The trumpet playing The baby crying Children playing soccer against my wall They pale into insignificance against the sound Of the pressure washing of the building, And the water coming under the door We are in a storm in here The windows are blurred Like portholes of a tiny tugboat Tossed by the waves But…

Heart Pounding  Tears streaming down my cheeks  Rage in my chest  Fear in my gut  I know there is more for me  Than the life I’ve chosen to live Still  I say yes to the pain   Fingers around my neck Large body crushing my ribs  Strained voice asking me “Do you like not being…

It takes Courage (Coeur) to trust in life, to embrace the natural unfolding to experience the shadows that reveal the light. And to dance in sheer delight It takes Courage to drop the veils of safety those menacing defense mechanisms.. .…. It takes courage to dive in with complete abandonment To feel the bodies own…

Sitting at the table smoking French cigarettes Debating the efficacy of white chocolate ‘Tasteless facsimile ‘ Tenzin on her Harley- no less A Buddhist nun with a thousand lifetimes in one All of you seem in rarefied air, today Alpha Romeos and Mercedes Benz– Until the gladiators with earth movers push thru Replanting gladiolas–a leveling…

If a Lesbian came out when she was 48 years young And she had been out for 12 years How young would she be? Loved waiting for the clues And how answers to questions eventually reveal themselves If we are listening. Sixty years young. (And if I had given you the correct information, you would…

“Running into a burning building to save the family pets, intubating the next patient without taking a break from the last one, having just lost someone you love and having to listen and respond thoughtfully to your client talk about their issues, accepting yourself wholly and not caring what others think, sailing around the globe…

Animals fed Roof over my head Need a new bed Done… And undone Hard to have fun Arms too open Now i am coping Hoping… Animals and me Better than We Free… Love… Too rough Enough… Fell for you Blue… I think i will move

It takes a lot of courage to say to those you love “I’m not the person that you thought, I’m feeling quite mixed up” “At 24 I’ve realised, I’m different than the rest, Oh brother dear, don’t disown me, don’t put me to the test. Sent from Samsung tablet. It takes a lot of courage…

There is an assumption on my part that expression is better than suppression There is a time and place for disclosure and here in our poetry we find a gentle way  To say things that might have been hard to say any other way.  For some reason speaking this out in verse And making art…

Anne lister wrote inside Anne Walkers bible, 1832-34 “There bends no roots so low but it may rise again. Who that has that hope which human power nor gives nor takes can never feel forsaken or forlorn.” God bless you my dearest Ann Every affectionately and ever faithfully yours. Among The Smokestacks by Di Klepac…