original poetry & prose

share with me, friend,
in returning to presence
with peace and love.

movement by movement,
breath by breath,
moment by moment.

disembodied

day 5 of NaPoWriMo – a poem inspired by Cotard’s Syndrome. how would it feel to be convinced that whole parts of oneself simply do not exist, or have already died?

ZYZYXIA / six sunflowers

day 2 of NaPoWriMo – a poem named for (but not so much devoted to) an obscure and interesting English word.

mirror self meets my eyes

without following the prompt and posted a few days late, here’s day one’s poem for National Poetry Writing Month.

Cardinal

dedicated to my loving grandfather, C. H. Hilley.


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