It’s out of focus! All the things I thought I remembered from those days are a blur, Names and faces somehow indistinct, separating memory from my imagination becomes unnecessary some days and critical on others. Mother says: “It didn’t happen that way, No matter what…

Laughter   O, yes, ‘tis good to laugh ‘tis fortunate to be able to laugh ‘tis gift divine   Can’t be bought can’t be sold shouldn’t be taken for granted this beautiful gift –laughter   And so, I laugh

Little girls, you are told YOU SHOULDN’T BE ALONE (You’re too small!) The Girl becomes a Woman who becomes a Wife… The indoctrination of need begins your life.   Young women, you are told YOU SHOULDN’T BE ALONE (You’re too needy!) The Girl becomes a…

Prompts Hour Three I cut spring flowers; poppies, iris, and peonies, for the windowsill.   Next, I pick; geraniums and summer roses, for the windowsill. For the autumn;  Chrysanthemums and sunflowers, for the windowsill.  Snowy memories: bloom and dance, outside my windowsill.      …

You, the pinkest of water lilies to be plucked. Me, the pond scum that gets tracked home on worn shoes whose soles have cracked apart and left to rot in a corner of a dark and damp garage. Life’s not fair.

I woke up early in a daze, my head still ringing Purple Haze. I woke up early in a daze, my head still ringing Purple Haze. I woke up early in a daze, my head still ringing Purple Haze. I think it’s time for better…

  A brilliant mind is a terrible sight as it slowly fades away. This man who once knew it all, who taught me ev’rything about love and life, can no longer remember his name… DAD.   (A nonet is composed of nine lines. The first…

The same tousle burnt-sugar hairs The symmetrical face, the same pair of shoes Wide shoulders,the slouchy look of his mouth  that always seems to say yeah, This is how he looks when he wakes up. Dizzy and all. The lasting time he’ll drink a glass…

Repeat Waves curling through thick hair Grasping releasing into despair It’s dark in here, I don’t want to go out Swelling raising choking Momentary frenzy looming It’s dark in here, I don’t want to go out Crumbling edge gulf appears Teetering swaying no landing gears…

Embrace the silence Her dream To be allowed To listen Not forced To pry her jaw open Pouring forth thoughts Of Grapes of Wrath While actually Daydreaming Of a drippy, cheese pizza slice Done curly fries How much space is there for both Half formed…