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Free verse
10 poems, newest first.
00Thirty PercentThe forecast gives it seventy
and my mother brings the washing in.1 critique01AppetiteI wanted the house.
I wanted the man in the house.Waiting on a reader02What He Would Say About the WarHe would say the food.
He would say the cold, and then the food again,Waiting on a reader03I love you differently.I can say
that i love a lot of thingsWaiting on a reader04What the Neighbors HeardNot the plates. We never broke plates.
What they heard was quieter than that —Waiting on a reader05Two Words for RainMy mother's language has two words for rain —
one for the kind that asks permission,1 critique06InventoryThirty-one years of a workshop
comes down to boxes labeledWaiting on a reader07The Long Way to Forgiving My FatherHe taught me how to check the oil
by never once explaining why,1 critique08Closing ShiftNobody tells you retail teaches you geometry —
how to fold a shirt into a rectangle nobody will remember,Waiting on a reader09Kitchen, 3 a.m.The fridge hums its one note
and I stand in its light1 critique