My spoken word piece, “Dietrich in Heaven” is now live in the Open Mic section of New Pop Lit, a publication whose mission is to fuse pop writing with the literary, creating a new hybrid.

My spoken word piece, “Dietrich in Heaven” is now live in the Open Mic section of New Pop Lit, a publication whose mission is to fuse pop writing with the literary, creating a new hybrid.

Rending the cosmos,
to midwife its own star-seed,
to papoose night-bloom.

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)
Hard to move forward,
when bound to what’s gone–
She bought a new pair
of industrial scissors.

(Installation by Izumi Yokoyama)
Each spring they return,
bound to renew small wonders–
Innocent by turns.

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)
Night swallowing its
own tale of snake swallowing
its own tail of night.

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)