Witches, Women, Women, Witches A Poem Women’s bodiesWomen’s ways Healing throughout history Birthing throughout history They said it couldn’t beThey said it shouldn’t be They said we couldn’t beThey said we shouldn’t be Our bodies, our powersOur bodies, our gifts They’ve been trying to erase and replace us For centuries now Goddess carvings predate it allFemale bodies worshipedContinue reading “Women, Witches, Witches, Women”
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Justice
Justice In my home officeNo one uses too much creamer But I always have to be the one to make the coffeeIn my home office I pull a tarot card to kick off the morning It was this or finally start that yoga or meditation thing It’s a major arcana, from my Goddess deck, and itContinue reading “Justice”
Wildfire Afternoon
Wildfire AfternoonA Poem We play Animal Crossing until noon, and then Swim in the apartment complex pool With the tiny bodies of flies, bees, and moths as Company, pray tell what ambitions should one have in a pandemic, What poems should a poet write, What odes to nature when nature is on fire? What ode to humanity When humanityContinue reading “Wildfire Afternoon”
Okay Boomer
I don’t know if you know this but anyone can be a boomer, it’s not strictly hard line boring old age being called onto the carpet, out into the ring, but it is this mentality, this mentality that has caught us up, got us stuck, mostly unaware, it’s not just you being old, or beingContinue reading “Okay Boomer”
Upon Learning that Planets Make Sounds
The earth is loud. Those of us here well, we already knew that. It’s loud down here too,we take up space and send twitter feeds to Mars, they come back rejected nobody wants that, alien or human, we are annoying. The other planets make sounds like humming or ocean waves – we make sounds like TV, likeContinue reading “Upon Learning that Planets Make Sounds”
Sinkhole
And it would seem that even with things happening that we can explain/ nothing is really changing/ Vegas is sinking into the earth because it is not sustainable, Vegas actually should and could sink into the earth that is fine by me, and / I am sure much of this world might be all theContinue reading “Sinkhole”
COVID Party USA
America is one big Covid PartyOutside my window, down below A baby shower is taking place Tables and tables of people, a DJ, catering Not a mask in sight, I sigh and pull down the shadeAmerica is hopped up on COVID now, like anything Else, we are easily addicted, easily fooled, peopleKeep thinking kids need theirContinue reading “COVID Party USA”
Float
Why is it that just after the sermon on letting go, I feel better, then, by 4pm in the afternoon,I pick it up again, that old hurt, that old heavy, that old grasping needy cling, I can be sitting here doing fine and then bam, triggered, and my hands are full of it again. Then IContinue reading “Float”
Moon Flower
Show me a flower That opens in the moonlight And I will show you Magic Witches we are all witchesWhen it comes to the glow Of the moonWhen it comes to the moonlight Being out at nightIs glorious Is sacredIs feminist Being out at nightWith nothing else But the moonThe stars The night-blooming morning gloryIs decadent IfContinue reading “Moon Flower”
Hope
In the checkout line the woman behind me asks if I had seen any hand sanitizer or cleaning wipes, I said no I had not, my cart full of some basics, not a haul, not a stash, not a hoard, just spinach, mushrooms, bread and butter, some eggs, some milk not enough to get anyoneContinue reading “Hope”
Jenny Justice 