You, little movie theatre in Harlem, two blocks from my home, Do you remember how you took Mama and me…
Year: 2015
for Beckett Rose before they took you from your bed inside me, before they made that exploratory sleuce through exoderm,…
The women of my grandmother’s line are cloaked in polished oak. Their nipples bare, silk of budding blooms. I know…
My Nephew’s teeth are straight like swans in a row better than ducks pretty target for foe I worry about…
My mother died last May. She lived to sew her own designs dressed her only daughter like a baby doll…
My daughter has blossomed into a beautiful butterfly, She has learned to stop and smell the roses while avoiding bee…
Sometimes I raise my hand to brush the curl from the left side of my face but it is only…
“It’s Time”… Perhaps the phrase You whispered in my Father’s ear When you were Ready to conceive me. “It’s Time”…
You sat on the table at Sears, your dress of baby pink frilling around your feet; your hair with ribbons…
To Mom She slouches in the chair whose alarm will screech when she gets up. “What is this?” she shouts…