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Two poems on chaos

Tidal Prayer I used to, in disasters try to account for everyone I loved Are we okay? Let us be okay But now I love too many people and the world Is full of disasters so I pray By opening my heart wide letting it fill with pain and love

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Two poems on reunion

My extended family on both sides lives in Connecticut, and when I was eight my parents, brother, and I moved to Massachusetts, then to Maine, then I moved back to Boston for college. Years later I met a man whose family lived in Connecticut. He would become my housemate, then

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Being present in a changing body

CW: Talk of weight and weight loss. If this is a trigger for you, please skip this one and take care of yourself. <3 Hello, friends! Today I have something a little different than my usual fare. I want to talk to you about my body. There’s a

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A love poem for the chronically ill and perpetually exhausted

Those who go out weeping, carrying seeds to sow, Will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. ~Psalm 126 I am always amazed at your ability to find joy in between sorrows to go out weeping, carrying seeds to sow and lie down again, because the weight is

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Three Madeleine L'Engle picture books you might not know about

And three incredible illustrators!

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I was going to write a think piece

but then I remembered people don't argue with poems

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My favorite things

A poem after Wisława Szymborska

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When you have lived forever in a state of disaster

A poem and short film

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Three poems for moving on

To leaf-green happiness

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A funny thing happened on the way back from the food pantry

On poverty and resources

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Two poems for seasonal depression

From Blessings for the Long Night

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Why we need neurodivergence

by a proudly autistic writer