Shield Maiden

I have been broken down to bits and bytes. A virtual Girl, condensed to pictures glowing on a lighted screen, streams of numbers swirling...

Some Memories Live in Our Skin Some memories live in our skin; the tingle of a first love pressed against our lips, the pull of sand as...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) “The Whales are writing poetry about us,” or so you say. “They wonder about the sparkling...

I wrote the following poem for Camp Bethel. Which I have attended and worked at since I was 9 years old. In 2012 we lost our main lodge...

Somewhere above Metropolis Superman’s red cape is flapping in the breeze. He is listening in vain, for someone to ask for his help....

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) She is not a babbling brook, announcing every stone as she skips over it, pulling leaves and...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Every broken heart fractures our world. A crack in the sidewalk, where dandelions grow. A...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) I boarded up my heart years ago. I never considered it fragile but I sealed it away in a box...

(As published in Silhouettes of Stardust) I sent my plea to Thalia. Give me wit, give me humor. Fill my voice with clever words! It was...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Starlight and Sea Waves bound together by tenuous skin, nails, hair. Oceans and Galaxies bowing...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Struck from the page. Crossed out. Removed. Stricken from the record. Erased from history....

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Do not tell me about yourself. Tell me what you hear when rain splatters your bedroom window....

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) I want to dance and drink Champagne. I want to Experience Music and beautiful Art. I want to...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) The memory of your touch lived in my skin long after I’d forgotten everything else; the quiet...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Rib cage, miles of skin and muscle, yards of draped fabric. We cannot conceal our hearts. Art,...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) There is a wisdom in foolishness. Seeing the moon set in the darkness, fingers tracing...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) There is no mathematic equation to predict the curl of cream poured into hot coffee. Or the...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) Two soulmates meeting for a single moment. A glowing instant. A perfect square on a graph....

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) When did I become the favorite toy being fought over by two siblings? A doll pulled into the...

(As Published in Silhouettes of Stardust) I found a well of passion hidden between your lips, reaching to the depths of the earth where...