Behind the Poems

  • Between the Chores

    Some daysthe poems arrive every hour,lined up like obedient birdswaiting on a wire. Other days, there are bottles to wash,little hands reaching for me,laundry climbing into mountains,floors asking to be swept,dogs asking to go outside,and tiny voices reminding methat they only get one childhood. So if the page grows quiet,it isn’t because the words have…

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