Charleston SC poetry
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News: I’m on a list of favorite poets in America (!)
Read the article here y’all, I struggle with the ego-trip of being an artist because i don’t see poetry as a competition. but seriously, it’s so much fun to be a witness to this type of recognition! thank you, WildSam and Literary Hub, for the love! I’m included on this list with so many powerful […]
Our Quantum Entanglement
PART ONE. Black holes can bend a universe. No amount of light can escape a galaxy’s human-like shift toward darkness. One minute on the edge of a black hole is 700 years on earth. The pull of desolation is too heavy, the path ahead has spun out of control, the cosmic flow becomes a cataclysm […]
amen.
today, I ate a Belgian waffle, smelled the cold air as the winter wind embraced my skin, read a book to my daughter about a grumpy monkey, listened to 80s synth wave, sat on my back porch and did nothing but notice how good doing nothing can feel. how narrow minded of me to think […]
Book 10: Hold What Makes You Whole
Excited to announce the publication of my tenth book, Hold What Makes You Whole.
eye contact.
throw something away you thought you couldn’t live without. turn its memory-triggered touch into trash. remind yourself you have outgrown the past. look the future in the eyes & make it uncomfortable. keep diamond recollections on your mind and wear a crown then throw the crown away. there are things you call holy that are […]
Store-Bought Buddha
I’ve burned all of the sage, but I am barely on fire. I’ve counted every inhale and exhale of air and still came up short of breath. I’ve sat in silence only to unpause an explosion of thought. I’ve kissed cold hands, hoping to come away with a warm and friendly touch, and then I […]
