Dec 11, 2020The Invisible SuitcaseI’m pleased to announce the publication of my first poetry chapbook. I hope you’ll check it out on Amazon or (better yet) at the…1 min readThe Invisible Suitcase----
Feb 29, 2020Dear Judge McKeon(I wrote this piece a couple years ago, and it is sadly not an isolated example of injustice when it comes to household violence against children and women in particular.) Dear Judge McKeon, A 40-year-old Montana father raped his 12-year-old daughter. Repeatedly. You sentenced him to 60 days, of which…Injustice4 min read
Dec 3, 2019The beautiful rowdy prisonersThe small man Builds cages for everyone He knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners. — Hafez The beautiful, rowdy prisoners. It is their ghosts I think of as I walk…Prison Reform4 min read
Aug 20, 2019Power OutagePower Outage, August 20, 2019 I like the sound of the cars, passing lonely on the rainy afternoon street, the way the sound of the rain rises up like a wave crashing, then falls softly to patter. …Poetry Writing2 min read
Jul 20, 2019I smelled fear.“Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin I was struck this morning by the feelings that came up in a fastwrite about childhood. …Bullying4 min read
May 21, 2019Mnemosyne and the MusesLast night I woke in the teeth of the storm, shaking in a strange bed in a strange place. This time, it wasn’t a dream. I woke to thunder so loud I could feel it course through me, over and over, the way a bass beat at a rock concert…Muse3 min read
Jan 12, 2019The news scares me……art connects me to hope I came across this pencil drawing titled “the news scares me” that I did several years ago. (Seems it’s not a new trend, the news, being scary…) This is a reminder to anyone who’s feeling overwhelmed by the state of things not to despair, but to keep doing whatever you…Newspapers1 min read
Jan 11, 2019Happy New Year. (I’ve been bad.)Happy 2019. It′s started off rocky, and my heart is feeling heavy for reasons both external and internal. Familiar questions echo: bouncing from the global to the personal. Why are our societal systems often so cruel to the most vulnerable, the most innocent? Why do we so often hurt the…Love1 min read
Oct 27, 2018Postcard to myselfDear 19-year-old Me, You were SO excited, do you remember? …Writing Prompts3 min read
Oct 8, 2018Headline: Sexual Assault Hotline Sees Busiest Day Everhttps://www.cnn.com/2018/10/01/health/sexual-assault-hotline-record-bn/index.htmlSexual Assault1 min read
