Too loud Too disruptive It wasn’t even my fault But I was sent into the hall anyway With my friend It was totally her fault You need friends like this in your life in elementary school in your neighborhood Someone who always ups the ante…

I crave a children’s sized pizza. Guacamole, give me an avocado so ripe the top will fall off in my fingers. Smoosh that green puree onto my toast. Lustful mouth, ready to taste the blossom that is a mandarin off-season. These treacherous feelings will hunger…

delicate veins that throb no more still calm in their fragility perfect poise even in death and dying

  winter solstice the familiar warmth of i  s  o   l   a   t   i    o    n     Note: This poem is written using an image prompt from hour nine.        

You left no traces I looked no where but your shadow was away Just a sorry could save the dust from rising All eyes are dusty New plates are rusty It was a word to dig the well well  

Staring out the window At the storm that raged outside Something told me, then & there We were in for a fucking ride 35,000 feet in the air We were flying home From our honeymoon in Vegas Straight through a fucking storm *FLASH!!!* *BOOOOM!!!* We…

The passengers all look so grand They all look good this I have found All different shapes in different colors All smart-looking from different shores Then come the ladies all poised and pretty all smiles, accommodating oh all so friendly They don’t seem to know…

Settling into my roomy seat breathing sighs to release tensions brought on by the airport Travel was easier before 9/11 Everything was. I wish I could fly without baggage “I don’t like to carry things.” I muse aloud. That’s very French. My mind responds. Yes….

I’m hopping a flight I don’t care where I’m headed. I need a break from my life. And the losses I’ve dreaded. Maybe taking a plane to some place faraway will help me feel sane– help me face a new day. I won’t send a…

I look at the world except it isn’t me and it isn’t the world It is light and space and time So there is some type of energy I know there is. And the energy brings sound, and life. Yes, the energy brings sound, and…