Poem: Everything New
May the world be new again
in the embers of your eyes.
May it be bright
in a sea of rain,
a wind with no name. Continue reading → May the world be new again
in the embers of your eyes.
May it be bright
in a sea of rain,
a wind with no name. Continue reading → Poem: SOS
I need no vow,
no why or how
nothing lavish or grand:
only your hand. Continue reading → Poem: Lead Me to the Waterfall
Lead me to the waterfall
into the liquid blue
hold me up in that icy truth Continue reading → Poem: The Promised Land
Take me to the promised land.
I’ve heard it spoken of in whispers.
I saw it in a dream of a city that never existed. Continue reading → Poem: Fly Girl
Don’t let them tell you who you are.
I see you in a skirt of stars,
hand darting at the canvas,
slinging paint like rain… Continue reading → Poem: This is the Time
A November sunset
in the San Joaquin Valley
is yellow as a fried egg. Continue reading → Poem: Some Things Want to be Found
You said your greatest fear
is being forgotten –
Then you let me go
like your bicycle that was stolen last May
and you never reported it, because,
you said, “They never find them anyway.” Continue reading → Poem: Not a Redwood
I’m real as a redwood tree,
powerful and still.
Men orbit and disappear
while I wait, rich with life… Continue reading → Poem: The One Who Stays
I’ll take your hidden childhood
and the lines around your eyes
like little light rays
and I’ll be the one who stays. Continue reading → Poem: Almond Blossoms
I have turned my words
into almond blossoms
and scattered them on your bed. Continue reading →