You have brains in your head You have springs in your feet You have sleep in your bed You have people to meet You have books to hear You...

Here you are performing the Sacred ritual of Laundry. Gathering the past To become purified And new again. Agitated and spun As dirt and...

It’s easy to say “The future is bright” With a back pack on And new shoes. It’s harder to say Wearing a hospital gown And everything...

They are worth more than The Christmas hospital bills The milk spills The puke on the floor The slammed door The pineapple rot The...

The sun is bright The clouds are light And it’s a lovely day. The rain is falling The puddles are calling And it’s a lovely day. The wind...

Even when you’re not productive Or talkative Or quiet. Even when you’re not happy Or positive Or humble. Even when you need a shower Or a...

Sometimes when you miss The bus You find a quiet garden. Sometimes when every other door Is closed You find a jukebox milkshake....

When you’re depressed By the Sunshine When you’re scrolling past Other people’s Baby announcements When you’re called out For missing A...

Maybe there aren’t as many as you’d like, and maybe they aren’t responding right away, because they are tending a garden and tying little...

If I handed you A million dollar Rare geode With delicate edges, Would you Forget to feed it lunch, Leave it out with no sunscreen, Make...

Why do you sit In a cloudy pout? Insisting you’ve found No way out. And woe to you, Fist at the sky, Resigning yourself To ocean tide....

In the spare room In the basement Of the R family hotel, I got a buzzing text On my flip phone. An invitation To join the back porch...

Aren’t you glad we’ve A flourishing God Who loves a good ink dipped pen? Who admires the filigree Of developing leaves And every painted...

I wonder If what hinders us Is a ghastly Ghost story So rehearsed and revered We fail to ask If it’s true in the Broad light of day....

Imagine a prim-nosed, Leery-eyed Karen Barking insults Intended to injure And poke a hole In your soul. It stings. It reminds you Of all...

The moment you realize The moment has passed Is the moment You begin to live. The sunbeams pass, And the snow doesn’t last, And the...

I won’t tell you “Go big or go home. No regrets” Because sometimes Bigger isn’t better, And going home Can be healing, And there’s no...

Long after my Childhood cat was gone, My sleepy foot nestled Under a pillow at college, And instinctively my body said, “Ope! Don’t shove...

So far You’ve come. Through brambles and briars, High waters and mud, Late nights, Early mornings, Uphill both ways. You show up Here...

When did we start Prioritizing Forecasts Of sunny and 75 degrees? And when we’re wrong We shy from the eyes Behind eager microphones. We...