Aesthetic
I wish I could invite you into an aesthetic. We could sit in a white room on a blush couch free of crumbs and random letters. Drink sweet tea in matching cups, served on a wooden tray without stains of…
Kelli Anna
5 Words
I have a terrible self image and I suck at seeing my strengths. My therapist suggested I ask some people I trust for 5 words they feel describe me. I actually proceeded to ask almost everyone I know which probably…
Soaking Spring
Spring fell in three days of relentless rain. Soaking the first sprouts and turning yards to fresh mud. While we waited for the leaves, the birds filled the trees instead, with long awaited song. Soon the colors will wake from…
Incongruence
Our words meet at 90 degree angles –formal, rigid, and right.We speak complementary,measured phraseswith a known degree of truth,petty postulates provingagain and againcongruence. no room for error Underneath the theoremsis a question of necessity,of need, of wonderingwhat it’s all for…
Poems from 2016
2016 is when I rediscovered my love of writing poetry. Although I had begun writing poetry in my teens, life, marriage, and motherhood soon took over and I forgot how much I loved writing. I still kept journals in those…
Early Poetry
I started writing poetry when I was about 13, but it was all silly or terrible poetry. It wasn’t until I was in my late teens/early 20s that I really started to write things that I felt like were actual…
You Are Not the Sunrise
You are not the sunrise.You are the remainsof last nights rain on asphalt. As much at fault as pitter patterraindrops dropping skitter skatterapologies from your dry tongue. Old weather glints in the sunand we ask whether what was lostis worth…
Croning
I had a revelation last night about how I’ve gone through life never feeling good enough because I have based my worth on whether or not I’d be seen as attractive to a man. Last night I was like, fuck…
Happy New Year
In 2024 let’s choose to live. Let’s choose fun over fear.Let’s create for ourselves rather than for likes.Let’s make terrible art.Let’s laugh at stupid shit.Let’s love and be open to others without the fear of rejection.Let’s choose people who go…
Christmas Eve
The tree sits in darkness waiting to glow with the coming of dusk. Silent presents almost vibrating with anticipation of tomorrow. Malls have been walked with their lights and noise and gifts carried in big paper shopping bags. Gifts to…