Calamity

changing winds many times i’ve outgrown this body & yet i come up short, emptier than the vessel i was born with. still, i am weighed down i hope this ...

Ah I love how rhythmic #5 is! Also love the clever use of "//" to quite literally simulate a pause. You have beautiful gems of poems even in mere single ...

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seasonal departure in the same way geese know their path home i search for another word for goodbye as if it, too, were mapped in the sky for me to ...

i place my palms against the dirt, and i hope that when i open my eyes, i might find a pair of unmoving hooves there instead. I love the juxtaposition ...

So much beautiful writing here! It is tempting to apply human traits to the natural world [especially for a poet], I love how this brings the reader out of a ...

Here to add on to the praise of your poetry—especially this last poem. met only with cheer and offers of lukewarm tea; I still have your butter tray on my ...

thalassophobia i am thinking of the last time i held your hand, & even then it was outstretched & looking for something better. something you couldn’t put a name to, ...

Apricity! I love this NaPo idea! There's something so intimate and vulnerable about hand writing poetry, and I like how this complements the theme of love in your first poem. ...

un/becoming spring unfurls itself from its shell, timid and becoming of what the warm months promise: blue sky, skin kissed with half-truths, summer beckoning better days. it's here in this ...

waking the flowers table of contents: 1. un/becoming 2. thalassophobia 3. seasonal departure 4. changing winds 5. untitled 6. dark days, dog days 7. present / presence 8. marked territory ...

My vote's on the period! Very assertive, but not overly aggressive, and takes a firm stance.

blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss ...

For me it definitely depends! It's a mix between when I'm trying to sleep, while actually writing, and doing other day to day activities. A lot of times poetry writing ...

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