Ruminations on Helen of Troy.

A personal and poetic take on the Tower of Babel.

Is the universe coming full circle Finding itself, reflecting itself 

Rays of sunshine, when you look again. A poem about second glances and falling in love.

You pulled back. Took your heart and left.  You made your decision. I know that.

The ancient - aflame - consumes itself And is raised to the ground

Love blossoms anew

I love when we lisp and when our wrists are limp/ just as much as I love how we spread our legs/ when we sit and the many ways we simply exist.

on the chapter of Darb Tābac al-Kalb/ the bride-to-be licks her thumb/ and turns the page to sharp white/ pressed black

After a day of touching everyone else’s skin / I wonder what it means to you / To go home 

"if i were a tree..." A poem about happiness and freedom.

I know now/ I must speak in Arabic/ to talk about us.

A poem about the Dance of the Forty-One - a social scandal in Mexico, 1901, involving an illegal police raid at a dance of gay men.

A poem about a man who builds fences to keep strangers away, and a woman with memories of much worse men.

A poem on Gaza.

"I want to lace Love into everything/ And I want my tears/ To be worth something"

"Oh, fearful heart, my prisoner of doubt/ A fortress I built, where love is shut out"

Listen to the music of your pulse and feel the winter cold before "the first amber lick of light" in this poem.

A poem that reflects on unreciprocated devotion as love intermingles with longing, sacrifice, and the haunting silence of ingratitude. 

The last chapter of this speculative fiction invites you to imagine the Mycelocene: What would this new epoch be like?