Audre Lorde!

A visit to Busboys and Poets yielded a new book and some inspiration…

adrienne rich

the first three of adrienne rich’s 21 Love Poems

London Street Fashion.

One of the biggest things I miss about London, is the street fashion…view photos by area of the city here.

"Dionysian Body"

spontaneously written a half-hour ago, if that…

“Dionysian Body”
Milk-pale round balls of doughin the half-light from the kitchen,kneading and rolling them, the kittenfollows my fingers and necklace
swaying. The milk slides out into flushedimprisoned sand, two dunes paired,patched with dollar-weeds curled black,as if by fire. Your calves bowing in
like the vase’s neck, in the [...]

communal creative energy!

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, I had the privilege to see two of my favorite bands (The Rosebuds, and The National) in concert together at The 9.30 Club in Washington, DC. A unique thing happened to me at this show, I fed off of the energy of the musicians so much so, that I began to [...]

In My Craft or Sullen Art

A bit of how I feel tonight is best expressed by the poet Dylan Thomas:
“In My Craft or Sullen Art”
In my craft or sullen artExercised in the still nightWhen only the moon ragesAnd the lovers lie abedWith all their griefs in their arms,I labor by singing lightNot for ambition or breadOr the strut and trade [...]