Park Ekphrastic Without Park
First day of fall finds me in mourning—something about 50 Fahrenheit I’m not ready for,might never be ready for the rest...
The Newborn
Barely 5 lbs 8 oz,
she sleeps before me
and snores through
her half-open mouth.
She clenches her
tiny palms.
Tight chest, fisted heart;
tight tight—
sweat trickles down
her cotton onesie.
She...
Statistics
“An estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide, translating to 44 pregnancy losses each minute.”
Quenby, Siobhan “Miscarriage matters: the epidemiological, physical, psychological, and...
Anniversary with Busted Taillight
There remain the Pleiades, dark filling stations
deer crossing signs, waspish hum of planes departing Teterboro.
She belongs to the permafrost when we...
