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Sunday, November 1, 2009

In the News...

Author's Note: This is my first poem in the 30 poems in 30 days fund raiser for the Center for New Americans (thanks to the 48 Hours: Hard Evidence espisode, Love and Death in Alaska ) I didn't suspect certain strippers earned star status adorned as if on The Hollywood Walk of Fame; but, apparently,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Escape, Part II

I don't know the sound I made as I was breathed, pushed, and bled into the wondrous, wide world nine month layover inside someone else's vagina. completed. I arrived to much fanfare according to family lore: policemen, firemen, truckers descending on local Mobil to make sure the soul who was... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Conformitivity Trio

Author's note: I found my notebook with this poem in it today. A couple of months ago I went to a poetry writing workshop. We had to create poems that somehow embodied the word form. I’ve never been much of a form poetry girl so I just had fun with the idea. I invented a word called conformitivity... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 7, 2009

She Wanted a Rewrite...

(an ex-girlfriend poem, inspired by the TV show Hung, of all things, where they used this sentence. It's a language poetry thing or langpo for short) female, femme, gifted with double X chromosome desired, needed, longed, yearned singular article before consonant beginning word do over, retry,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Small Things

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Honoring the Locator

Author's Note: This was written after watching the new show the Locator on We TV. It about a real man who finds lost family members and friends. Maybe I'll send it to him! Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Rain Poem II

Author's Note: This poem is for the Rainy Day paperback. The theme is Rainy Days. I compare my old rekationship, which finally ended (I think), to Hurricane Katrina. This second attempt is why better than the first. Your criticisms welcomed; I'd like to make it as excellent as possible before I send... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Rain Poem I

Author's Note: I am having a very lazy day and decided to try to wake myself up by being a little creative. This is my first attempted entry for The Rainy Days poetry contest. I like it a little bit, but not enough to send in. What do you all think? Thunder cracks and lightening blinds, water... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Garrison

Garrison (for the little boy I meant today in the library, complete with walker and talking trach who made smile) You remind me of the child my womb will never carry without bursting my vertebrae like so much overly dry kindling under even I few pounds of baby weight. Small and blond, you sense my... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Poem for the Girl

Note: This is a poem written about and for Danna, my semi-ex. I hope to have enough nerve to show it to her one day. Sharing it with you is start. Enjoy! It''s a little confusing. It's that you shine, but don't know it. It's that we finish each other's sentences. It's that you're the most ethical... Sign in to see full entry.

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