Socra Mama

People want to be perfect for you. They dye their hair and have plastic surgery. They starve themselves and iron their clothes. I’m o...

Cupie Doll, Dancing puppet, Marionette To the samba, “Now what!” she sighs. More dancing. “Ahora que! Ahora que!” She sings...

Just as I was waking this morning, I heard the Cosmos say, “Answer everything anyone says to you Today by saying, ‘Good.’” At bre...

Any thing that begins can end, And anything that grows Can quit growing, Become stale and moot, Die at the roots and be done, And...

When you lose your baby teeth, And you have to watch your food, And you look so cute, Like a snaggle-tooth coyote, And then, your b...

I always want to talk to you A lot more than I ever get to. Tell me, do you have any spare time? My time’s gone flat, And I don’t...

I always wanted That someday  I’d have a big book of poetry  That my grandmother Would want to read And keep in her library. ...