Poetry

You are admirable in your ability to adjust to an unplanned pregnancy, face the ridicule of the deadly self-righteous, stand with your people oppressed by political occupation, travel eighty miles by donkey well into your third trimester, accept unwelcome and give birth among animals and …

Seven days steady make a habit. So what is to be made of seven days fifty-two times over plus one? One voyage around the sun spent Noticing The ways people spend their time on the train not noticing each other Root patterns crashing through concrete, …

  Elms and sycamores must mourn the early onset of Spring Air billowing broadly, growing thick beneath warm sunbeams Soil softening, allowing cold, contracted roots to stretch knotted limbs Songs of early, red breasted risers lilting through still dusk hours The buds and leaves that …

Boys will be human beings who face their own emotions with vulnerability. They will use their words to express desires and listen deeply to the wants and needs of others. Nothing less will be tolerated.

Do not dismantle the patriarchy. Tearing apart a building brick by brick from the top down leaves a foundation in its wake. Do not smash it or burn it or leave behind remnants of rubble, ashes from which even the darkness can rise. Instead, dig …