One cent travels Face up, face down I don’t care As long as I am found So pick me up Heads or tails We can have an adventure Engines or sails I have been around A very long time At one point I was worth…

I have a special coffee cup I hold it in my hands Others might not think it much But I sure do think it’s grand. It holds a fragrant, dark elixir That keeps me going through the day This little coffee cup Helps me have…

Ribbons Ribbons of light hung in the air Swooping from pole to pole Stretching high across the sky Drawing the eye upward The power lines above the construction site Reflect the golden rays from the setting sun I tell myself it has no right to…

There is nothing ordinary about the beginning of a poem. Somewhere magic is released. A small glow of a word or concept, a flicker of truth. Magic. Words descend into ideas, not fully formed yet. Birthed anyway. An enchanted beingness, from a glimmer of the…

Dear sky, Will words ever be enough to tell you How grateful I am to you for your vast blanket of clouds That kept me warm when my little heart was freezing. How do I tell thank you, for the starlings, Who heard all my…

Plan ahead they say Good to have treats Carrot stick theory   Stick is too few poems Carrot is too tight pants Still not even half way   Coffee yoghurt pops Cranberry granola bars Raisin English muffins   Bloating by the hour Words rest on…

cw: none The canary likes to count the stars and dream about being up there. At night, when it is supposed to sleep, it calls the stars its friends and dreams of soft, gentle hands that never hurt.

What is love? What a ridiculous question! What a ridiculous, unanswerable question! Love is a many splendid thing It is both ancient and timeless It knows no age, no bias, no gender, no bounds Love is limitless The limit does not exist Love is not…

You are never supposed to hold out your hand To someone who is drowning Because they will pull you down with them   When death is staring you in the face You will take hold of anything you can Just to stay afloat And it…

Give me beet I bet to make a tea with spicy coffee taste   Check your jacket I bet you get a penny to pay for my service   Relax no tremor I bet not to worry if you can’t get a dime   Be…