Category Archives: Life
Less
This poem is a solvent. It’s the self going loose in stages, then blending into [...]
Most people don’t even know who the hell they are
We spend so much time building ourselves out of other people’s opinions that we forget [...]
Grooves
What It’s Done Regret keeps showing up like it lives here. It is punctual, repetitive, [...]
Untangling (why do I blame myself for everything)
There’s this voice that makes everything your fault – the traffic, other people’s moods, relationships [...]
When Ends Begin (a poem for the in-between)
a short poem exploring the cyclical nature of love and life. It speaks to the [...]
I Should Probably Go (when you know you should go but can’t move)
Contemplating the leap from known to unknown, this poetic piece captures the essence of embracing [...]
Crack (when breakfast keeps happening)
I crack something on purpose. A clean break. A small violence that becomes breakfast.
In the Light of New Beginnings (starting over)
Here you are, standing at the edge of everything you've never done before, carrying bags [...]
Emptiness Lives Within Us
Though we have a body that's alive and active, though we write books, love, work, [...]
Who Decided What’s Beautiful? (finding beauty in everyday life)
Who Decided What’s Beautiful? Bougainvillea petals carpet the path to my front door every morning [...]
What Makes Someone Beautiful (a cancer patient’s mirror revelation)
What Makes Someone Beautiful During chemotherapy, with no hair, no eyebrows, no eyelashes – everything [...]
Unscripted Connections
These three poems, written over eleven years, explore what happens when we move past performance [...]
De-Humanized (poem)
They took my name and left me with labels, stripped my skin of its warmth [...]
This Shit is Good Forever
"This shit lasts forever," he announced proudly, holding up a can of something that used [...]