A dream wherein I have every sensation that I’m on a winding forest path, complete with damp air, bird song; life … More
Category: Poetry
All of my friends are lonely
Notes from the inside This inner world we show each other these as best as we can, trying not to … More
The Air Between Us
“I will sing while you croak, I will dance over your dirty corpse…” And the story of Tania’s cunt Four … More
In the empty
Not another sad poem I don’t want to write another Lost-in-the-night-of-my-soul, Moonlight to guide me, But the heavy’s getting old, … More
The trickster effect and a new year
The past meets me at my doorstep, in the mirror, in a crowd of faces, in the playlist on shuffle- … More
Entry 112016 – He’s so tired and I stand by
My love, he’s so tired and I stand by, face facing the wet pavement, I know what the sky looks … More
Entry 111916 – Flowers in the dark of night
We are all much like flowers in the dark of night, awaiting the arrival of the sun, beneath natural forces, … More
Entry 111216- You like a good show
The first to congratulate the one who does a fine trick, Your concept of quality (you proudly proclaim it as … More
Entry 102716 – Music on the hill
My grandmother told me, She said, her mother, Ruth, sat at the kitchen table, a cup of coffee warming her … More
Entry 91515 – Devil in Shadow
The devil follows me He makes pacts with my shadow I stand by helplessly, I stay away So he stays … More
Entry 61015 – Softly Built
In the night, at first, I painted pictures of my insides with words. The tired eyes, still and icy, inviting … More
What We Can Learn from the Autumn Garden
The autumn garden in late afternoon sun. Spring gardens get the glut of our attention for their buzzing, dripping, luscious … More
Entry 82316 – Overexposure
It rings in my ears, the words “why are you showing me this?” Already insecure that my past The dimly-lit … More
Entry 72616- Now is the Time of Monsters
As I sit sipping black, sweet coffee, The sun pouring into my room A weight is on my shoulders, though … More
Entry 92115 – Floater
With a world waiting under waves, I met you at the surface Your home was within sight, under the moon, … More
Entry 92115 – Harsh light on the softest memory
I would run back And turn on all the lights And kiss your lips so hard they bled, Hold your … More
Entry 11416- Beyond What Poems Do – A Response to Poet Ntozake Shange
My Response to this magical image: Oh, yes. A poem is A thing that wants to be caught, but … More
121615- Grief Song
What impossible decisions I’ve made, the weight of them, The scars and time it’s taken to heal enough to breath … More
121615- Cutting Hair
In the mirror I was not who I had been Before my hair grew long, down past my waist, A … More
Entry 121115- Heart on the Ground
In a shape so clearly made of two halves, a whole, I wonder now if the invisible line that breaks … More
Entry 52615 – Either Side of the Fire
You say I make you happy, always have. Then why the burning at the backs of my heels? This firey … More
Entry 91615 – Onward
Don’t we all walk a path Which looks here and there, In shadows it hides and the sun sometimes blinds … More
Entry 81915 – From the Highest Shelf
Once I tried to change the story. I opened a new book beside my life as Story, wherein I lay … More
Entry 82315- Flowers in Their Hair
Girls and women paint themselves, Deserving of praise for what abundance they represent- The earth songs their heels sing, step … More
Entry 81915 – Failing Them
There is one of me and you, and you: you are them. The quiet understanding is that. A meaningful gesture … More
Entry 72315- Unknowing as an Art
Imagine for a moment that your language is as foreign as the many you don’t understand. Your thoughts are … More
Entry 71815- Home Made
Waking up, it was quiet in the small home I made, of modest yet precious items. Bright petals ripen to … More
Entry 71415- Twisted Tongues
Just wondering if we speak the same language, words fall heavy on my ears mind rephrases it “don’t go, love … More
Entry 71315- Stand
The cup overflows; left out in a storm, it did what it could. I watched the glass fill with new … More
Entry 71115- The Well-Deep Thought Mine
My twisted belly knows it squeezes, rocks My beating heart knows meaty life-giver My chattering teeth Chipped fingernails know clipped … More
Entry 71015- The Things I Wanted to Tell You
The things I wanted to tell you dance fast along in my mind. Nights I sleep on these thoughts. The … More
Entry 7615- The No Cry Woman
The curse can be a blessing if you know how to take it. Into your folds and dimples, the sore … More
Entry 7715- A Bird with One Wing
To navigate with a single eye, One must employ a range of forgotten sensory powers. Inner ears attune to map … More
Entry 61615 – Skins
We’ve talked about this before. I’m far from settled, a nomad embracing her pariah skins, bracing for embraces of her … More
Entry 61615 – Halved
________________________________ Halved am I, unreachable between worlds. Pulling from one will break me. _________________________________
Entry 61015 – Fractured Skull, Round Two
Don’t worry about the bruised and broken chest. Concern yourself with your head, for you have much to decide. Think … More
Entry 6315: Revival
Stop! I see you’re bleeding and it’s getting everywhere, on everything- the markings of your loss. Rest, it’ll slow. When … More
Entry 52715- Ripe
It’s a bad idea to love me, now. There’s fruit that goes bad on the vine, you know. Hard and … More
Entry 52715- The Veil
Earth sounds loud above, ominous thundering breaks my concentration. We know the sun is there, but the light is easily … More
Entry 52315- Raw
We don’t always show the raw ingredients of our present emotions. Some need time to cook To be tried … More
Entry 52015- A Mythical Creature, Wanted
To be known without getting into trouble- A test of concealment, wickedly daunting for the vigorous soul. “You, you … More
Entry 51715- The Serpent
It kills me to be this way, One foot on earth. Afraid of entering the deep, Least stable in my … More
Kaitlin Sansoucie 