Sample poems

For a partner who makes everything warmer

Your laugh still catches me off guard -- like sunlight through a doorway I forgot I'd left open. Come home. The kettle's warm. So is every room you've touched.

free verse

For a friend across the country

Three time zones apart, we still laugh at the same hour -- coffee, yours; wine, mine.

haiku

For a hard day

Today was a fist. But you unclenched it, finger by finger, and found tomorrow still sitting in your palm.

free verse

For a mom who gardens

Your hands know the language of roots and rain, coaxing roses from silence. I grew the same way -- tended without knowing it.

prose poetry

For a coffee addict

A friend who loves coffee too much, Whose mornings need caffeine as such, She brews it so strong, The spoon sings a song, And her mug has a permanent clutch.

limerick