Converted to Love: A Valentine’s Day Dream Poem
Jewish Girl Takes Communion God says I can. So I do. “The wafer is the body Of love. The wine Its desire.” I eat This body. I drink This blood. My heart Is thus converted. …
Bunny Dreams: What does it mean when you dream of a pet?
When my daughter moved away a couple of years ago, she left her bunny with me—“for a couple of weeks,” so she said at the time. And so, I have become the keeper and companion …
Self Portrait in Dreams
According to common wisdom, every part of a dream represents a part of the dreamer: Every villain, lover, fool, and queen; every animal, each stick of furniture, the weather, the walls … all of the …
Ever been kidnapped by a dreamer?
kidnap poem (after Nikki Giovanni) ever been kidnapped by a dreamer? i’m a dreamer and i’m gonna kidnap you gonna hypnotize your hypnogogic reverie put you in my archetype, my anima, my animus or maybe, …
#2: Pastry and Conversation with Cindy on a Night When the Veils are Thin
She looks good Spiky hair, frosted, The way it was between bouts Of chemo. I call out to her And we take seats in some cafe Where we eat pastries and get caught up. “How …
Mother Sits
Alone at the table Too tired To do her job And so, the fresh Cut flowers are not In vases brightening The dreary rooms This is one house She won’t decorate Into cheerfulness. Those days, …
Dear Donkey: Asleep after debating Truth with S
Dear God, I pray. You might just as well say Donkey, you reply.