June 29, 2022
Winters coaxed this sandspit
From shore and outgoing tides,
In radiant disarray, have returned
Land to the harbor by at least a half,
Leaving mud flats adorned with
Alluvial fans, hump-backed inlets
June 27, 2022
The beast hates strong women.
He plans to destroy our futures –
Six minions carried out his vile deed.
But
we will not be silenced.
June 26, 2022
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June 15, 2022
Sue Cook *Sensitivity warning: violence, gun violence, death, descriptions of blood, graphic descriptions of violence I can’t sleep tonightBabies are in cold storage instead of bedsThoughts […]
June 4, 2022
May 30, 2022
If rockets are launched, our lives will be measured in heartbeats
Will we even feel the white wind’s touch
May 28, 2022
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May 3, 2022
First light frosting the tree line, and I close the door
On the rest of the house and leave the need for sleep
To others. At such an hour, with dark still lingering,
The stars blown apart and a waning moon near vanishing,
I’ve become too well acquainted with the dark dialect ...
April 30, 2022
I watch the news of children and animals escaping the violence in the Ukraine. Tears cascade down my face.