poetry

“I’m here!” Door banging, stomping sneakers,  Loud shouts, Not the Inside Voice. Be Quiet T-shirt flung into a dark corner, Towel airborne, dirty shoes kicked — one here, one there Soon to be hunted. Be Still Water running, splashing waves, air gushing, Window slamming, then Silence. Outside, heads hurting,  Sore throats, raspy coughs, night sweats, […]

A fragile soul so young, A pleasure center numbed, How quick I was to hide inside my fears. The fear of age, rage, and misplaced trust, The fear of reopening wounds from familial — “musts”. Through a reflection of self, I greeted my demon with a smirk, For I knew the time had come to […]

He planned to fashion wind chimesfrom their chipped long bones and dried sinews.So many years spent in preparation —he imagined the night breezes of autumnproducing a wild dark dance betweenulna, femur, and radius.An elegy, a lament,           a lullaby. And he did. In unlit cornersof his soundless basement. He carved,drilled, screwed, and strung.But […]

(Sung) Sister, You’ve been on my mind Sister, we’re two of a kind So sister, I’m keepin’ my eyes on you I betcha think I don’t know nothin’ But singin’ the blues Oh sister, have I got news for you I’m somethin’ I hope you think That you’re somethin’ too (Spoken) You are something, more […]