“On Tyranny” Lesson Title Slide Readings
For 20 days (not consecutive; ended up with the flu in there), I recorded a read of the title page for each lesson in Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons…
“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…
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 Activate the First Freedom and repeat the terms, scream the phrases they told us are treason: Do not obey. Speak. Sing. Say. Gender Diversity…
End of Democracy
Not enough Americans have been stabbed in the gut survival lust: scouring the drawer a hundred times and finding nothing to devour not a cracker, not even a ketchup packet.…