The Team
Who We Are
POETRY: 2023
Poems published in literary journals in 2023
Published in Wordgathering,
Summer 2023
I suck in each brittle breath,
as my windpipe closes
around the thin flow
that sticks at the base of my throat,
then sears into my waiting lungs.
Published in Wordgathering,
Summer 2023
This illness breaks me
into three tied and tattered
threads—mine, hers, theirs,
a long narrative that ruptures,
compounds once, then
again, just when...
Published in Wordgathering,
Summer 2023
The impulse
to speak after years
of sorrow
and silence
builds along with the pressure
brewing in your head.
Published in Wordgathering,
Summer 2023
Each day here
coughs
and sputters, runs low
on fuel, just like before
Published in One Art,
August 1, 2023
Imagine this: if you have planters
of parsley or dill growing outside
in a sunny spot, odds are good
that you have tossed butterfly eggs
onto your pasta with the garnish
or mixed them into your salad.
Published in One Art,
August 1, 2023
Do you get as frustrated as I
that some lessons do not come easy
or fast, that there are things we know
deep in our bodies, that we have learned
through trial and error and error
and error, and yet
we must learn them again?
Published in One Art,
August 1, 2023
I think I had the whole thing
wrong.
Again, again, again.
I thought it was about me
Published in One Art,
August 1, 2023
The dreamy images flashed
in quick succession, on and on,
recognizable but too fast
for reading the endless
pages of fine print.
Published in One Art,
August 1, 2023
I began mourning
my trees last year
with the first news
of the tall building
to rise behind my yard.
Published in Wild Roof Journal,
May 2023
Some years, spring's greatest
deceptions are daffodils
and cherry trees flashing
their gaudy colors
Published in Autumn Sky
Poetry Daily,
April 10, 2023
Sometimes I think I must have spent
a lifetime as a girl searching
alone and in silence for toads
and salamanders, hoisting stones
and peering between blades of grass
Published in Thimble Literary Magazine,
Spring 2023
When I walked ‘round Walden Pond
on a warm March day, I traced the foot-
print of the small cabin and wondered
about Thoreau and his solitude,
deliberate yet close to all he held dear.
Published in MockingHeart Review,
Vol. 8, Issue 1: Winter 2023
You cooked the ravioli, warmed
the marinara on my stove, plated
them just so, added a sprinkle of cheese
and placed the bowl before me with a smile.
Published in The New Verse News,
January 31, 2023
Tell me about Tyre Nichols.
I don’t have any information
about Tyre Nichols as a person
or a notable public figure.