My relationship with the outdoors has been an insecure one. I grew up in an urban area where we ran around on sidewalks, sat ...

Midnight I ventured outside Among luminescent wavelets of moonbeams   Midmorning I walked through  Fluorescent ringlets of moonlight  Midafternoon I fell into Dreamtime I could not stop the cascade  I could not ...

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get a full-time job with benefits. My parents always encourage me to write full-time instead of pursuing ...

I walk hypnotically In slow motion Toward the unreachable horizon Lured by a shimmering mirage Lying between the wavering sky And the quivering ground  The datum points  Where sunset plunges ...

The worst feeling in the world is knowing what you want to say but thinking no one will listen. I started using the fantasy ...

The scent of cedar permeates the air as you stand there, watching the traffic pass you by. Your hair is pulled away from your ...

Crisp white flakes pour down They paint earth’s brown canvas bright They bring forth new life

I was a lonely lavender bushWith a pretty fairy-wing flowerNow!I am a rotting piece of deadwood. Last summerMy minder went on a holidayAnd left ...

 The leaves Azure and emerald Mother Nature’s Tear droplets of joy Daintily dangle Above sacred ground And faithfully Await baptism By cascading sunshine Thereafter The anointed leaves Eternally replenish Mother Nature’s  Earthly goblet With liquid hues Of azure ...

Have you ever read a fantastic book and struggled to return to your reality afterward because you could not stop thinking about said book? ...