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The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
Look into her eyes and know: She does not think
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
in our lifetime. Which makes the idea of elections Notice how this word has “man” right in the middle of it? That’s one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he i...
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
She is the one who will notice that the first snapdragon of Spring is
You confide in me that you are lonely,
