Wound Debridement

A poem about wounds and lessons in healing. The Artwork: Where Do You Need to Get Free? The Poem: Wound Debridement They say a circular wound is the slowest to mend.Rebuilding happensfrom the outside, in. Even when we thinkwe are healing,there’s too much...

The Future Can Wait

A poem about uncertainty and letting the future unfold at its own pace. The Artwork: River to Sea The Poem: The Future Can Wait We are often pushing against the wall, forcing a path where a path is not meant to be. There is no need to rush, rushing river there is no...

When No One is Around

The Artwork: When No One is Around The Poem: When No One is Around When no one is around, I am obstinate as a stone sitting in my own way.   I am an ascetic lighting candles, sitting in silence, hungry.   I am a 90 year old woman washing Ziploc bags squatting in the...

All of These Cups

A poem about patience and flow.  The Artwork: All of These Cups The Poem: All of These Cups All of these cupsand no water What are they to hold if not what they’ve held before? Maybe if I rearrange theminto the shape of a manor a god The heavens will be pleasedand...

Tea and Gasoline

A poem about self-hate and trying a new approach. The Artwork: Tea and Gasoline The Poem: Tea and Gasoline This is me now: Taunting a demon in a cageMy spine rigid; a jaw of metal.Teeth that break marblesand warble contempt. I wear hatred like an evening gown,an...