what is

what will be

a raindrop

*Published by Haiku in Action on 3/31/22

blood of my blood the river before me

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 3/30/22

 shrapnel...

but all i want

is the soft touch of rain

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 3/27/22

**Translated into French by Serge Tome for Temps Libres during the week of May 15th - 21st

 my heart is

the warm spring air

the feel of a ground

so fertile

roses ache to sprout

between my bare toes

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

 consider this

if your mind

has a tendency to break

i believe

it is safe to say

you have a very big heart

in a very broken world

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

 at the ready

the night is quiet

and my home is completely dark

but oh

how i wait

for the effervescent hymn of stars

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

untitled with love

for every person

who feels they are not beautiful

let me tell you

i could revel in your gaze

and for every person

who feels they are unloveable

let me wrap

my arms around your ache

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

 dipping into your midnight gospel

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 2/27/22