It’s All My Fault
They say “the body remembers.” Somewhere in my mind, the intrusive sound of the soles of men’s sensible shoes slapping onto the...
A Poem for International Women’s Day
Lilith, goddess guardian, first one to raise arms and plant feet downward. Enheduanna, I pay tribute to you. Golden signatures trickle down...
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12 Everyday Sexist & Misogynistic Things That Men Need To Stop Doing
In 2012, writer and activist Laura Bates founded her groundbreaking website The Everyday Sexism Project with the distinct purpose of...
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Sounding
Words sometimes settle between thighs. Eye up—all night think how I don’t your shoulder brush, cough don’t, you away, leg. I...
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EMBERS AND ASH
I wrote EMBERS AND ASH some years ago. I don’t remember the precise day; I only remember the unlucky circumstance. I needed to come home....
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Excavate
You touch me and I give way You wrap your arms around me My back against your chest And I lean back, Oh how I lean and bend against you My...
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Last Act of Love
I knew the problem was serious when Greg could not muster the energy to get himself to the ice cream shop at the end of the street. This...
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Not 1937 but 1972
For Olds… for Bruck We aren’t shaped things like our moms’ hairdos So round so golden so smooth like this guy’s ego He...
