Bumblebee

Beautiful creature

Hovers, as if by magic;

Wondrous bumblebee.

Okay

"I'm okay," he says,

"Look at how okay I am."

But it's half the truth.

Winter's Arrival

Busy lives consumed,

Winter arrives suddenly,

Dark nights, candle light.

Silly Slang

Do you feel queasy?

Please do not upchuck, barf, yack, 

Or toss your cookies.

Falling

The same girl who feared

Falling on her diapered butt,

Still afraid to fall.

Annie

Old woman walking.

Strawberry-blonde mop, red top:
Senescent Annie.

Baby Nephew

Dimple-knuckled fists,

Legs that kick without malice,

Sweet, soft, innocent.

Un-hemmed

Born on a hilltop,

I ever hunger for air,

Open-space un-hemmed.

Foreign Verses

Beautiful verses

Of a life foreign to ours,

They teach us to love.

Rootless

Rootless, she worries

Family only knows her

By her stuffed suitcase.

Chop

Power in the chop,

Contrary to Samson's tale.

Cut loose, cathartic.

Grateful

Dumpster-mouthed woman:

Loud, liberated, and brash.

Cherish her freedom.

Learning Gray

Born in black and white--

Strict categories and rules--

'Til gray blooms in sight.

Bar Classics

Little lime slices,

Olives, and Maraschinos:

Old bartenders' flair.

Pan

Serious creatures,

We women often look for

Peter Pan in men.

In Mourning

Collective heartache,

Loss, fear, and sorrow become

Shared but no lighter.

Mmmm, Feelings

All of my feelings

Seem too cleverly disguised 

As comestibles.

Nov. 8th

This November eighth,

Hope battles fear, with prayers for

Madam President.

"Feminist"

Train missed its station:

This self-proclaimed feminist

Constantly mansplains.

More Trees

Mountainous refuge

Away from the neon buzz,

More trees than people.

Mental Snapshot

Sunlight through the pines,

Woodpeckers and crows sail by

On the horizon.

Math Slow

GRE prepping,

Worried I'll look math stupid--

Truth? Methodical.

This City

City of Magic

And Cinematic Dreamers,

Clogged with cars, bad air.

Regretless

Looking forward, so

Also reviewing the past —

Wouldn't change a thing.

Out My Window - LA Edition

Twinkling skyscrapers,

The Getty viewed through the fog,

Cherished LA views.