Tucked Between

Day emerges unhurried as a babe while earth labors to turn. I closely watch but cannot see the changes as...

Ancestor Poet Sappho

I took my lyre and said: Come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument   Although they are...

Singing Light

(After cataract surgery, with thanks to Dra. Claudia Camacho Choza) Dare I call them mine? The artificial lens of each...

Far-Flungery

Far-Flungery

Travel is on my mind. I’m preparing for an ancestor pilgrimage to Italy to explore my immigrant grandmother’s birthplace in...