Volcano

I climbed a volcano today
to give you fire. Fearlessly
because the molten river crumbled
beside me, my rubber soles

immobile and melting over
hollow black rocks, my lungs burning
from the smoke pyre that billowed
out of the livid mountain core.

Over my shoulder, the sun set Read more »

Poetry

I’ve decided to add some poetry to this blog mix. While preggers, I wrote lots of poems, perhaps in anticipation of how few I would write later. I put them together into a chapbook to share with friends. I will post one at a time here, intermittently,  in the order they go in. If anyone is interested in getting a complete copy of the chapbook titled, Gestation, contact me here and I will send one off to you.