283: Mile 700
When the movers load the last box onto the truck and you are left at the edge of it all, stand in your empty apartment and sing. Let the...
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May 61 min
281: Tell Me Again
My therapist said Where would you like to start? I thought to myself, where does one begin? We could start with how beautiful it all is,...
Feb 28, 20231 min
247: Tell Me
Tell me what you believe. Don’t stop with the words passed down like worn clothes, words you’ve you’ve swallowed and absorbed like melted...
Sep 19, 20221 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 2, 20221 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...
Jun 22, 20221 min
213: Human
People say How are you doing and I tell them about the cracks in my calendar, about the dog at the window, about you and your desk with...
Jun 11, 20221 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....
May 18, 20221 min
205: What It's Like to Be On a Pilgrimage
I am hungry, famished really for a brush with the Divine. I’d take a strong wind, a colorful dream or the feeling of gravity that comes...
Apr 20, 20221 min
202: Spring
All I want to do is to go to the beach and write poetry. Is that too much to ask? When did adulting become a full-time gig? When did the...
Apr 18, 20221 min
201: What I Forgot
Sometimes I wish I was the fig tree. No fruit here, just soaking up the sun growing roots, turning green, stretching out my branches...
Feb 13, 20221 min
191: Musings
What if I turned my face up towards the sun and said yes please to whipped cream and kept watching when netflix asked and pulled out a...
Feb 13, 20221 min
190: On My Way
I’m on my way I’m catching a cab I’m en route to my favorite book store to the French bakery to the corner where we meet to holidays at...
Jan 29, 20221 min
188: Enough
I can get no sleep fill my schedule to the brim push my body too hard hold open the door for anxiety forget to say nice things to myself...
Jan 15, 20221 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...
Dec 14, 20211 min
174: The Best Thing
Maybe the best part about having adults that love you is the way they bring you soup when you get your appendix out or the way they check...
Nov 9, 20211 min
166: To-Do List
My to-do list crawled into bed with me. Before the sun rose, before the dog was fed, before the coffee was brewed, before the alarm went...
Nov 4, 20211 min
165: River
Do you think the River, as she travels, says hello to every rock and tree? Do you think she small-talks with the fish, fussing over how...
Oct 19, 20211 min
162: Want
I forgot how to say the words “I want” out loud. I swallowed them whole sometime in the seventh grade which is the general age that girls...
Oct 18, 20211 min
161: Winter
This morning I opened the window. It was arguably too cold for that kind of reckless window opening, but I couldn’t help it. Winter is so...
Oct 2, 20211 min
157: The Last Time I Cried
The last time I cried was in a dimly lit bar tables scattered merely 20 in attendance. The music man at the mic said raise a glass Let’s...
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