I just spent the morning compiling the list of winners of the poetry marathon and half marathon. I’ve linked to the all of the participants pages below. Note, there may be a few names missing –– if you’re not on the list and should be,…

Poem 24 Son He is his father’s son I look at him so many times Stealing glances And it always makes me smile He might not always know it but he is his father’s son His walk, his lips, his mannerisms, his tastes But he…

6:35 Am Eyes blurring Limbs hurting Mind fuzzy Brain drifting Will power …. fading Maybe I should give in And let sleep in  

Stuck, trapped, gasping for breath, Slave to a system waiting for death, Alone in this life everyone’s the same, Wasting the years for someone else’s name. Forty hours a week until you drop dead, Destroys the imaginations inside your head, Born a worker bee forever…

Fracturing of the mind Oh how poetic Mass of chaos Blowing in the breeze Seems like everything is lost So much pressure to endure Out of touch with time Need to break free Fly away in pieces

“Every peak is a crater. This is the law of volcanoes, making them eternally and visibly female.” – Adrienne Rich   for every emotion to hit its peak it is required to first be a valley a moon’s crater to achieve this we must travel…

“No one who survives to speak new language, has avoided this: the cutting away of an old force that held her rooted to an old ground / the pitch of utter loneliness…” – Adrienne Rich   if i always knew how to say no i…

loud children gather outside the local ice cream shop where you used to get heaping scoops of pink ice cream covered in blankets of rainbow sprinkles this scene is still visible every night till 11pm in the summer but it would seem to me that…

24 poems In as many hours I feel asleep But 24 complete Task is done I won over My self doubt Gratitude

Come hither my novice Up Down Back and forth No, you’re not done spinning ‘Katmandu’ playing so loud Yes, I know what you want Rhyme the rhymes spinsters tell For you’re never getting out Sit down and stay awhile Left Right To and fro No,…