A room in the house

Poetry

12 pieces

Two Poems

Microplastics tiling my arteries: I put them there. Snuck inside of bites of reheated pasta &…

Apricity

Despite the sun setting the powder of snow to sparkling dust, and the warmth on my…

Rugby and Argyle

Gleaming out on the streets, Cars honk, How can I help it? This soul absorbs moonlight…

Two Poems

Micro-fragments It’s Earth Day and my daughter is reading up on oceans. She wants to quiz…

Elm

A bee’s wings mesmerize, I memorize the outdoors as best I can—not very well at all.…

Close to Perfect

Sometimes the universe gives you a married man who kisses every inch of your body. When…

Resurfacing

the memories are misbehaving jostling and rearranging hiding behind corrupted copies of themselves throwing their pages…

Three Poems

I remember him by the dolphin tattoo on his shin teen missionary turned water lizard if…

Two Poems

for VERNON What comes to mind when thinking of you: chestnuts and quartz, red rectangle sunglasses,…

Two Poems

because my mother couldn’t hold on i learned to grasp too tight. in each relationship, she…