October 30, 2025

  Random Acts of Kinship   The phrase jumped off the page of the book at me. “Random acts of kinship.”    “Yes,” I thought, “of course!” What we need now more than ever are random acts of kinship, the acknowledgement that we are in fact related and we belong...

October 16, 2025

CLIQUE   Sound bites Snap shots Snapchat   We summarize one another Instantly With laser precision So graphic To pin one another On X   Life in caricature Neighbors by category Left Right White (Is she my neighbor After that visa oversight?)   “Who...

October 9, 2025

Image: Melanie Kyer “Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?  And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure...

September 18, 2025

Wings   No one tells you When you move your child to college About the next day When the house is quiet And her room lies empty But the door is closed So you pretend For a moment She is still there Laughing Talking on the phone  Leaving crumbs   How will they see her?...

September 4, 2025

Image: Barbara Ryther Moored She’s such a small boat In such a lot of water   Mostly she floats gently   But then A tidal surge A storm swell A sudden squall The wake of a passing tanker   She rocks and sways   The death of a loved one An...