I. before the sun sets sunlight swells as mushroom above skeleton-boned trees so warm as maple syrup yet so brief as a passing cloud i sav...

sky is a fuse after long funeral march from dawn to night i didn't see the flag-draped coffin only sea of sun-burnt faces 2 milli...

I gave birth- it was autumn  but winter came early that year There were no stitches nor bleeding pain  It was as if I woke up from a c...

Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter County, Florida As another air boat rain-ripples the marshlands  baby alligator, Sam, asks his mothe...

Grace @ Everyday Amazing One side burnt, the other cheek pale It's been some time since I made pancakes I say- drizzled...

A robin's nest by our entrance walkway Grace @ Everyday Amazing Above branches, a robin sits  On nest of  twigs Balancing on...

I am clay, bursting as spring leaf        Soft buds, pinking rain-grey sky            One hand is painting red chests of birds        ...

I step into my grandmother's small room and  ask her  How do I choose man to love ? My grandmother's face is a clock tickin...

Picture credit:   Margaret Bednar To mark the date new To see the common becoming uncommon In the flight of wings, In the cusp of ...

Credit:  Laurie Kaplowitz The doctors say they couldn't find the cause  of flooding in your lungs.  With each inhalation, a ripp...

the clouds descend thick & ominous fogging the windows grey & grainy thick snow drapes the garden silent & cold as em...

Caras Ionut This morning, time ran out without clothes & shoes No explanations were given in short meeting & email that fol...

My spine stiffens before the devouring: Close eyes, feel nothing, not even disgust Hardening becomes the norm, factor & given Pic...

Pages  torn raw    bellies & guts out  spread eagle, unfurling for all to see-        No, not the naked ex-teen princess         ...

Thai Beef Satay @ Grace her body is stooped spoon, heavy from      deaths of husband, parents, two siblings      dealing with aut...

Grace @ Everyday Amazing the trees are throwing up their hands in the air, shouting verses & clapping hands-  summer r...

Going to Vancouver City, BC Grace @ Everyday Amazing I want to go where the road  meets the sky & white-capped mountains - I...

AMMA i see birds by my window tree,          dappled in leaves & sun    how freely they glide about          in the gentle morn...