One Goddamn Chance Maybe it was the time grandma found that starving stray, maybe it was that miserable cur that adopted her. She in a crisp nine yard saree, her diamond nose ring flashing in the summer sun and that... Continue Reading →
Fractures in Time When is a second not a second; a minute not a minute. Do you need minutes, to have seconds? Seconds; first love, a day at the beach, summer. Minutes; divorce, a day of rain, winter. Your last... Continue Reading →
While your husband is still able to stand you fasten the tabs by reaching around from behind, and your wrist is tickled by his hairy middle, while you lean in, close your eyes, and pause to smell the skin on... Continue Reading →
A Reason to Leave Lake Charles The kitchen table stretches out for a mile into the next parish. Your morning lips consume half the rim of a coffee cup as you prepare to pour out your demands for the day.... Continue Reading →
Apple If this was Adam’s last kiss, how fitting it should be beneath this fringe of trees, a primitive paradise of light and lake and deep woods; his mouth tasting as tangy and sweet as the first apple of autumn... Continue Reading →
Autumn Sonnet to the Raven My coffee pot perks to the morning beats our deformed pumpkin grins at passing cars witches and ghosts will be ready tonight we all smile spying the hot fresh donuts. Blue Jays spar in the... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 