Said
He woke up thinking what he said she said
or was it she said he said
or each didn’t say
the other said
and he said I didn’t say that and she said you did
Mental Health Workers
Love’s Executioner
I come from a proud Polish poet sent to Siberia, right
arm cut from his body, punishment for poems—
the first daughter of a man from Naples who was
a baby in a ship’s hold, women screaming and praying
Mental Health Workers, Poems, Tributes
A Bad Way to Go
“Goodbye everybody.” —Hart Crane, jumping off the SS Orizaba The suicide-by-gun takes a deep breath, jerks one finger, and it’s
Audio, Mental Health Workers, Poems, Tributes
Lunch with My Parents
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/SteinLunch.mp3″] So my mother is rolling up her skirt because she spilled cold water on it and maybe she’s
Essays, Mental Health Workers, Tributes
The Art of Waiting
O you and me at last, and us two only! —Walt Whitman There are only the two of us. The
Mental Health Workers, Poems, Tributes
This Poem Is Not About Me
Because not everything I write is about myself. I used the word “she” not “me.” “he” not “you.” this is