Category: Poetry
Letters I Wrote to Muriel Rukeyser During My Title IX Investigation
“Speak to me. / Take my hand. / What are you now? / I will tell you all. / I will conceal nothing.” When I was three I broke my father’s nose with a bat. He said he never had migraines before that day, but now has them frequently. Read more
En Pointe
The dancer’s feet adapt their shape to whatever position she bends them into, And I am reminded of how clumsy and awkward mine are – In comparison and on their own. The brightness of her spirit would put the sun to shame, Challenge even quasars to defend their astronomical power, Read more
On the Women’s March
Honouring the Women’s March on Washington/World January 21, 2017 Winning freedom over the Washington D.C. building tops, every mouth of reason never stops. Happy collision between sidewalk steam and sky tears! Cross over crowds, Chicago, my heroic home! March on, Madison! Safe steps, St. Paul! Words carried away: winged mothers Read more
Forever Love
dawn’s morning light heavy dew sparkling on fields made of glass carrying my babies safe in the womb a gentle caress from my husband’s sure hand waiting for twilight to reveal its moon swimming weightless in azure blue watching my children grow strong into their own sensing I love you Read more