Prompt:

Write about a time that you felt safe and whole. Write about the people that make you feel seen and heard. Write about all the communities that you belong to. Give them love. Shout them out in a poem. This excerpt is for Elma’s Heart Circle - my poetry loves. Thank you all.

Poem 20/30 excerpt

all I want to do

is write with all the women

that I love, love, love

and so that’s what we all do

collective arms for holding.