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HOMEPAGE2020-12-02T13:55:42-08:00

WHY I WRITE A POEM A DAY

In a quest to find more joy in the tedious rhythm of my life as a new mother, I vowed to write a poem every day that year to train myself to observe the world around me. That was 10 years ago, and I never stopped. May this space inspire you to notice the ordinary moments in your own days and find them suddenly bright with wonder.

TODAY’S POEM

The afterlife

My husband announced tonight
in the way that marriage
seventeen years later
can be unpredictable

that if he knew he was going to die tomorrow
he would decide to believe
in an afterlife

and since he said nothing else
except ask me if he should make
noodles for the kids

I know in my heart
in the way that marriage
seventeen years later
can be psychic

that he told me this
so that if I am near him
just before he dies

I am to hold his hand
and remind him
how beautiful it will be
when he lands.

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