Two legs and a bum

It's interesting to observe the unconscious mind, to see where a random suggestion or starting point can take you once the words start to flow.

#beautiful

A weird little vignette practicing voice, scene, and dialogue...

Addiction

You don't always (ever?) know what you're getting with the person you fall in love with...

Space

Prompted to write about noticing something beautiful, this is the first thing that came to my mind...

Traces

Five random musings inspired by this quotation from Renato Rosaldo: "The material of poetry is not so much the event as the traces it leaves.”

Right-of-Way

A reflection on dividing lines and the roles they do and don't play in childhood.

Dyscalculia

The only way to know you're different is to live among other people for long enough...

Encountering a mural in memory of D’Andre Campbell

Art can be so powerful, especially if you give it time. This prose poem captures the way my experience of a street mural changed over the course of about 10 minutes.

How I Survive the Pandemic

This short prose piece seemed frivolous, so I gave it a serious title...

Women Alone

Being at home a lot now, during the pandemic, has made me aware of things I wasn't before. This brief prose-poem explores that idea.

Cat Person

Just a fun and possibly revealing little reflection on being a "cat person" (even though I no longer have a cat).

Moment(u)s

Special for Father's Day, these three postcard poems developed from a prompt to imagine a photograph of someone...