Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ekphrasis, embodiment, face, verbs on December 5, 2020| 2 Comments »
I like when
your eyes haze
with mystery
so I know myself
more sculpturally
and remember
how to brow,
how to jowl,
how to cheek.
I like when
we lip,
more smear
less line,
when we belief
less tidy,
more smudge
more shine.
I love when we
smile through
shadowy mess—
when we face
less certain,
more suggest.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childbirth, meter, mother, poem, poetry, pregnancy, rhyme, verbs on March 12, 2013| 2 Comments »
Swell, stutter,
tremble, flutter,
stumble, grasp, contract,
waddle, falter,
rise up, wither
wander, linger, gasp,
squat, break,
spread, quake,
writhe, clench, fall, breathe, groan,
wrestle, shake,
push, unmake,
release, arch, push, hum, moan,
shudder, sweat,
quiver, let,
crown, push, open, tear,
cradle, hum
unfold, undone,
stare, wonder, weep, revere.