The Point It Is…

by | Jul 30, 2016 | Poetry

We are clowns dying of hunger because the cake in front of us isn’t the broccoli we expected (and don’t even like, but still think we deserve). Sometimes we are afraid to sit still as if it would kill us, when in fact, it is the only way we can be painted....
String Section Me

String Section Me

by | Jul 23, 2016 | Poetry

Just a reminder To celebrate the curves In part, in whole Totally my own Plucked Struck Ringing String Section Lifted Sifted Singing String Section My body is a story String Section me A body curves Like an orchestra In part, in whole Not just my own Not zero Not...

For “My Girls”

by | Jul 16, 2016 | Poetry

Let us be the girlfriends we are Discombobulated All getting it all together Dancing alone and pushing through the music Let me smile at my Bridget Joneses Kadijah Jameses Carrie Bradshaws I’ve laughed at tables during hilarious meals Watched movies and cried...

Snap & Crackle

by | Jul 9, 2016 | Poetry

Snap & crackle It’s coming alive Alive! The lightning inside It’s alive It burns a little Tracks of smoke Hurt Like tears And rimshots But it’s coming alive Alive! Snap & crackle Rub your feet on this Holy ground Hanging around The...
I am / We are – A TLA Group Poem

I am / We are – A TLA Group Poem

by | Jun 25, 2016 | Poetry

Written in parts by the students of the TLA Course, Saturated Selfies: Sandy Bot-­Miller, Janet Toone, Pam Roberts, Tiffany Vakilian, and Laurie Baron.  I am not young and sexy, I am not lithe and lean, And sometimes I deflate like flattened bubble wrap or feel hard...

Sharing Wonderfulness!

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Poetry

I have wonderful news that needs sharing! I am being sponsored to attend the Kingdom Writers Conference in Vista, CA next month! That blesses and humbles me more than I can say. Please, if you can’t go, sponsor a writer, or better yet, sponsor TWO! If you...