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 → 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: 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 → Poem: A Mountain in My Mind
You are a mountain in my mind.
I lie on your slopes
and breathe deeply as your birds sing. Continue reading → Poem: Only if You Love Me
Yes, I’m ready,
but only if you love me.
I meant everything I said.
I saw you volunteering
at the Food Not Bombs stand
and beckoning with your hand.
I wasn’t avoiding you. Continue reading → Poem: Big Bang
Big Bang. Temperature
beyond measure.
Splitting apart, coming together.
Between inception and conception
a world is born. Continue reading → Poem: Future History
Come now
Arab queen
African dream
Baghdad mystery
future history. Continue reading → Poem: The Only Promise I Could Make
I could not build you a castle of pearl.
I don’t shine like Gabriel. We’re all
of the earth. There’s nothing indestructible
inside us but love. Continue reading →