(dedicated to Beth Mason)
i.
How do you keep
showing up
each day, when each day
is bereavement?
How do you lift your head
at the sight of the cold and beautiful light
standing like a child
by the foot … read full post
deathlife
battle-blind
(for Palm Sunday, from my upcoming project WORDS FOR THE CHURCH)
“Trample our foes
under metal-shod heel
under ramrod doctrine
and volumes of steel!”
You are, too often, in our battle-blind sight,
our war horse for nothing but wild-eyed fight.… read full post
plagued
We are feeble,
dust and droplets and germs
with face masks on guard against
all the fears populating our world.
We lash out and reach out
and sometimes both at once,
not really knowing
what we do or don’t do,… read full post
solace | spring playlist
Spring is coming.
I have to constantly remind myself of this. I have to muscle my way through the grey days, through the grasping cold snaps in February and March, through the frosts that kill the early daffodils before they … read full post
woven
It’s on the days
it flashes by in feeds
that someone else has left us;
on the days
we remember
those woven into eternity,
a tapestry of the never-forgotten;
on the days
we debate over
who’s lives really matter;
on … read full post
interview with the artist: josie koznarek
Josie Koznarek is a fine artist and designer based in Chicago, IL, working primarily in ink paintings. She’s also a long-time friend of mine.
Through the years we’ve crossed artistic paths here and there, often talking about further collaboration. This … read full post
confidence (four poems)
spirit
I wavered by the field, yet
the wind knew me
then,
a brittle leaf shrinking into a needle,
and in its ancient knowing
searched my insides like a compass point,
and brought me
there
in tears.
For I am … read full post
solace | winter – the playlist
I published a poetry book.
It’s called SOLACE: poems for the broken season, and it focuses on light in the darkness, faith in doubt, and courage in the midst of fear. It includes four original art pieces (one for … read full post
we made a book
Tomorrow, I will release SOLACE, my first collection of poems, into the wild.
The last few months have been full, to say the least. In the midst of all of the chaos surrounding making the book, editing, proofing, working with … read full post
pride (four poems)
mountainous
The mountains will always rise up before you as
castles to be crested, proving the gold in your veins,
cast on the earth merely for you to crumple into crowns.
They will always rise up before you, for their … read full post