Shifting
Bend In the library stacks, Some must see insanity In our repetition. I see the past. Enough as She Is Books from bottom shelves Lean,...
Witness to a Year: Diverse Book Challenge-April
Looking ahead. Counting down instead of counting up. Strength. Weakness. Both? All have a place in what happens next. . . Staring out...
A Hebrew Lesson (Plan)
Ofir's Objective: To get my aunt to respond to what I want Previous knowledge/experiences: Ofir sat on a couch at a family dinner. She...
If I Wasn't a Girl
At some point during my last writing class when all seemed lost, I had looked up books written by someone with my last name for...
Witness to a Year: Diverse Book Challenge-March
Then, “Cast a spell on me, Daddy." Before he lifted his hand, I was already wilting in the grass. "Tell me a story, Daddy," I bent...
Threads
I read a poem by Leslie Marmon Silko in her novel, Ceremony. I was so moved I wanted to post it as is. Then, I read So you want to talk...
Bread
I am not so interested in the narrative arc that would take me from chocolate chip cookies to the lengths of sponge cake or rolled...
Playing Possum
The possum lives underneath our pine tree Where the seeds of unknown origin grew all summer. The possum is ugly. But, that is its only...
Witness to a Year: Diverse Book Challenge-February
In December I made a promise to myself. If I didn't receive offers from any of the job applications I had submitted, I would visit my...
