Full catalogue of works
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- this must be ozConsider me Dorothy,Disjointed and disorientedIn a land unfamiliar. Dazed that there could be any one,A single one,Who has seen you Who has known you Who has loved youAnd does notContinue reading “this must be oz”
- lostWhen does a thing become lost? Is it the moment when you lose sight of it And it comes to rest in an unfamiliar space? The moment when sight passesContinue reading “lost”
- a self-fulfilling shouldI thought of you today And I wondered what you’d see My tired eyes My frizzy hair Or the tattoo flowing free I thought of you today And I wonderedContinue reading “a self-fulfilling should”
- it was you
- Frog PoseI lay on my belly in Frog pose, leaning into the juicy stretch across my inner hips. The moment feels so peaceful that my mind begins to wander. She wandersContinue reading “Frog Pose”
- his last breathhis last breath took no more than a moment,when his lungs blew a silent cry into the airthe breath held his soul as it glided along the face of hisContinue reading “his last breath”
- you could be meI think I’ll be a story, scored by a melody moving and gentle wild with rhythm bellowing at the moon. Eyes will be following, as I skip down every streetContinue reading “you could be me”
- too latea sprout sees above the earth the roots entangled below lives lived a thousand times he gets his turn to grow light and hope within his eyes he seeks outContinue reading “too late”
- the wallShe was ivy. Growing between the weeds, grasping for a hold. They clipped her leaves, one by one. But another tendril reached out. She grew in so many directions theyContinue reading “the wall”
- HealingAt birth, they presented me with a mirror.The subtle reflection haunted me with the design of a shadowed life.There was the ancestry to which I was bound,There was the homelandContinue reading “Healing”
- A Ten Letter WordThis ocean has no boundaries.It stretches beyond the edge of the world.It is too big. I can’t see the shore or the horizon, only the waves threatening to pull meContinue reading “A Ten Letter Word”
- Back to the earthI receive, inhale, and They hold steady in my bones.Chaos holds, trembling in my soul. I belong to Chaos.I can’t move for stumbling.I can’t breathe for faltering. I wonder whatContinue reading “Back to the earth”
- a whisperIt begins witha whisper an upturned nose at the dust on the surfaceOh, I meant to…but you didn’t I survey the field and see all the criticisms before he hasContinue reading “a whisper”
- A Glass of YouHard isn’t strong enough to capture the lives we have recently lived. There are easier out there. We are intimate with grief and exhaustion and resistance. There are harder. WeContinue reading “A Glass of You”
- Core Memoriesis what we remember what we believe? are the imprints of moments sequenced in our dna? does our heart beat in rhythm to the melodies of our past? do ourContinue reading “Core Memories”
- In Golden EyesIn those blue eyes. You are the sea of warmth and an awakening. You are the gentle wash of sweet relief when you reach my skin. You are the birthContinue reading “In Golden Eyes”
- On Penelope J OakIs Penelope Josephine Oak my given name? Nope. And what is the wonder of the world if not to birth in a little piece of newness? Penelope for the ladyContinue reading “On Penelope J Oak”
- On DepressionSometimes, Bluebird, you might feel something is wrong and you don’t know why. The something might be crushing, or prodding, or nothing at all. You might hear a whisper ofContinue reading “On Depression”
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Penelope J Oak 