- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
I Am Afraid to Start
I Am Afraid to Start (from Brainstorms) Fearing how the story will end, I am afraid to start. Does that ever happen to you? My mind spins...
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Gesher (Bridge)
Gesher (Bridge) (First published in Pandemic Corona) Standing at the edge of a story, Fifty feet off the ground; I survey the field in...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel (from Brainstorms) I can still smell my grandmother’s perfume on one of the sweaters that I kept. Fourteen years later and I...
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
Morning Cup
Morning Cup (from Brainstorms) Do you fill your cup with coffee? Or fill it up with tea? With all your mental anguish, Or possibility? Do...
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
Last Kiss
Photo by Jennifer Bloom Earlier this year (in what feels like a different lifetime), I planned to share one poem a week from my book,...
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
The Path of a Butterfly
Photo by Jennifer Bloom A couple years ago, I met a man at a gathering at a friend's house. We enjoyed a long and rambling conversation,...
- Aug 3, 2020
- 2 min
Walking Companion
Photo by Kristen Skoglund My friend, Kristen, and I have been sharing our love of the moon for almost as long as we’ve known each other....
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Same Heart
Over the months of vocal rest, I often turned inward and tuned to ways of connecting with people that were beyond my imagination.
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Field
The Field (from Brainstorms) Someone is planting seeds all around me. I lie down in the barren field and close my eyes and count to ten....
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
Freedom
They tried to contain her with concrete walls and massive boulders, sandbags piled high along the shore. They compelled her to stay...