

Looming, Calm Immovable, Quiet Majestic, Peaceful Filling me with euphoria

Blood girl Dripping in your cup Rise petal dress Velvet crushed Cinnamon kissed On pillow splattered breath Deeper in I drew, Sweetly tasted breath Lilly valley note Lingers on the breeze I fins myself humble But not upon my knees Blood girl Spread your crooked…

As the sun dawns She stirs, ready Awakened by creativity Love of word encourages Sparks of light   Anxiously, reaching out Stretching, further and further Connecting with others   There together Our light grows With our excitement Our hope   No. You are not alone…

Summer nights are slowly fading, when the last day of summer is coming to an end. Heavy monsoon rain came pouring And on that stormy night, you passed away. How can I forget that gloomy September, when you left us in mourning. You even surprised…