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BESIEGED
Posted on August 29, 2024 1 Comment
Today’s post is surrendering of what I hold as publish-worthy prose to journalistic testimony in the raw.
Davin I
Posted on April 8, 2024 Leave a Comment
Total eclipse of my heart. Sun, moon, shadow. Forever love. Missing us.
HOCUS POCUS: Golden Shovel
Posted on October 31, 2023 Leave a Comment
After Jennifer Michael Hecht When you were twelve, your shadow out cast mine, you’d eat two bowls of long spiral spaghetti straws twirling in a meaty sauce I scratched, red, lip-smacking, mmm. Wednesday nights, the donut shop man is a dervish charmer filling our sack for three dollars for no rhyme or reason. Once, in […]
September, 2023
Posted on September 2, 2023 Leave a Comment
As bright summer days wane into the amber of the autumn equinox, I find my psyche returning to the fragile landscape of shock and grief when the nucleus of my family was ruptured. 22-years later, our avowed devotion is the flame which ignites an unwavering pursuit of truth and justice to hold sovereign nations accountable for their role in supporting and carrying out acts of terrorism on American citizens, on our nation’s soil.
The Promise
Posted on July 26, 2023 4 Comments
And I said: “Dear, I promise to love you forever, and you said: I promise I’ll never leave you.
July 25, 1987.
I found some fantastic fudge today!
Posted on May 11, 2023 2 Comments
In honor of David’s birthday, his story is told by the mark of his own pen. I’m pleased to share his gift of words, as brilliant as the light of Venus in this evening’s sky. This is your invitation to the celebration.
What Holds Me Back?
Posted on May 7, 2023 2 Comments
What is the force that drives the code I cannot crack, why can’t I step out of my shell what holds me back? I’ve read “how-to” books got keys to success from T.V., but still I haven’t figured out, how this all applies to me. Sure I make out my lists what goes and what […]
April 8, 2023
Posted on April 8, 2023 1 Comment
Dear Davin, From the time your dad slid a diamond on my finger, I dreamed of the home we’d own, the children that would play hide-and-seek in closets, and the adventures we’d take together to experience the wonders of the world before your dad’s world went dark. We’d mix large batches of sticky rice […]
Still Life with Mother
Posted on September 22, 2022 7 Comments
I invite you to celebrate the birth of my mother in this poetic homage.
