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It's just school supplies
A poem on late summer smiles + letting go -- it’s just school supplies i tell myselfbig emotions scramble my sense of rushing time as i try to make…
Aug 21
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Making peace with limits
Burnout is not an invitation to push harder -- Part of me hates limits. Part of me loves limits.
Aug 7
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July 2025
A truth is easing into view
Turning 43 and nodding yes -- I turned 43 on Sunday. I took myself to a new-to-me coffee shop to do one of my most favorite things in the world. Write…
Jul 31
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I'm losing my words lately
Pondering writing + our wild and soft hearts -- It’s a dangerous season for a writer when they stop writing. Necessary. Normal. Needed. But still…
Jul 24
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The white sparkly fireworks + potato salad slumber
A poem on the 4th of July in the midst of fascism -- i grew up loving the white sparkly fireworks the most - the ones that sizzled and fell from the sky…
Jul 10
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Love will win in the end
But it's not going to be pretty -- this is my prayer beforechecking the news, the desire to ignore and self-protect runs deep
Jul 3
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June 2025
Let it disintegrate
A couple thoughts on letting it all fall apart. Again. -- I sit by a sparkling creek that runs by the library at my town’s university campus. It’s late…
Jun 26
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The middle school of it all
A poem on the weird middle -- they say middle school is the awkward in between for kids but it’s the same for parents too instead of braces acne and…
Jun 12
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the sweet and spiky
the nuance of changing dreams -- i used to think my dreams were products books and movements / things i could hold and measure
Jun 5
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May 2025
If you really knew me
you would know...I facilitated a retreat a number of years back and part of the weekend involved an open mic situation with this prompt, “If you really…
May 29
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Can fake trees heal?
Wrestling with the tension of it all -- I went to Hawaii and fell in love with the land my now-dead brother adored. On the plane back, my partner and I…
May 22
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Every square inch
A short poem about finding the tenuous middle -- my son is ten / trump’s been president more than half his lifewhile we’re giving everything we’ve got …
May 15
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