art on art

the summer before saturn returned

fruitlove
is the new
the building of
workshop your heart
truthful plastic
too to die for
this is not a poem about you
I'm that girl
breathing, subtracted
bruised not bruised

sometimes i'm an angry grrl

corner cursing
vaginal discourse
cavorting w/dirty
everything the wiccan girl wants to say in her “hebrew poetry” class

the post-college hangover

rosewater revisited
returning
the fashion of things
a day in the meals of
the cookie dough of life
he said my name is bananas
warm milk with coffee and a straw
wordcloset

the electric walkway ends abruptly
(poems relating to airports, airplanes,
and the general traveling experience)

february’s juneteenth festival
(winner of the intercollegiate 'poetic voices' contest)
the electric walkway ends abruptly
trying to use my seat cushion as a floatation device

frog-kissing

i was conducting some trivial act of
the candyman can’t
what transpired inside
peek through it
playroom

i said no to drugs, but they said better things back

the park was waiting for this
subtle t
the present, in quarters
marriage skribbles
dropped or dropping?
must’ve been full of heroin

i'm not sleeping, just resting my eyes
(poems about my battles with insomnia)

mother coming
insomnia baby
going/sleep/sisters

passing (poems of loss)

the antilogic of sorrow
as a life’s cycle

because not everything has to make sense
(wordplay pieces)

can't berry tell?
the cantor’s berrytail
jaybiker breadearner
slurried
statements
the best thing to have is
doing it juice test

roleplay

birdblade
mother may i be your
an uzi a day keeps the doctor away
regarding grapes

say it loud, say it proud
(spoken word)

fish your wish
mangifera indica
pondering posture
bkg188

texas toast
(my overly documented obsession with a lousy texan boy)

when “free drinks in the casino” doesn’t cut it anymore
hitting a wet patch
overboard
optimism

when asked what the weather's like down there,
the short poem answers,
"shut up or i'll bite your ankle."

bus stop thought
bothered 3some envy
a key to
the taste of this
feline empress with coffepot tummy gives girl stigmata
legwarming
mark me crimson tugging extreme