(For M.R.C.) She alighted like the tigerlily swallowtail, On a misty afternoon breeze, She danced like the delicate damselfly, Lounged like the lingering lizard, And sat in the low branches Of a mighty piñon pine, Like a naked and downy young hawk She climbed ever higher Into the […]
Upwellings
The Perfect Hollow
The Perfect Hollow (For M.R.C.) I am the wind, And the wind must move along According to my own path, And whistling my own song. But when I nestled in the hollow of your heart Circulating in that vase like cavity, It brought me right back To the very start […]
Devoté
Devoté (Dedicated to Nika Shahkarami, Mahasa Amini, Ghazaleh Chalabi, Masoomeh, and all the other girls and women killed in their struggle for freedom from patriarchal religious oppression in Iran and across the world) At an early age she learned, from her parents and her peers, From her teachers, and on […]
Body of Water
Body of Water (For M.R.C ) Smooth hard and shimmering Your shoulders are warm boulders Cooled by a spray of salty air And golden kelp laid over them Are your bands of sun-bleached hair Your pale belly is the dry and toasted sand Scattered with freckled sargassum Forming […]