These Stars: 23 Poems from the Early Years

These Stars: 23 Poems from the Early Years

by | Apr 20, 2015 | Poetry

Burial Song 8/20/2009 Bury my body that long roots may pull their earthen breath from softened skull and lay a thousand seeds to reach and sprout upon my fingers each and slip their softened arms in mine for endless months that hold up time let all my body turn to...
Bring Your Shears (A Poem)

Bring Your Shears (A Poem)

by | Feb 14, 2015 | Poetry

All of life is welcome, to me. Bring your salt, bring your tears. The softness, nay, the shears, Because all of you is welcome Here. When there is doubt Or fear Or wanting more to hear When there is laughing hard Or choking down Or letting it all run clear I’ll...
The Ocean Child (A Poem)

The Ocean Child (A Poem)

by | Mar 6, 2014 | Poetry

The flowers I fed with gentle water From my young tears Falling nightly while the golden moon swept The dust in a circle around me. I must’ve wished a thousand times, Said one, said each silent prayer As the moving earth giggled under my feet. I lived outside...