Tag: poetry

  • Mother With Daughter, 2001

    Mother With Daughter, 2001

    In May of 2001 I experienced a full-term stillbirth, laboring with my first daughter, Aislinn Maeve, who died of heart disease with a hole in her left vertricle. I was lucky that the doctor could provide a reason for her death, as I know that the cause of death remains a mystery in so many…

  • Danse Macabre: Grendles Modor

    Danse Macabre: Grendles Modor

    I am so happy to announce that a poem that I wrote entitled “Grendles Modor” has been published in Danse Macabre Journal’s “DM Du Jour.”

  • Timpani

    Timpani

    I suppose my heart/ May be just like that/ Timpani

  • Joy

    Joy

    What is sacrificed first, almost with joy/ But not with joy/ Joy, itself

  • Bloom’s End

    Bloom’s End

    I tried to live at the top of that tree In twigs, no matter the frailty The green blaze, a din of temporality Swept through with reserve I fell to the trunk The spine of an open book Roofed over my heart: The Return of the Native Eustacia Vye’s heart and mine Loosed in Egdon…

  • The Red Armchair, By Picasso

    The Red Armchair, By Picasso

    Seventy fingers entwined / Resting on my manifold thighs / Pointing all directions / Mostly behind

  • Croton Plant

    Croton Plant

    Everyone knows / Loneliness / Must always be the tonic / For a longing of verdure