She/her
A #throw away
The youngest
Never old enough
Tall enough
Strong enough
The #dream
To #belong
I found you
A lifetime later
Performing
For the world
A part of everyone's
Fantasies
And yet
You only
Wanted me
How am I supposed to drive to work in this mess?
Happy New Year, I guess I'll stay home and write.
How am I supposed to drive to work in this mess?
Happy New Year, I guess I'll stay home and write.
A #throw away
The youngest
Never old enough
Tall enough
Strong enough
The #dream
To #belong
I found you
A lifetime later
Performing
For the world
A part of everyone's
Fantasies
And yet
You only
Wanted me
A #throw away
The youngest
Never old enough
Tall enough
Strong enough
The #dream
To #belong
I found you
A lifetime later
Performing
For the world
A part of everyone's
Fantasies
And yet
You only
Wanted me
Whine whine whine.
Whine Whine.
Thank you for your time and attention.
That is all.
Have a great day.
Whine whine whine.
Whine Whine.
Thank you for your time and attention.
That is all.
Have a great day.
#writing
#writing
The mental prep is sometimes a challenge.
I've helped a former president of Bryn Mawr college, an executive producer in the film industry, a pioneer in stem cell research, a US senator...
Everybody has a story.
The mental prep is sometimes a challenge.
I've helped a former president of Bryn Mawr college, an executive producer in the film industry, a pioneer in stem cell research, a US senator...
Everybody has a story.
Swept the #ash today
Flames roared to life with great ease
Warmth surrounds once more
#haiku #poetry
Swept the #ash today
Flames roared to life with great ease
Warmth surrounds once more
#haiku #poetry
Work is not
The #solution
To poverty
Poor health
Or any of the multitude
Of problems
Society frowns upon
We've been sold
A lie
That making money
Is the only thing
That counts
That only the wealthy
Are good
And the rest
Are just #durable
Goods to be used
Until they break
Work is not
The #solution
To poverty
Poor health
Or any of the multitude
Of problems
Society frowns upon
We've been sold
A lie
That making money
Is the only thing
That counts
That only the wealthy
Are good
And the rest
Are just #durable
Goods to be used
Until they break
You spoke of #travel
As a #sole
Adventure
Your suitcases
#betrayed
Your plans
To leave though
To immigrate
You always wanted
Somewhere warmer
I guessed Greece
Or Italy
The Riviera perhaps
But you'd gone
And bought
A castle
In Romania
A family curse
You said
With a kiss
Ostensibly on patrol, but this was what it would be like if The Enemy won.
Empty. Without any signs of life.
#vss365
Sole Trader
I misread the contract.
Thought he desired my sole,
all arch‑logic,
blister ethics,
heel‑born doctrine.
The devil nodded, puzzled as
a cobbler’s apprentice
I walked away lighter,
loose-laced, calf-ached
eternity footsore,
soul intact
but
shoeless.
#sole
#poetrycommunity
Sole Trader
I misread the contract.
Thought he desired my sole,
all arch‑logic,
blister ethics,
heel‑born doctrine.
The devil nodded, puzzled as
a cobbler’s apprentice
I walked away lighter,
loose-laced, calf-ached
eternity footsore,
soul intact
but
shoeless.
#sole
#poetrycommunity
and spilled her p o e t r y
all over the place
again
it sticks to our fingers
like summer syrups
sings like nectar
upon the tongue
and we simply cannot
bear to clean it up
we’d rather come
u n d o n e
#poetry
and spilled her p o e t r y
all over the place
again
it sticks to our fingers
like summer syrups
sings like nectar
upon the tongue
and we simply cannot
bear to clean it up
we’d rather come
u n d o n e
#poetry