by lori | Jan 12, 2015 | Essays, Love, Poetry, Women, Writing
Dear spouse, I want to tell you about grief. No, I don’t. I want to tell you about me – the woman emerging from the ocean in winter, naked. The wife you loved and knew died in my arms yesterday. You’ll be living with me now: Wife 2.0. Lucky man. First the good news. I... by lori | Jan 8, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women, Work
This just-messing-around, poetic-calisthenics poem is a tribute to the work of poet Jericho Brown: specifically, his poem Heart Condition, the first poem of his that I happened upon. Go find it. Read it. You won’t be sorry. Better yet, buy one of his books. Here... by lori | Nov 21, 2014 | Caregiving, Here and now, Poetry, Women
I. Goodbye family who cannot bear the weight of me. Goodbye family whose deep pain my own frame cannot bear. We hung on for so long to outdated expectations to what we used to be failing each other, sinking our intertwined souls until it sickened, almost killed our... by lori | Oct 22, 2014 | Here and now, Poetry, Women, Writing
poet, artist find the space your place outside the race where mind goes empty ego floats to grace go there every day No matter what every day if only for a moment Go there Go there Go There now. Can you feel the earth? Her spinning rhythm? Feel your strong and... by lori | May 15, 2014 | Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women
Ferns line the path between as tall as me old buildings seem to swoon in the heat a northern seaside town turned tropical in uncharacteristically warm May. Running late to the movies where women friends wait pop into The Star Store grab sour cherry licorice and... by lori | Feb 27, 2014 | Here and now, Poetry, Silly, Women
Let’s fix this Oh fuck it that’s never going to work your fault my fault someone here’s a jerk candor and reticence swings at the beach keeping thoughts to yourself giving a speech making a decision taking a stand waffling, wondering head in the sand pain,...