I never wanted a man in uniform. Though, I always did have the talent for attracting what I didn't want, as if life was teasing me ...

In a world of my own making, I  stand before the mirror mesmerized Me: age 5 transfixed by my own face and blissfully ignorant ...

If we aren't made of stardust then why do we fly through space and see the swirl of galaxies form each time we squeeze our eyes ...

She'd always dreamed of holding a baby in her arms, worry melting away as fingers traced tendrils of newborn hair, nostrils inhali...

Don't pick your nose or cross your eyes don't touch poop or those ugly flies Clean your room don't jump on your bed liste...

This week's prompt on Poetry Jam was "magic." And there's nothing I find more magic than the human capacity to love, forgi...

What is a human heart but a fast twitch of muscle a cavernous buh-bump pushing blood through hollow chambers, the microscopic infinity ...

The smell of burning leaves outside couldn't overpower the smell of burning croissants wafting from the downstairs kitchen, the cha...

You look at me and see a gray body bloated with memories, wrinkled by the worries of a life too well remembered You see no beauty in t...

He was a desperate man, a child really, broken and sad, left to raise three children when he could barely take care of himself ...