Body Fiction 3

Happy Saturday Post – I’m thankful for the life I’ve been given, and the stories I’ve been asked to post between now and the end of the year. Stay tuned! Meanwhile…***Six Separate Thoughts – Part IIIMy scars are my best friend...

Body Fiction 2

To keep a promise, here’s a bit of a different Saturday Post!***Six Separate Thoughts – Part IIFrom the hospital bed of a young woman:It’s the toe that pushes the accelerator. It’s the toe that puts the adrenaline and momentum in Vin Diesel’s...

Body Fiction 1

To keep a promise, here’s a bit of a different Saturday Post!***Six Separate Thoughts – Part 1The shoes were pinched. They were jewel encrusted, heeled, and satin underneath her petticoat, but they were pinched. No wiggle room; certainly no air. Still,...

One the Eve of our First Anniversary

Happy Saturday to you! Here’s your Saturday Post!To my other, in honor of his significanceShe carries the moon in her wombAnd the words in her wristAnd the skin of her mothers on her elbows and kneesShe has her dreamCome trueAnd deferredAnd he loves herIn the...

Black Poetry Day

On both my little bro’s birthday AND Black Poetry Day, here’s a Saturday Post! From October-13My family is an amazing maze of triumphs and failuresHeroic acts and artistic neurosesI love themMore and moreThe more I loveThe bigger the family getsThere...