Tag: poetic scars
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Scarred Body Valentine
Scarred Body Valentine emerged from the aftermath of a surgical trauma that reshaped both my body and my marriage. I wanted to write a poem that refused sentimentality and instead honored the raw, procedural reality of healing—where love is not a balm but a shared endurance. The poem is structured as a medical descent into…
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Wrinkle-less
Wrinkle-less emerged from a moment of reflection on how survival—through illness, loss, and aging—leaves marks that are not always visible. I wanted to resist the cultural shorthand that equates wrinkles with wisdom, virtue or experience, and instead offer a poem where absence becomes a site of consequence. The scars, deafness, and neuropathy I reference are…
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I’ve been thinking lately-
This poem emerged from a long season of physical suffering and spiritual reckoning. I wanted to write not about Christ as symbol, but as body—torn, witnessed, and echoed in the gestures of ordinary life. The hawk, the scar, the breath—all became sites of ritual and recognition. I’m interested in how the sacred survives in silence,…