Maybe it’s full of little feet Or a cluttered desk beside the paints Or the podcast commute And Wendy’s on Wednesdays. Maybe it’s full of...

The gallery even smells like quilts. I stand before my mother’s own handiwork Displayed on the wall, When I hear a commotion to the left...

Like pennies in a red piggy bank Like stitches in a well worn side seam Like water drops on eager earth Like steps up a mountain path...

Everyone is going somewhere Whether they realize it or not. You’ll get there eventually. Where? Oh, I dunno. That part’s up to you. I...

That dark day does not pin you down does not doom you to fail does not single you out does not blame you does not define you. It is only...

Her last two brain cells lay in their bunks in the dark awake at 3am. “I’m a horrible person!” moans Two from her twisted blankets in the...

It’s okay to feel the urge To curl up in a blanket on the floor And melt into a speck of dust. It’s okay to feel melodramatic Or stiff as...

Hi God, Can I just say I’m not happy with life right now. Nothing against you! Thanks for getting me up this morning And for trees and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Above the Pennsylvania clouds, The sun began dipping into A sea of whipped cream. Then we prepped for landing. The windows darkened....

It’s not because You worked hard, Or journeyed far, Or checked off your list, Or finished, Or broke a sweat, Or made the grade, Or stayed...