Teraphim
Those they call vile things /
are an homage /
to Her beauty
Baking Cakes for the Queen of Heaven
My husband stokes the fire /
with wood the children gathered /
I knead the dough – /
an offering for the Source of all
A Lesbian Coming Out Ceremony
A ceremony to mark this significant moment.
Orrery
The toy Solar System /
gets the revolutions right /
but a true scale model /
would take up half of town / .
Alternate 10 Commandment Posters For Schools and Other Settings
A new interpretation of 10 universal laws.
The Compassion of the Womb
A Poem for the Removal of Uterine Fibroids
Ezekiel
“I have no people and my God makes me mourn…”
The Water Waited
“The water waited to see the animals again, / the shapes they would assume and the sounds they’d make…”
Miriam
“Prophecy is the glue that yokes today / with tomorrow, it is one hopeful word…”
Standing Stone
“The stone, once mudÂ
at the bottom of the ocean / pressed into rock by time, / will outlast me.”
