you can hold me here.

2009

December 42

November 92

October 71

September 87

August 88

July 120

June 120

May 135

April 132

March 165

February 137

January 143

2008

December 179

November 139

October 130

September 108

August 88

July 62

June

May

April

March

February

January

sometimes the beauty steals itself back (see where the sun...

somedays i carry a paintbrush in my pocket, a pallet in my...

yeah, somedays i take the stairs (or crush an ant) just to...

i mean, sometimes i squint my eyes, pretend the landfills...

“do you miss it?” (proving the phrase...

i know i’ve posted it before, but if you’ve ever loved anything, this poem is for you....

“live in THIS moment.”
— fortune cookie.

spent four-five hours with joy and her oil paints (my first...

christmas wish list.

oil paints water color paints canvas easel film for a polaroid extremely loud and incredibly close...

when i am an old lady & the teacup puts its mouth on me i will forget where i am; try to fit...

tis the season.

this is a sestina

people who write sestinas usually put the word “sestina” in the title so that other...

what i really want for christmas.

a mitzvah? a mind.

the group home for boys has a well lit christmas tree and if you didn’t know that these kids...

“love is a room, that’s what it is.”
— brod, as her response to her...

studsmcgee: raptorinside: I’d go straight for Rachel Maddow, but I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t...

kennythevampireslayer: Your Protector - Fleet Foxes i want someone to sing this to me in a dark...

LOL @ THAT.

ran into a friend i haven’t seen in years, since she moved to seattle. i ask for her number,...

maybe god is

our human need to apply human characteristics to vastly inhuman things.

“he would wake from sleep to miss the weight that never...”
— everything is illuminated.

kya: This is the cake my husband made. i am not...

kya: This is what my soon-to-be 4-year-old drew when asked...

i read poems sometimes.

for b-nice. and for my mom.

sophia wortzel, i am pretty sure you are the most talented woman in new paltz. thank you for you.

"megan falley, daring woman" written by...

When Megan Falley approaches the microphone, she is visibly anxious yet composed and steady as she...

really? this doesn’t sit well with me.

regina spector radio. pandora gold.

yourpalmal: I have all these beautiful things and I want to share them with you but that is hard...

“if i find an overturned thumbtack standing on the floor i...”
— -saint peace (another reason...

as written on my student evaluation form for my professor:...

sibling rivarly.

“disney land exists to convince us that the rest of our lives...”

“what is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or...”
— -jonathan safran foer,...

people who look like their dogs.

during my daring woman interview

interviewer: when do you graduate? what are your plans?
me: I have one more semester of college left... I don’t have any plans other than to ask the world to dance, write about it after.

i no longer want a lover, only books.

“If there is no love in the world, we will make a new world,...”
— (via qlassik) -jonathan...

brianomnidillon: Last night I went to NP to hold a...

“daring woman.” made my week.

pimpin' book titles.

question: what kind of writing do you do?
answer: autobiographical, erotic non-fiction.

if we held a picnic in your bedroom, would we still have to look for ants?

me: just got a phone call from the multicultural club of wallkill high school, they want us to perform. (but i don't know how these people get my number...)
omni: they get your number because it's all over bathroom stalls from here to china.
me: FOR A GOOD METAPHOR CALL MEG 516-555-1451