Not on a Leash Grief cannot be trained to sit and stay or walk beside you on a leash. When a door is left ajar, it dashes out to lead you on a game of hide and seek. Grief will... Continue Reading →
Poem One: Sea Glass Shades of green, amber, milky white smooth, mysterious bits of tumbled glass. Whose hands held you to their lips? Touched where? A long time ago. Poem Two: Recluse Dune shack dweller these many years... Continue Reading →
62 years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court announced their decision on Brown v. The Board of Education declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional. On the anniversary of that historic day, Poetry Breakfast is honored to share... Continue Reading →
snow must'ov lost its glitter At war with my own mind. I'm my own prisoner keep myself confined Going completely insane feeling despair and pain. I used to wish for an open window but then I realized nothing could save... Continue Reading →
On Halloween I put on a mask, hide myself twice over. Super heroes pass by, shoulder to shoulder with their nemeses, and the undead lurch stolidly forward, ragged under a sickle moon, to stand in doorways with the iridescent play... Continue Reading →
Lavender Days It was a summer of letters. You there, me here. The days of thinking slowly, rolling words around until they landed just right. The days of ink to vellum blotter dabbing splotches, hand heavy with emotion or tear... Continue Reading →
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