When I was asked to ring our church bell,
pulling that long rope down then up to the...

Everyone spits out your name or tries
to impress with animated metaphors...

We are trained to question, always question
in order to analyze the needs they walk in with...

Emotions are not exclusive from
violent bursts of negative energy...

Your right hand masked all of your face,
eyes tunneled behind rough skin...

I imagined leaving peacefully,
the way a tree bows down in...

Is there anything in me that is desirable?
Do I convey softness or are my approaches...

"I'm sorry", he bellowed, over and over...

That teabag was my personality-
wrapped in cellophane...

When I was young, being watched from pale
shorelines of New Zealand, I never believed...

You may know me as a five foot seven
kindred spirit, expressing love to strangers...

Dinner was late today, swinging out at 7 pm
with my mother commenting that the lasagna...