Happy Mother’s Day – 2016

Happy Mother’s Day – 2016

From an A Word With You Press Contest Submission. It means so many things to me now. Gravitas by Tiffany Vakilian If By missing you I learn The tactile visage of love One that is first Then I am a student If by holding you for a few Too few Sickening short moments In...

On Flying Slowly

Out of the nest, into the air Hoping I don’t fall on my face With a weak leap of faith I am tired of jumping low Training wheels on my wings But it is so comfortable In the nest It is so easy It is so boring And so Here I...
Water Dream Poetry-National Poetry Month 16

Water Dream Poetry-National Poetry Month 16

***Happy National Poetry Month*** God didn’t have to say a word Dreaming of water Tsunamis and floods Cloudy days and ocean tides The sun shines in the morning But the water comes down Drench the wings of the beloved Destroy Cleanse Make clean Make oblivion...
National Poetry Day 2016 – Post it note Poetry 14

National Poetry Day 2016 – Post it note Poetry 14

Day 14. Dedicated to Blake Kern Her life art speaks In multiple languages I also speak In ways she reads We spoke together And apart Cycling colors And colors Politic and music Of note and notes Blue civil rights And hung hopes For equality and engaged beauty We are...