Stars used to dance and fall in love. They dreamed during the day and told stories throughout the night. They were friends with the moons and guardians of the plants. Comets taught the stars to shine and Pluto always made them smile. Chaos grew bored…

To start there was fire, combustion, and coagulation Sulfur and oxygen Moisture so warm you could not breathe Without drowning and boiling alive Not that anything was living here. Then came the rocks From beyond our great planet Where they started is for another time…

One breath We all breathe it together at the dawn of time and space there’s only one answer and t is yes

The moon shines on me The way it did when I first met you. When I fell.

Driving up, your glow swells & opens, like the air is a curtain you can part to engulf me. There is no better sight than my own messy table, my laptop the intermingling of our everyday clutter. Some days, I come home to roasted vegetables…

Parched and twisted, my mind reflected the desert surrounding me this last year, emptied and lost. The sun there scorches and thins all it touches, a child’s plastic rattle half buried in the ocher dust shattered in my hand when pulled, brittle shards, and I…

In the beginning the world was dark The stars began to shine so bright Creatures started to roam around Scampering, hopping throughout the night. The trees they grew to reach the sky Flowers began to fragrantly bloom Bees were buzzing gleefully Birds were chirping Happily…

Ruled by the others she was till date, Serene and innocent. A damsel indeed; Attempting to prevent apocalypse, With a smile on her face. But she was made to write her own fate Growing in the shadow of the apocalypse, Strong and fierce she became,…

Sticks and Stones   Words penetrate flesh, piercing my heart.   My mouth moves. I scream. Silence. (A hay(na)ku poem is composed of three lines, the only rule being one word in the first line, two words in the second, and three words in the…

Cultures from the Amazon to the Nile, have dreamed of gods to bring them to their lives, the better to explain life, and to while away night hours with mighty tales of wives and children, husbands living just like them, just out of sight. Whose…