by Deena Tunstall Never forget your worth. Don't give your time to someone who doesn't want you madly. Isn't excited to...

  What does it mean to me All the fine talk Of tender lotus buds simmering gently Or of steamed chili peppers Opened to find their hidden...

JoAnna O'Keefe joanna@joannaokeefe.com "Live the life you've imagined"  -  Thoreau

The Suitcase. I beg that before you pack to leave, You follow these instructions; please. Place my passion in first, Then place it un...

Thomas Hobbes April 5 On this date in 1588,  Th omas Hobbes  was born prematurely  on ...

It's banking day again Mom's been planning this for a week Time to get her big stash -  enough to last a month She doesn...

There aren’t many times in my life Where I’ve felt comfortable Where I’ve felt welcome I’ve spent most of it feeling hor...

  Artist with Newborn at her breast,  robe slips silk, her shoulders, left arm cramps above joint, as she nurses her son, 2 a.m....

                                                             GIVING A HOOT   Love is like a fragrant Rose Whatever shape or fo...

I am Severus Snape, the mysterious savior. Only my eyes I have. Only my eyes I can save….for now. I go on stage soon.  Love me for ho...

          Hair on the Walls Jesus, where were you yesterday? Where were you during the Holocaust? I’m playing your character at Christma...

                                               A BOWL OF PLUMS                             Painting by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, 17...

Last night we spoke                 of mangoes, pomegranates, juice-drip, the many seeds. Curled against my basket your hot fruits nestl...

                     When I’m trapped inside Forever Eternal’s Canyon And the ocean’s flesh salts my past, but dehydrates. I float away, ad...

For PMI I drag bags of leaves, pages of the book that told last year's story, month by month, day to day, the frost speckled Sprin...

Storm peeled back night sky's skin, a deeper, pewter hue. In the west shade's drawn, but overhead reveals a slice of silver moo...