POETRY & PROSE

At the age of 22, I met the 63-year-old Armenian woman who had given me up for adoption. On the evening of…

My story is so nearly relevant, I forget and roll my eyes. Devil in savior’s clothes.Chooses strong women to destroy.Feeds his need for…

I keep thinking; These fleeing, mournful, frightened creatures- These are the true homeless climate refugees.‬ ‪I keep thinking‬; ‪Nature will return. Nature…

{{{strong shimmer…..}  there will be no genocide today.  no martyrs to make. We do not waste time on trifles.Leap, my daughter, from…

When I close my eyes and reach for the wall When my presence disappears {this is now} {this is now} {this is…

where my journey has left mefits imperfectly with where yours is now to join together in the synapse is to createto share…

Today I visited my Aji; that’s what I grew up calling my father’s mother. I asked her if she knew my name…

I don’t know why I seek validation from the one who only sees me as a number, from the one who reads…

Time is everything. Time is nothing. Time is the invisible that is tangible, told through seconds making minutes making days. Making up…

Some of my colleagues and I received an e-mail from the Diversity and Inclusion committee at my workplace, also my alma mater,…

A society constructed on artifice. If we collectively elevate the superficial and champion those people valued solely in terms of vanity and…

You find it more vile that The child who was defiled Had the right to save her life And the man who…