Claiming Alexandria

  Light If I’m careful, I could let this spark stay alive.  Flickering,  a little,  subsisting.  Or,  I could let it go into a blaze and con...

NaPoWriMo or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month o...

by Justine C. Tajonera There are days when I have time to study the shadow of a leaf at the edge of a wading pool or gl...

by Justine C. Tajonera This prayer is difficult and full of distraction. I try to disappear into a corner of the scree...

by Justine C. Tajonera Some mornings are beautiful, suffused in cool light, white window curtains rustling with wind and...

by Justine C. Tajonera Like victims, we allow monsters to be. We give them permission, we give them the keys to our fears...

by Justine C. Tajonera Same body of water, same box, same volume of liquid but what has changed? Only the quality of the...

by Justine C. Tajonera To make something out of nothing is a talent and a thing of pure delight or the joy of a poet o...