My baby may not remember his birth,
his first dip into consciousness,
first thought on existence—
no knowing or wondering…
Category: Intertextuality
Comfortable (Submission Rejection Letter Erasure Poem)
Dear
your
Villain’s Heir
Without the love,
where’s the safety?
Without the safety,
where’s the peace?
Gollum
When the town said to mercy kill
and the sage said to pity-spare
but you had a moment of compassion,Read More »
Vashti
“All to himself, the high king had you.
He gloried in this so much that he
would give it up to glory in it more,
and only enough for him
to glory in it more-…”
Spirit
The physiological readiness
for paths we are not only not ushered
to but for paths that we are forbidden.
Dexterity of our thumbs, given noRead More »
Ani’s Song (Star Wars 3)
I tried to wine, dine, and dance
after holding your rough hands,
closing my eyes,
slaying grace.
Illusions of my upper crustRead More »
Nativity (Image poetry; See attached word document for formatting purposes.)
The Walk (From Matt. 14:22-33 and Gen. 1-3)
“If it’s you, command me to come to you,”
Peter cried.
For surely if the Lord could speak,
casting demons out, causing sick to be well,
The Lord could command Peter’s feet to tread,
could provide the power to accomplish it,
could sustain His disciple as he walked on water.
The Lord said, “Come,”
and there Peter went.
I remember walking…
with GodRead More »
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