Snippets From Dreams

Snippets From Dreams

by | Aug 6, 2016 | Poetry

Sometimes in the night I have the artistic dance with word-description-images that ping me. I’ve had a couple snippets pop up that I wanted to share. They are not related, but they’ve been hopping up and down on my mind and so I figure I’ll place...

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...
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...
Happy Mother’s Day – 2016

Happy Mother’s Day – 2016

by | May 8, 2016 | Poetry

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...
Disorderly

Disorderly

by | Mar 12, 2016 | Poetry

Disorder is a state of mind sometimes Some would call it disorder I would call it deeper cleansing There are papers and feelings all over the place Thrown into piles and corners Need to organize for some sense of control Of the office The day Life As if the wind...