Mercy

Oh, golden, fragile summer of promise Settle down into my organs and marrow Teach me before you go. Melt and…

Letters

Well, I wrote you a letter, with my words pouring out all over that paper and dripping with loopy pen…

Devil calls. The click and hiss flick. Pulsing through the city with the concentrated horde gathering over him, hailing him…

For me, church was wood paneling and white brick, tall narrow windows and pews with crosses etched into them. I…

For Christmas I received a gift certificate to a local book shop from a student. Think of it. This was…

The energy was high today as students across our schools sang Christmas carols in unison. Classrooms were swept of crushed…

We would throw our line and fish off the dock with squirmy, dirty, translucent worms on the cul de sac…

Tilt. Raw. Prick. Plague. Writhe. Desolate. I don’t keep things. I clear them. But I fill up my body, like…

I am 35 years old and so is my husband, with three children and a dog, living in our four…

When I was 15 I went to Colorado. We drove for over two full days in two (or more? my…