fiona goodwin

“When her pain is fresh and new, Let her have it. Don’t try to take it away. Forgive yourself for not having that Power. Grief…

The day we met, I was wearing blue nail varnish, shy Not quite sure of myself We were both taking a chance But as happens…

(Trigger warning: this poem describes sexual abuse) Please go away bad memories: I don’t want to remember their smile, sweat, or his smell. Or the…

No More Good Mornings, No More Good Nights, No More Even Are You Feeling Alrights I Saw It Coming For A Week Maybe Two The…

Standing on the London platform age 5 The rough string holding your gas mask cuts into your neck The rough string carrying your name and…

I wish I missed my mother and joined this milestone of loss with all the other daughters flooded with longing for some maternal arms finding…

Here have some wine Hear, have some more Hear that you’ve always been welcome You don’t need to stand at the door Here take a…

The song is growing !!! What if our religion was each other? If our practice was our life? If prayer was our words? What if…

In the year of our covid-19, zeitgeist of fear, death our tell-tales hearts kept beating and somehow we found this undercurrent of a little hope…

How dare you speak up? Say your name? You are voiceless. You are a woman, a mother, my wife. Everyone knows who wears the pants…

He drove across the country in a pandemic. In search of a new home, a new life. “Trans on the run” he said. What was…

My hand is on you to steady you my words are there to inspire you But some days they are not that Some days, your…

Ring-a-ring-a masks A pocket full of gloves A-tishoo, a-tishoo lock your doors! we sneeze at you!

This Journey has been wild! Given pain to ecstasy! Bam! Age 38 awakening! Could it really be?! Wow…this is how my body and soul comes…

The English girl was stoned with accords? Was she really being hot-tie tot-tie with big words. Was that really sooo knot-tie or was she calling…

Let me explain how long it took me to say those words aloud and what generations of people before me who could never, ever utter…

My mask came off at 19. 40 years later I wear another mask. I’m still hiding but from a different sadness and I’m not the…

If you have a roof over your head The chances are there are walls Supporting that roof They help keep out the noise Of the…

It’s dark but got moonlight I want to have you here It’s just a dream a lusting for someone I can never be with.. A…

I visualize a wall through a fog. Just realized yesterday. Fog the new emotion. Hard to see myself with clarity. I must give up trying…