I am clinging to
memories of
blue parakeets
lullaby-ing me
to sleep
Tag Archives: national poetry month
#NaPoWriMo: Day 28
Glacier blue walls
and the autumn
scent of spiced apples…
means I’ve woken
up in Michigan.
#NaPoWriMo: Day 27
the dancers become flames
devouring my heart
#NaPoWriMo: Day 26
conversations about hips /
conversations about
catching up
#NaPoWriMo: Day 25
a verbal knife wound
twisting
every fiber of my being
until I’m
scrubbed raw
#NaPoWriMo: Day 23
the dandelion fields
hold splendor
& the May sky speaks
#NaPoWriMo: Day 20
Never question
me beneath moonlight,
or in the throes of battle.
#NaPoWriMo: Day 19
Nothing protected us then,
& we’re so much more
vulnerable now…
#NaPoWriMo: Day 18
my sister is
scarred and I
can count
her rib bones
like pick-up stix
#NaPoWriMo: Day 17
I used unraveled
tapes as ribbons
for the gift box
I put my heart in…