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Wonder Woman Remembers Grandma (a poem)

My Mississippi grandma and her friendshad superpowers.Not the comic strip kind,but the surreal, Southern, storied kind. What made them fantasticalwas how they stood outagainst the sobering backdropof modernity. My grandma taught herself to play the pianoand could play and sing dozens of hymnals by memoryas if the gospel was flowing right through her.Her hands had … Continue reading →

Anatomy of Stillness

anatomy of stillness the moon is yawning and fog hugs the ground as dew gathers at the tips of Everything this Everything glows, silvery the pulse of insects sounds like blood flowing through veins and the earth is cool and moist beneath my feet the stillness reminds me of my center like the eye of … Continue reading →

Bottomland Hardwoods

Bottomland Hardwoods the leaves crunched beneath our feet as we kept pace with the afternoon sun. a sharp call, like a tropical bird, echoed across the forest. we froze for reasons we didn’t know. “pileated woodpecker,” i said. and then, we continued on… small things caught my eye like the glossy red dogwood berries glimmering … Continue reading →