Housewife-Poets

There she is with the coffee
Always the coffee
Bitter
And so much to drink
And drink it she must
After all she paid for it… Read more
There she is with the coffee
Always the coffee
Bitter
And so much to drink
And drink it she must
After all she paid for it… Read more
The first time I saw a fire’s flame, I stood on the second floor of a third-story row home in my favorite place – my grandmother’s kitchen. The small space … Read more
The news fuels take-offs – crypto rising, Southwest rebooking,
weapons trading, and lay-offs – alphabets, bladders, and cinemas
trending. The United States Supreme Court claims it’s unable to
identify the … Read more
The game of Life has origins of perennial
debate. Tales of Romeo and Juliet,
Big Bang theories, and Milton Bradley reprints delight.
The Game of Life in board game form … Read more
I arrived an alien now.
In a different culture,
will I lack nurture or admittance? I don’t share
religion, rites, in spite of rights with you.
My language languishing as … Read more
It’s the Solstice & I visit Diana
in her home above agate-strewn shores
obscured by eucalyptus trees
and clouds, dense and gray as tanks
The shortest day of the year … Read more
There are those washed-out days, ones my mom would
call the days of looking drained, colorless, as washed out
as bleached linen, the aftermath of sleeplessness and sadness,
the palette … Read more
The buffet visited her in her dreams last night. It must have known she craved Wonder. She hesitated, then let it in. She had no choice. All other beds were … Read more
Black Friday
Small Business Saturday
Soccer Sunday
Cyber Monday
Giving Tuesday
Weird Al Wed (NPR on replay)
Go Green Thursday
Is it Friday yet?
my email spirals
electronic
response nodes… Read more
The girl did not bounce off the coated man’s
knees. She dropped to the floor clawing herringbone,
remembering the suckled teat of her mother’s, her own
birth, the ocean she … Read more
A cat toys with a mouse, sprinkles
shredded cheese in its path. The mouse
sniffs the perimeter of the cheese, tempted to let
instinct and hunger take over. He resists.… Read more
There is an owl who sits
on the shoulder of every man who takes his guns
into a nightclub, superstore, or anywhere
that life is for the taking.
When the … Read more
None of this had to happen. Not the argument. Not the terrible timing. Not lateness. Not the alarm that wasn’t set and not the too-late television.
The Netflix service might … Read more