Ribbons
Ribbons unfurl and dance across your field of vision in the sunshine, their curls and shimmers
Read the poemTender poems that still tell the truth.
These poems hold the reader gently without going soft around the truth. Care is present, but so is backbone.
This is a good first page if you want tenderness without blur, comfort without sentimentality.
Curated for this doorway into the archive.
Bougainvillea
I watched her hair catch fire On the promontory. My heart burns in the twin chestnut flames
Read the poemAnd you are magic
Imagine a crystal vase Filled with clear warm water Floating in a pale blue sky.
Read the poemIn your arms
One day, when you're six years old you may watch your Dad leave, and have just the
Read the poemAs if you both knew
You can't grasp what you'd most wish. Tiny dust motes dancing and shimmering
Read the poemHold close the messenger
One day, you'll discover a way to do things— a logical structure to your
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