Bits and pieces

The white bookcase has been in my room since I was a little girl. The desk was my mother’s, the Continue reading →

Skipping Physical Therapy

I hate wearing sweatpants which I also wore Monday And Friday and Wednesday But it’s too cold for shorts and Continue reading →

Women leak

Women leak from every orifice Tears sweat cum milk blood spit We never think that much about the mess. We Continue reading →

Spring Day

1. I put my seedlings outside Then brought them back in Chasing the sun To capture the day’s warmth 2. Continue reading →

April

A lovely month full of new flowers and poetry first thing in the morning The pink tulips Petals scrunched up Continue reading →

If A Tree Falls

I pretend, sometimes, that someone is in the other room. I call out, Honey will you bring me a blanket? Continue reading →

How Poetry Saved My Life

I’ve written poetry all of my life As a child, a teen, a young lover, a wife I’ve written in Continue reading →

Every Snowfall: 37 (Never trust April in Chicago)

It’s all anybody talked about Everywhere that I went today: My coworker driving me up the lake shore The teen Continue reading →