Don’t Write Mom Poems
The best writing advice I’ve ever been givenis to avoid poems about motherhood.Too sappy. Too sentimental. I agree.Which is why I only write poems aboutmyself bare chested on a hunt,dragging…
New Love Poem, 2006
First, I had had a thought so unnervingI went cold all over, in the heat. What if Ilove this man, whom I hardly know,more than I’ve loved any other man,…
Jazz in 20/20
Sometimes you just need to hide in your roomand play all your old records backwards.The dissonant note resolves to a mellow tone.The wooden boy resolves to become a real one,but…
