“This Solitude” – a poem expressing the feeling I sometimes had in this year of COVID. For introverts like myself, all the social isolation wasn’t such unfamiliar ground, and brought even more moments of quiet …
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New poem, “This Solitude”
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New poem, “Small Lives”
Here is a poem for all the little things I try to notice every day. We miss so much in our busy human lives, but they carry on in theirs without noticing all the fuss. …
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New poem, “Belly”
It’s a pretty big deal for me, too, letting another person in...
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New poem, “Sunday Coffee Cup”
It is the last day to review and relive, and ponder what's yet to come.
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New poem, “Last Call”
A short poem to ring out the night, I’m pretty sure it speaks for itself. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, and much happier 2021!
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Poetry prints in the works
Each poetry print will be unique then, and totally handmade.
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New poem, “Onion Skin”
A short poem about why I’m pretty terrible at poker, or anything else where I have to hide what I’m thinking and feeling most of the time. It’s difficult and painful to feel so easily …
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New poem, “Safe”
This is about something I think everyone wants to feel or have (especially these days), and the small ways in which I so often identify with my fellow living creatures.
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New poem, “Lightkeeper”
This is a poem for one of my dearest friends, who believes that the role and responsibility for some of in this world is simply to be a quiet ray of light and hope for …
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New poem, “Mother’s Tongue”
“Mother’s Tongue” – with some help, I’ve been coming to understand how such a big part of my own story is the result of trying to retell one of the most difficult ones I witnessed …
Jacqlyn Thorne 