Part One- I am my parents’ daughter I carry their poverty Their goodness Their work ethic Their sadness Their height Their love of music and books Part 2 I am the youngest Made fun of by siblings I was the smallest The weakest Smart, but…

The Sun is a warm brilliant ember, that not only warms the body,  it warms the soul. To be be able to set in the sunshine once more,  and soak up it’s brilliance. To feel it’s warming love,  caress the earth,  to watch the flowers…

Stuck in the middle of things, Overhearing it, I just want to be a kid.

Everything was simpler when worries consisted of who to play four square with on the playground Life was easier, when nights were spent watching Yugioh in bed, while munching on fruit snacks The most complex part of fourth grade was creating a new dance with…

Everyday, we find reason to drive past the trainyard where the river runs along the north of the city. Under JMW Turner clouds, the lazy cluster of rusted cars huddles in plain sight; Dylan’s idiot wind takes no pity on the overgrowth of dandelions taking…

Who makes decisions About mountain tops above Trees yet below God

Pantoum #3 hour 23   lost words- ancient symbols hag stones, wave through the veil light breaking, heart beating night retreating, birds tweeting hag stones, wave through the veil all the magic, begins within night retreating, birds tweeting lost, in a moment of art all…

Those from more rural locales find urban approaches to all things nature peculiar Nurturing of lawns cajoling green lushness only to immediately cut it once it gets too high, too lush symmetric containment of flowers pride in set aside green spaces massive cement bowls adorning…

There’s an app for that basic function the replacement is cold… Metal that is, never tired never old. The response for that question from a prompt in a chat on a screen and the thing most needed is to have someone to look at the …

On the rooftop there was a patch of grass A tree Flowers and a bench On the street there was nothing green to be scene So rather than be grounded I head to the top of the world Just to breathe. jj2019 2019 Poetry Marathon