SANCTUARY, IN HONOR OF THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF CRISIS CENTER NORTH
Sometimes I come across a posting or article about my work on social media and, after being initially startled, I find myself grateful that I get to live as I…
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE MOST COMMON KILLER OF WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD
“A U.N. report revealed that 87,000 women were murdered last year, and over half were killed by intimate partners or family members... This means that, globally, six women are killed…
THANK YOU IS A PRAYER
THANKS Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms…
NEW POEMS AND OLD FRIENDS AND SAVING LIVES, TOGETHER
I serve on the Advisory Board of Paws for Empowerment with Crisis Center North, which is the first canine-assisted court program in the greater Pittsburgh region, created by my dear…
ANGELS ON MY AIRPLANE
I fell asleep writing on my flight, and in the always in between space that flying seems to stretch open within me, I dreamt there was an angel on the…
40 YEARS AND 80,000 LIVES
Poetry and activism bring me back to Pennsylvania once again. I am honored to have been commissioned to write a poem celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Crisis Center North in…
THE WOMEN JUST KEEP RISING
The final count of votes in the 2018 Midterm Election leads to a historic moment in US politics as a record 117 women are elected into office, with 100 Democrats…
THIS MOMENT.
THIS MOMENT TONIGHT.I've just gotten home from the gym, where I found myself in another unexpected conversation with a survivor of childhood violence. Despite knowing this person for years, I…
USE YOUR VOICE
I'm using one of the voices I’ve got, as if all of our futures depend on it.Please use your voice too, for the future we are making together.All peace to…