Let’s Never Look Back
Let’s make a quiet escapeFind the gate to the HeavenOf Heavens, ring the bell; and Wait; if they should expelContinue Reading
Category: Metered
Anything and everything I had to write with a distinct rhythm and flow.
For a Bee on a Purple Thistle
Thistled purple sanctuary A little bee nestsAlso—he restsFrom the great wide ordinaryWhile life undulates betweenSimplicity and elderberryCrown-head blossoms, honey-whiteWhere the beeContinue Reading
No one cares if you save a spider,
especially if it is small and in the wrong place.So if it’s glued to the tiles on the bathroom wallasContinue Reading
A Lynching Tree
I used to be a magnificent tree Luscious and full of greenery And birds would sing To my whispering leavesContinue Reading
For a Field of Red Poppies
orange-red orbspop like smilessway with the windhappiness for milesfeel the secrets held within hearts; the corners of my lipsturn upwardsContinue Reading
Minutes to Miles
Could I but stretchthese minutes into milesand watch the butterflies dance upon the wind, as birds do whirl happily down the aisleamongst theContinue Reading
One Nation Under Guns
I have to thank Amanda Gorman for feeding me this line. It is indeed: One Nation Under Gunsso we tellContinue Reading
upon this treasured pass
tear off your shoeslet your feet froth and lapacross crystal clear watersbring your sons and daughterscall out to everyonewho yearnsContinue Reading
You say you were taught to
“Respect all races”I must impolitelyDisagree. I think you meanYou were taught to“Expect all races”To be wholly subjugatedTo thee.
Who would know?
Who would know?Who knows anything at all?As I live and breatheAnd wrench out life likeI pluck the hairs from myContinue Reading
Alexis Attempts to Write 