GRIEF You hide your drugs in the cremation box of your beloved, dead cat. To process your grief, you make a powerpoint of pictures of your beloved, dead cat. It’s…
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Like I imagine many of us are during this “what should have been” moment in women’s history, I have been thinking about the women in my family from past generations.…
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Election Poems is a listening project. The poems in this series document and respond to the politicized non-dialogue that seems to have invaded all forms of conversation these days, and…
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November 9th, 2016 was not the end of the world. This isn’t the first time a demagogue used an existing system to take control of a country. It certainly isn’t the first…
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Dear Muslim persons: I see your radiant beauty–in each and all of your varied forms. I respect you. I want you to know I love you. You belong here. We…
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Continued thoughts on the election: From Max, in Oakland, California: White people need to take ownership of this. If you are crushed by this result then you need to start…
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I’m reading the Iliad for the first time–the new translation by Caroline Alexander. It feels like the perfect time to delve into the classics, especially poetry. I don’t expect to find answers…