
Trouble in mind
today, i am a black woman in a body of coal
i am always burning and no one knows my name
i am a nameless fury, i am a blues scratched from
the throat of ms. nina—i am always angry
i am always a bumble hive of hello
i love like this too loudly, my neighbors
think i am an unforgiving bitter
sometimes, i think my neighbors are right
most times i think my neighbors are nosey From 'litany' by Mahogany L. Browne During my vacation in the U.S. (whic


Making certain it goes on
To know expanse I read thin books on spruce and buffalo, and sailed where ice and bears are serious. I rose when the sun broke wild and blinding on the field, walked to the bay made famous by old Indians and now the sun From 'Keen to leaky flowers' by Richard Hugo It's impossible to find one poem to sum up the past 2 weeks (yes, I missed a week, #badblogger) in just one poem. These days brought me from the city buzz of Seattle, to the crisp wilderness of Montana and Idaho's r