Tag: Poetry
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› Read more: Where I’m From (a poem)Where I’m From (a poem)
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› Read more: “If you see me…will fewer people die?”
“If you see me…will fewer people die?”
Another day, another senseless act of violence. A response in poetry: If you see me, hijab and overalls, laughing and …
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› Read more: 2024-2025 Flood Food Diary (a poem)2024-2025 Flood Food Diary (a poem)
I wrote this poem inspired by the prompt for the 2026 Mountain Xpress Poetry Contest which was to share a…
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› Read more: Strangers on the Internet (a poem)
Strangers on the Internet (a poem)
Last Friday, Bigfoot Books and Brews in Marion, NC held their first poetry open mic night. I had intended to…
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› Read more: Poetry: What the flood washed away (and what it couldn’t)Poetry: What the flood washed away (and what it couldn’t)
An original poem to mark the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene hitting Western North Carolina.