Poetry
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Illusions of Certainty
A poem about trying to control - or know with certainty - the future. The Artwork: The Future is...
Ode to My Unappreciated Ankles
Two paintings and an apology poem to my ankles. The Artwork: Ankle 1 & Ankle 2The Poem: Ode...
Every Day, We Change
A poem about identity and change, building and breaking. The Artwork: ChangeThe Poem: Every Day,...
Wound Debridement
A poem about wounds and lessons in healing. The Artwork: Where Do You Need to Get Free?The Poem:...
Cold & Sharp & Heavy
Here’s some poetry and art about depression, the lows, and trying to live the questions (in the style of Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet.) ...
One to Bloom
Watercolor & Poetry The Artwork: One to BloomThis poem first appeared in Vol 3., Issue 1 of the digital lit mag, “Instant Noodles.”The Poem: One...
Cycles
An mixed media collage and poem about cycles of productivity and rest - and remembering how to be. The Artwork: WaningThe Poem: WaningDoes the...
The Alabaster Room
I wanted to write about something ease-filled and beautiful… Enter: jasmine. The Artwork: St. JasminumThe Poem: The Alabaster RoomI want to enter a...
Chasing Light
A short poem to hold the quickly departing summer for just a moment… Note: This poem first appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Two Hawks Quarterly...
Decomposition
This is a mixed media collage and poem about life's cycles decomposition and regeneration… The Artwork: (Re/)DecompositionThe Poem: The Wet Earth of...
A Rip Tide
This is a mixed media collage and poem about grief. The Artwork: A Rip TideThe Poem: A Rip TideLife rises like a waveand acts like the...
Soil and Stardust
This is a mixed media collage and poem about belonging.The Artwork: Soil and StardustThe Poem: Soil & StardustRemember:we are made of mudand the...
Miracle Rain
This is a watercolor and poem about rewriting old stories.The Artwork: Miracle RainThe Poem: Letter to Teenage You Regarding The Worst Greatest...
Perspective
This is a painting and poem about changing one's perspective. As Rick Rubin writes in “The Creative Act” in the chapter on “Connected Detachment...
If I Can Follow My Heart
Today's artwork and poem is about overthinking.The Artwork: Brain vs. BodyThe Poem: If I Can Follow My HeartDoubt grows like a thornon this barely...
Caldera Full of Fog
This poem is about finding moments of presence and wonder even when freaking out about the future.The Artwork: Caldera Full of FogThe Poem: Caldera...