When Your Friend Asks What She Can Bring to the Party
This May my youngest child graduated from high school, then boarded a plane for Sweden a few days later. To
Killing Cockroaches
When I first moved to Texas, someone told me that everything bites and stings here. It's true -
Let + July poetry workshop, Writing Through Illness, with One Art
Many of you know I've had a journey through illness these past few years, since I became ill
Everything is Here
This month is a month of endings. My last child graduated from high school and my nest has emptied. My
Love Song to the Embodied World
As I write to you, I feel the slips of hair that fall around me these days, itching my arms
Opening the Package
I order a lot of medication and supplements to care for my body's guest house. Some arrive by
Unlearning
Ooh-eee, this poem was not easy to write. And - there is so much relief and healing in putting the
Driving to Work
This poem came about this winter, when I was driving to one of my jobs, working as a substitute teacher
Cooking Breakfast with My Son
This morning my son, his first official day of spring break, cooked himself breakfast as I began my day, rising
Harvesting the Lavender
This poem arose as I harvested lavender one afternoon in the warm sun. Despite wrapping her in linens and blankets,
