Called Space

Called Space

by | Aug 28, 2021 | Poetry

Mixed Media by Jill Wyckoff and Tiffany Vakilian…lol This is KWA  Do you see the people? Do you see the nations? Do you see the paths? Do you see space? I see space  and space and room! Room to give room Some would look at this and see a tomb, but I say “no!” I...
#nolessalamp

#nolessalamp

by | May 29, 2021 | Poetry

Our lives are a solo performance Beautiful and beautiful In the ensemble and alone We are no less a lamp for the company Each time I write I must Seed, time, and harvest Prepare and procreate I am no less a lamp in my working For the hope I’m building From what...
Oranges

Oranges

by | Oct 10, 2020 | Poetry

There are no oranges right now. I lied. They’re there. The lemons too. And even the cactus fruit. The persimmons are trying. The grapefruit is not. I smelled the guava, and that was enough. I have a secret pomegranate tree. Didn’t wanna be a secret...
Theme and Variations on Arna

Theme and Variations on Arna

by | Oct 3, 2020 | Poetry

As a sister, as a twin, as someone seeking individuality I love the relationship I am in But my thoughts wander sometimes to power to freedom to a separateness I can’t conceive My skin, my powers, my magical abilities I love the way I sing But I feel a...
God Help Me Forgive

God Help Me Forgive

by | Aug 1, 2020 | Poetry

God help me I am trying to forgive It feels filthy to deal with Like the sunlight in L.A. The true abomination My brother’s keeper My brother’s killer What makes you so different from Cain? You smashed his manhood With the rock of your ego Until there was...