Whyta keepa
man na for himselfa
down in da holey waterwith da
name in da whole of
da with you
edge skip
ing along pulled
tight
against da man's face
we skate and trace
over
the outline of da man's face
a weirdy weird weird man i found
cheek
you found
bottom
oh brother where art thou nose
to breathe
i think you are an accordion
with stape stape staples
song a staple song a stable song

dazzle you glitter beard

mashed potato waves

stop saying the word nymph

blanketed apostrophes

thoughts in a song

thoughts in an apple

thoughts of the big apple ro ro ro rhododendron rugs saffron a big toe sat on a big to

you belong with me whaaaaaaaaaat

o toward to his each own the meat of a nut
the meat of a nut

im glad you call it the meat of a nut

the way
ur fingers

press press into the bones in my back, searching to be    there

an ancient trade
and
god knows im meant for a dirty basket or two

swing low sweet baloney we're a match made in heaven oscar

a funky funny in an elbow crook belonged to a little age on your teeth

a little age on my face

a little age does nicely a dabll doya da man

wit da glue

whoda say so whoda tot

Rumi and O'Keefe

"for there is more gold in one leaf of a cottonwood tree than in all the chapels of Rome"

gratitude art - day 12

practicing gratitude ~ day 11

Today I'm grateful for:

Binx fell asleep on my chest

Ben Howard

mushrooms and rice and chicken noodle soup

my mom

Savannah telling me what we always suspected, Jackson from Hannah Montanna is played by a 35 year old actor

15 min yoga

nakedness

sharing my dad's computer

the way washing your face at night feels really nice

Nathaniel Branden and "The Six Pillars of Self Esteem"

mirrors of all kinds

nice emails from professors

Thanksgiving coming soon

practicing gratitude ~ day 10

I'm grateful for shrimp with cajun seasoning I'm grateful for my brother having a lucky lucky lucky break I'm grateful for my dad being here I'm grateful for learning how to fix a sink I'm grateful for swing dance and youtube

practicing gratitude ~ day 9

I'm grateful for laugh laugh laughing with Calvin I'm grateful that he said we're all in "cool relationship phases" I'm grateful for goofing off and laughing after I fart

I'm grateful for the opposite of loneliness and for cereal with berry filling

I'm grateful for being a grown up

I'm grateful for creating something that means something

practicing gratitude ~ day 8

grateful for waking up to trickling water
grateful for ferocity and for tenderness together. a ferocious tenderness
grateful for dance that makes you feel something when you watch it. Pina Bausch.
grateful for happy kids on halloween
grateful for Mary
grateful for hot drinks pressed in your lap or your chest
grateful that bad dreams are only bad dreams
grateful that I can go to college and take classes on playwriting
grateful that my English major friends know that to be an English major does not mean you love grammar (seriously, who loves grammar for the sake of grammar??)
grateful for soft, beginning light