Poems

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  • In a Field, at Sunset

    When he asked if I still loved him, I didn’t answer
  • Killer

    When he saw me coming
  • Leopard Goes Through Hell Villanelle

    When I am sober my brain calls me names. 

  • In the Next Life and The Office of Apology

    When I become the most trusted translator of your poems
  • Plait

    When I first knotted my hair against the coming of winter, I had grown tired of playing jacks and didn’t yet find boys
  • The Shell

    When I picked it up from the sand
  • The Ant’s Plunder

    When I stuck out my hand to grab the iron door handle, a hidden ant attacked my right
  • What is Unknown

    When I tell her I’ve fallen for What Is Unknown, my mother’s face brightens.  “She’ll be a good girlfriend for you,”
  • Sharp Noises at Night

    When I travel to the Midwest, trains
  • My Polish and Another Poem

    When I try to thank it, it shushes me. Then illuminates my way to the Exit.
  • Soul Mate

    When I was a girl, I had a dirty soul.
  • For D, reading poems

    When I was a kid, only a flu could buy me