Inspiration Buffet: This week's buffet features a poem from Risa Denenberg which stirs to mind the concept of "a body of work." While we work diligently on individual poems, submit them to journals where they are scattered about, and occasionally... Continue Reading →
Stuck In “The Office” The office is where my young cousins and I were shooed off to whenever the restaurant got too busy on a weekend night after a ball game that brought in hoards of youth…not much older than... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Destruction She blows perfect rings of smoke from her plum painted lips I never learned to make dying beautiful I have swallowed enough liquor to confuse my body for an ocean I do mad things for happiness hoping to... Continue Reading →
Knots I tied a knot in Tuesday to remind me of its beauty I tied a knot in five years ago to help me remember not to go back I tied a knot in our time to capture each moment... Continue Reading →
Frozen Cattail One solitary cattail piercing the snow Encased, a sheen of ice Freezing the moment when Its brown crushed velvet skin Split to spew forth parachutes of future hope But no one has made it out safely No ‘see... Continue Reading →
The Problem with California An almond tree in the yard: this is the only needed sign that you are not where you should be. The letters home to Orangeburg cannot describe pulling the casings from trees, +++++++ cracking open the... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 