Some clues that you were raised by a narcissist: you have low self-esteem, you blame yourself for everything, you feel … More
Category: Memoir
Memoir Prose Poem: Runaway Princess
Chocolate milk and cheesecake only for me/pink walls my mother painted all by herself/with a paint roller on a ladder … More
Poem: Mother’s Day 2020
Preface: I wanted to participate in the eulogy for my mom at her funeral in March of this year but … More
Protected: Memoir: Prose Poem: Scapegoated Freedom: Part One
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Protected: Memoir: my true love Spencer Stories: #3 Dichotomies
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Protected: Memoir: my true love Spencer Stories: #2 Bipolar Artist
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Work Stories: Goodbyes: Part Four (final part)
On the day we argued she must have been in great physical pain because she yelled at me for unknown … More
Work Stories: Goodbyes: Part Three
Over the years she has always asked me, “When are you coming home?” “I made a new home in California. … More
Memoir: Poem: Symbols are like an alphabet
Symbols are like an alphabet in my mind. My dream of home contains them, often I rearrange them. Symbols can … More
Memoir: Poem: Memories repeat like songs
Memories repeat like songs./I left my parent’s home in Maryland/our domestically unsafe haven/filled like helium/with emotional explosions/anchored by our collective … More
Memoir: Six degrees of separation: my 3rd degree connection to “The Artist” formally known as Prince Rogers Nelson
When the album, “Purple Rain” came out I was a teenaged fan. I heard rumors that he was from a … More
Poem: Treestarlight, a poem for my mom
My mother loved Christmas She loved trimming the tree and beamed singing while stringing crystal light stars untangling the multicolored … More
Protected: Poem: bad romance
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Poem: “Seoul Sister” translated (part one)
I came up with the name Seoul Sister Because Koreans have much soul I was born in Seoul with a … More
Work Stories: Catering: “Where do I know you?”
I was working at a catering event, an engagement party at a fancy house in the obnoxiously affluent Marina district … More
Poem: Survivor’s Guilt (haiku in 8 variations)
1) with Survivor’s guilt you live your lifetime thinking what could I have done? 2) It doesn’t matter that it’s … More
Memoir Poem: Ghost House
The houses that you leave behind become doubled like ghosts. Lost memories haunt dreams in landscapes of place. Hillsides fences … More
Memoir Poem: a true gentleman (haiku)
A true gentleman he protected me as if he was my father.
Protected: Synchronicity Mystery: Memoir: Depeche Mode
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Protected: Memoir: First crush Philip B
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Memoir: Sanctuary Library
Most people assume that all staff that work in libraries are librarians, but the majority are a support staff of: … More
Protected: Memoir: The time that Dad crashed
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Protected: Memoir: The Line Up
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Protected: Memoir: Diamond Dogs in Feather Boas
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Memoir: The Mystery of Language
In Korea I would blend in physically until I’d have to speak, my accent instantly exposes me as a foreigner. … More
