Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to write a nine-line poem. sometimes i lose my hope when the miracles have gone my kind […]
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black joy
Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that relies on repetition. It can be repetition of a phrase, or just a word. i opened the box to […]
boundaries and borders
i have been thinking a lot about borders and boundaries. borders are unnatural lines imposed by humans on lands, in bodies of water that taste like tears, between each other, […]
blue moon in sagittarius
i am not glowing for love i am being loved, love and lover at all times i don’t mimic the sun don’t fold into me anyone else’s heat my scar […]
mama (contradictory thoughts on mother’s day)
i am not a mama i was never a mama (i was with child i was a brief and clueless mother) i am a potential mama a realm of all […]
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the children (solstice poem)
the children run up the stairs and i realize how old i have become one choice at a time in the places i come together and where i am forever […]
napowrimo poem 30: for her, in amsterdam
prompt: write a farewell poem. for her, in amsterdam what is more precious than these salt stained kisses frantic lovers’ bruises the look in our liberated eyes our scent, now […]
napowrimo poem 29: it is our time to turn
prompt: use “Twenty Little Poetry Projects” all in one poem. chameleon in my garden i watch your skin go soft as you change again the world around you shifts your […]
napowrimo poem 28: woman problem
prompt: find a news article, and write a poem using (mostly, if not only) words from the article. i chose this article on gender disparity shared by my good friend […]
napowrimo poem 27: mairead in spring
prompt: write an ekphrastic poem. (specifically, a poem written from a photograph.) (photo credit: lynnee denise) there is a difference between the dogwood and the cherry blossom possibly. i couldn’t […]