Hi, it’s me. Your inner voice. We haven’t spoken in […]
How long will I spend chasing the light?—- I […]
As a kid I loved when my mother would braid […]
S10 Chevy passes by much like my dad’s when he […]
The phone in the living room stopped ringing. Yes, it […]
i was scared of you, An object that houses so […]
Returning to a time when family gathered in the shade […]
Glacial with indifference or roused to effervescence by the scent […]
it was drizzling the ground cover lining the 15 green, […]
I am an outsider I do not belong We do […]
Sixteen weeks felt like climbing a hill, With textbooks open […]
Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?When I walked through the mountain, […]
Time has taught me that skin is the last partof […]
The white gambrel house on Heath Creek Roadwith the big […]
Thank you for gracing me with this place,This space of […]
Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe… Pause. Aw, cute puppy! Double-tap. swipe, […]
Blood falls on the clean, white floor. The doctors say […]
Diamonique is the name my parents gifted me.Not Dominique or […]
I still call my Dad “Dada”.Phonetically, it was easy for […]
She did it to keep me safeI understand whyAmerica said […]
Dedicated to my mother; I wear your sweet smile on […]
Desde niños, our parents, mentioned the American Dream The dream […]
It was six days ago that I saw it for […]
This is inspired by the Native people of this country […]
I can taste the music in my mouth The strums […]
Someone is in my home They enter the front door, […]
Lalla rose with the sun, the birds bathing her in […]
I remember that time we chewed gum together. Sweet and […]
If only I could have told you, oh rotten seed, […]
Where I’m from, the crisp bone-rattling breeze engulfs your body […]
Dedicated to all those who have battled Alzheimer’s and the […]
If you knew me you would know that just because […]
The day my court date came, six years ago, was […]
why not root for myself I need to remind myself […]
Would you like fries with that? With your double double […]
I cannot wait to be laid to rest surrounded by […]
Inspiratedby Nikki Giovanni’s “The Great Pax White” & The Spirit […]
Tala, I still see your spirit sometimes. You’re sitting in […]
behind tempered glass there is only us shielded, tinted, safe […]
In my head, I lay in clouds of cotton, planted […]
Grandpa sat slack against the wall entranced by sleep, bellowing […]
I am from blenders, from moleskin journals and music. I […]
happiness is — sand at the edge of a shoreline […]
My mind is a prison; the walls are pink: no […]
The deepest scents of curry and spices ooze into the […]