Visions in verses

Poems
June 25, 2018

The Rain Comes With a Marching Band

I listened to the sound of a marching band playing under the rain where an unnamed storm blew its horn and the gray clouds clashed its cymbals in a cadence so ferocious the sky welled with pride while every human

Poems
June 10, 2018

Holes and Other Missing Things

A button fell from my coat, unmade and spring air whooshed afront my face abashed about a button gone small things can’t be replaced with none A man looked at the moonless sky there’s a hole in the corner and

Poems
June 1, 2018

The Morning Waits for You

And there will be mornings when you tremble a little bit and say again and again, “It’ll be alright” when you know it wouldn’t at least, not so soon but you hold on to the sun and its light on

Poems
May 25, 2018

The space she takes up

“I’m not about big spaces,” said she grimly, mouth pursed, a little tangy around the edges. “I’m all about the small ones. Corners, the tiny gaps between the stools around the table. I’d slip into that. I’m content with the

Poems
May 3, 2018

Quelstring

From afar, a trumpet resounded without a tune sang a dog in a four-pawed cadence silence the trees danced along the march. Footsteps drummed in a celebration of summer like no other, the sun lit up with a smile from

Poems
December 31, 2017

2017 In Poetry

This is the year we made decisions and gripped them strongly as if they were palms of someone else’s hands even if they were the wrong kind. We stood by them; no — we stood by us, and stayed still