Here

The image of a cat's stray whisker led to this poem...

Home as kitchen utensil

This poem came from prompt to compare two random things...

Brining

I don't get to go to Costa Rica this year, so I revisit it in my mind. Last year's trip was extra-special because I shared it with family...

Clear Space

Looking up at trees helps me distinguish between walls and boundaries...

Shrapnel

Sometimes, we don't tell the truth...but we don't lie, either. It's complicated...

Revenant

A short poem reflecting on the nature of memory, loss, and loving ghosts...

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.

Letters

An epistolary poem about letters wrapped inside a letter...

Shoulder-High

This prose-poem is about my paternal grandfather, who always walks with me.

Exchange

Sometimes, even a video conversation closes the distance between us. This poem reflects on that.

Moment(u)s

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

Rain Forest Sonnet

I wrote this rhymed poem, a sonnet, by request of family members who prefer rhymed poetry.