July 2024
Bio Note: Two poems from my forthcoming book, Enormous Blue Umbrella, Moon Tide Press, 2025, available for pre-order in late fall. I do my best to focus on the beauty that surrounds us between the fires and floods of personal and public life.
Summer
for T.E.
Solstice again. One year, we waded into the sea
to wash crystals. (It was all about feng shui.)
The water was cold, the sky, cloud gray.
Back in the house, you fingered your name
onto the foggy windows, with hearts for O’s,
frames, and punctuation.
I took a photo of this.
Now, it’s proof you were here,
and for a time, happy.
Originally published in ONE ART
Shade
I’m looking for lipstick
the shade, exact match
of my mimi’s lips,
whose color never faded
from illness, from age.
At the end, still peach,
still full, still sweet
as summer fruit.
Originally published in ONE ART
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