Arlo

Happy final day of national poetry month! A flash poem a day, every day, in April! Looking forward to next year. Here’s today’s silly poem… Arlo Waggingly he came from the streets of LA Bundled up, shipped off to Seattle where average time to...

Artist Homes

First draft of a poem I’m working on. I noticed that I was deeply in love with the words “epoxy resin” and also my husband’s decision to become a full-time artist now too, and this poem showed up as a result… Artist Homes she kneels at...

The pull of springtime and the Borg

bees up to their knees in swollen pollen tulips rise kiss the day apples blossom giggle, blush and run away frogs harmonize in undirected choir damp soil winks to beckon seed earth preens her baby greens nudges buds from ground’s nest puddles twirl feet to lure...

An ode for frozen friends

Kentucky is freezing South Dakota’s a mess New York is frigid Tennessee’s in distress Maine’s streets are frosty D.C.’s they are too And even Ms Georgia has frost on her shoes. It’s a confusing time to be living in the Pacific Northwest February’s sting feels less...

The day of the playful heart

For all my friends out there celebrating the Day of the Playful Heart this weekend. And a few in particular. You know who you are…   The Day of the Playful Heart, A Very Important Poem by Lori Kane   There once was a heart so playful It couldn’t fit...