Poetry

Girl reaching into a tree with a figure sketched into it.

Headstones

We can see the cemetery gates from here, but I am looking at you

Picture of yellow stars with a dark blue background

Sinews of Stars

Tell me about the inception of the Earth, how it was cobbled together for times like ours

Picture of dandelion leaves blowing.

Wishweeds

the sun setting on this beating teenaged heart.

 

candles and popcorn

memories i can’t leave behind

a soft knock on the door: a question

a person in the middle of space / clouds

Counting Sheep

remember your daydreams of losing control?

a small yellow bird on a blue, cloudy, and windy background

hometown's reprise

do you see that bird? the songbird. the one perched on top of that willow oak. right there.

two sheets of colorful fruit stickers on an orange and white background

I Think About (Modeled after Joe Brainard’s “I Remember”)

I think about how quickly the weather changes.

blue water with gentle waves

Shutters of Water / Studies of Water

I dream of the stars as I stare at the sun,

a pale hand reaches up to pluck a green and red apple from a tree

Eight Poems to Welcome Spring

As much a poem about the arrival of spring as it is about budding hope in the face of despair, Mary Oliver’s “Spring” captures the quiet beauty of holding on in spite of the cold.

on a blue-green background, pale hands squeeze juice from a bright orange into a cup

Orange Juice

she’s ripe, holding her / pieces together / by tearable strings & / bruisable skin