by lori | Jan 8, 2018 | Beauty, Gratitude, Here and now, Nature, Pain, Poetry, Sentience
I want you to celebrate yourself. Shake off your dust. Find fierce stones that speak to you hold them, gentle now, then drop them into rivers wrinkle your wide-eyed face to focus as they sink straight down oblivious to the current. Muck arrives through always-clear... by lori | Jul 17, 2016 | Here and now, Poetry, Sentience
for Lynne 1. There is a voice that says “You don’t belong here.” that says “Your voice is not welcome here.” that says “This is my home. Not yours. Get out.” 2. Here is another voice that calls “Bullshit” on the first voice that urges “Fight” urges “Protest”... by lori | Nov 10, 2015 | Flash, Here and now, Poetry, Sentience, Women
From across a great distance Althea said op3398££$&00!!! 940ttti %$%^&*mmm …….!! ¬¬¬¬¬ BB jhut mkopi D74 Se Se Se ! ”£$$%^& Wait. How did she know? How could she see my life so clearly from the other side of the world? Yesterday was terrible. I failed.... by lori | Aug 23, 2015 | Beauty, Flash, Here and now, Poetry, Sentience, the Void
a flash poem inspired by my We Shall Dance With Mountains friends. Amazing photo by Joe Milmoe… Together distant galaxies being born an opening hand stretching across the womb of space touch the darkness with spinning fingers new fingertips encountering... by lori | May 20, 2015 | Caregiving, Content, Here and now, Multiple Choice, Poetry, Sentience
blank page empty space a face turning into wind solitude bare feet a fuck-it attitude a friend’s voice removing my head from my ass felt freedom to mess up keep learning felt connection to the universe herself nature before me shifting from particle to wave... by lori | Apr 10, 2015 | Poetry, Sentience
It’s day 10 of #NationalPoetryMonth. Today I’m publishing a poem in progress. This is a first draft and is not finished. First an experience happened: four deer stepped out onto the road and walked directly toward my car down the middle of the road,...