These scales just don’t come off like they used to. I pick and I pick and I pick and they peel off one at a time, painfully, taking...

The apartment is clean I say with satisfaction Tiles scrubbed, kitchen disinfected, laundry folded Never mind tomorrow Today is neatly...

Happy honeymoon, darling leaving the U-haul another misadventure me, listed as your “wife” for paperwork only, of course One water pump...

I could have gotten you a tree Something symbolic and not-so-subtle Either for us to watch grow together Or For you to resent by yourself...

don’t let me fill in the blanks you leave with thoughts ーI call them blanks they are bullets nonetheless tearing through my brain,...

Below is an ekphrastic poem written about The Last Judgment by Michelangelo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangel...

The context of this poem is important. As mentioned in my About section, I played volleyball at school. I also tore both of my ACLs...

一Welcome, and our condolences一 Melatonin, lamb of rest, Thou who takes wakefulness away on swift wings Flow through our humble veins and...

This collection is the result of a semester of editing and work in a poetry and nature course that I fell in love with. I'll be posting...