The earth belongs to no one But we are apart of it all We share its wind in our breath It’s rivers in our tears It’s canyons in our wrinkles It’s sun in our smiles We hold time in our hearts With every thump and…

If I could Walk Around Heaven   I would quickly break out into a run and jump into the arms of Frances and Bernard momma and dad   Squeezing tight with an unbreakable grasp   bracing my heart and steady my focus to hear them…

Heading out to perform today’s ceremony I am told ‘hope it goes without a hitch’ with a wink akin to telling an actor ‘break a leg’ Though hitching up people is what I do stating that sounds cowboyish there are metaphors there to corral I…

It’s more than a day, it’s a lifetime. A commitment to have and to hold. More than a dream, this is real, babe. And it’s been said fortune favors the bold. More than a promise worth keeping, it’s deep trust that’s more precious than gold….

Conjoined twinning is perilous oxygen and blood, fo ever and ever, hoping for shared viewpoints heartbeats heard hopes supported. Society expects this bargain to be made of loss in service to the other who carries on as normal, considers the rest as baggage to be…

it is an institution that has outlived our purposes possibly but we are dreamers, are we not? perhaps, though, we are ready to give up on the illusion that there is more than a middlin’ chance of survival, of true love, of a forever love,…

One day in distant future Ice walls walled in our pride The few of us remaining And hiding deep inside An igloo city of the ancients Built by those who burned our world After they at least reflected And leaned into saving Gaia “Now ye…

Two worlds in juxtaposition Living separate lives but bound by a thread Invisible, fragile, sharpened by years To cut through life’s griefs To bind and enable. Will it last, will it last? Will it endure the test of time? Or shall it shatter In a…

Your challenge is to write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife. We started off with promise a love so deep it conflicted With every other chiding adult…