“Last Word” featured in Read+Write: 30 Day of Poetry
Like the title says! One of my pieces, “Last Word,” will be featured during Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Read + Write: 30 Days of Poetry event to celebrate National Poetry…
“On Tyranny” Lesson Title Slide Readings
For 20 days, I will record a quick read of the title page for each lesson chapter in Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” It is…
Tie Your Shoelaces
Some poems ignite from writing group prompts, just like this one. All I had to do was go back in time and give my younger self advice that could change…
Postcard Protest Campaign – Flood the WH on March 15
I saw this fabulous idea on Reddit: a Postcard Protest Campaign. And it looks like Indivisible has picked it up, so go RSVP today! I’m a busy mom, but I…
Promising Hands
Saliva-soaked palms, handshake. Pin to the finger, blood print. Intertwined pinkies, spell chant. One hand to the sky, heart crossed. I wrote this poem for a BlueSky prompt: “What are…
Words Breathe
WORDS ONLY DIE WHEN YOU COMPLY Activists, do not obey. Let’s activate to Advocate for our freedom and repeat all the terms they told us are treason: Speak up and…
End of Democracy
Not enough Americans have been hungry– real hungry: scouring the drawer a hundred times and finding nothing to devour not even a ketchup packet. Not enough Americans have lost…