Category Archives: Poems

When I was a child I soared without wings in my dreams. These days I have nightmares about missing class or forgetting to go to work. But once I was free in my dreams. The corridor rushed toward me, and went on forever. It went on forever Until I woke up in the real worldContinue reading “Dreams (poem)”

I. My first day of school I cried for my mother. Exasperated, my teacher sent me to the principal, who, in desperation, gave me a newspaper that I did not yet know how to read. II. Emma. She called me fat, and teased me. Keri. She pretended to be my friend, all the while bullyingContinue reading “An Education (poem)”

She’s fourteen. Medium height, slender, waist-length hair as blue as her eyes. She once broke her bed with a baseball bat. Cuts her arms with kitchen knives. Pounds the wall until bruises blossom on her knuckles like poison flowers. Misanthrope, she seethes and boils at the foolishness of others. She hates everyone. Alone at nightContinue reading “Shadow Self (poem)”

Seeing her lying there Clean white sheets Penned in by bars So small and helpless I can almost pretend She’s just napping Like when she was new. She needed me then She needs me now To be her strength, her mercy To sever the cord That connects her to me Like when she was new.Continue reading “Peace (poem)”

Every day I peer into the bathroom mirror, trying to like the woman I see. I hate my flat, thin hair. My friend has beautiful hair. It dazzles, her beautiful blonde curls haloing her face in soft waves. She has it done professionally; it costs over a hundred dollars and takes three hours. I’ve lostContinue reading “Every Day (poem)”