June 21, 2026
A million times, I needed you. A million times, I cried. If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died.
June 18, 2026
The late hours
of the night
are for poets, owls and toads
some who fill pages with poems,
pensive and rotund
June 13, 2026
Brothers, sisters we are called. With these words,
a beacon of hope was being built. Mom believed;
June 9, 2026
The brass band sounded the bugle call — the final roll call to signal ‘lights out’ for a man who will never die.
June 5, 2026
I had to find a place
for the pigment painted elephant
from India who wanted me to be part
of the Holi festival so we could all
splash each other with the bright colors
of knowing more
June 1, 2026
We’ll put the audiences onstage,
Hamlet, a romantic comedy now.
Macbeth on rollerblades and naked.
May 28, 2026
I’m gonna boldly speak the truth.”
She’s worried, “You know you can’t trust the system.”
I shrugged, “I don’t plan to be a victim of the system
May 25, 2026
Praise the
fallen soldiers
with poppies and roses,
diminutive flags fly in the
Graveyard.
May 23, 2026
you wanted to be my best friend
even before you knew my whole name
you spoke to this plain girl
out of every one of your pores
May 19, 2026
When I was little, my next-door friend and I
believed we could hide among the sunflowers.
Of course, our mothers saw us, but they never
let on, so we never knew.
May 14, 2026
Our homestead, as if risen from its grave, invites the newborn sun; its brightest beams perk up the nest-hugged birds with resounding trills…
May 12, 2026
