248: Live From The Furbo
Every night we sit on the couch. Your arm around my shoulders, my knees pulled towards my chest. We eat dinner. We talk about the day....
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- Feb 23
- 1 min
246: In Sickness and in Health, In Chaos and Control
We take turns being chaos and control. Someone’s gotta keep the fire burning and someone’s gotta sing that Celine Dion ballad at top...
- Feb 23
- 1 min
245: Hold Them Close
You only need one in the city - one friend who says text me when you get home, who remembers your brother’s name, who knows the way you...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
223: Instead of Spending All Our Money
I’d like to buy a fig tree for the living room, a cardigan for the plane, new prints for the walls We’ve talked about buying herbs for...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
222: The Last Day of Summer
We’re approaching a new season. Like children with a firefly cupped in our hands we hold onto summer’s warmth, carrying it with us as we...
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
221: The Best Part About New York
The best part about New York is the bagels / the sunset between the avenues / bodega cats / the couples that walk through the park...
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
220: Breadcrumbs
Some days are breadcrumb days- the kind of days where you wake up and say, “God, please lean a little closer in a not so subtle way...
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
219: Summer
We are sun-kissed, one part salt water, one part watermelon juice running down our chins. At dusk the clouds look like they have...
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
218: A Filling Up
There’s enough time for one more kiss for caramelized onions on low heat, for handwritten I’m just thinking of you cards. There’s enough...
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
216: Lightning Bugs
Lighting Bugs You caught a lightning bug in your hand gently, slowly, more like a landing ramp than a trap. You held it to me as if to...
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
215: It's About Damn time
For dinner to be ready, for the end of body shaming, for summer thunderstorms, for the peaches to ripen, for you to call me back, for a...
- Jun 11, 2022
- 1 min
211: To The Dad On The M5 Bus
with the daughter in the bucket hat and the son hanging off your leg, you deserve a medal. You deserve days off and jewels in your crown....
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
204: Opening Up
You did such a good job opening up! That’s what I say to the flowers. You did such a good job looking up, turning towards the sun,...
- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
198: I Get The Daylight Savings Conversation
Because of course we need more light. War is one long night. Of course we need slower sunsets and golden hour. We need the sun’s warmth...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
197: Please Do
Release the tension in your jaw. Allow the pillow to hold the weight of your head. Have a scone. Have four! Press the crumbs into your...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
193: Valentine's Day Plans
People said what are your plans? And I said well, we will obviously eat pie with fresh whipped cream. We’ll probably ask for more. And we...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
192: Joy Map
If I was to draw a map of my joy like dots in a constellations or pegs in a light bright or all those google map pins there would be a...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 1 min
187: Long-Distance Friendships
A million text notifications The video of your baby eating sweet potatoes The flowers you sent when my grandfather died Airbnb wishlists...
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
186: Magic
Your birthday is coming up and I will probably get you another tie or a new shirt, maybe a book you don’t need. You could add it to the...
- Jan 15, 2022
- 1 min
184: January
It’s the second week of January and I haven’t offered an eloquent prayer this week. I haven’t written a poem that moves me as immediately...
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