This Front Porch

An Ode to Morning

Mav — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:37:08 +0000

I went out to greet the morning… …and found that she had laid for me, a dew-studded carpet… …She wore the sweet fragrance of lavender and orange-blossoms… …intoxicating my senses as I meandered down a forgotten path. I passed by a well-tended garden, fresh produce at the ready… …and paused inside an enchanted glen to sit upon a mossy rock… and [...]

Pint-sized Dragons and Other things

Mav — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:12:20 +0000

This week I got a shocking, adrenaline-pumping, reality check about gardening. One morning after I watered all the pots and the flower bed (which I now realize I have not ever mentioned before…so look for that post coming soon!) I saw a large pile of weeds had sprung up…almost overnight. So I was happily tending my [...]

Whatever you do for the least of these…

Mav — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:32:14 +0000

While I was driving home from work, I noticed something quite feathery on my windshield; I thought maybe a butterfly had gotten stuck on my wipers. When I got home, I found this little bebe quivering all in a fright: Seriously, I got all teary. I mean nasty bugs on the windshield is one thing, but [...]

Delicious: It’s What’s for Dinner

Mav — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:48:24 +0000

Italian herb-encrusted focaccia roll; vine ripe tomato; fresh mozzarella; own-yard basil I’m certain little else needs to be said. I think I could quite contentedly eat this every day of the summer

The Grass Root Student

Mav — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:36:03 +0000

I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine, she is a wonderfully talented artist–both on and off the canvas! I first encountered Kristy as an incredibly gifted and inspiring spoken word artist at one of the Open Mics I attend in East Los Angeles. Since our first meeting, I’ve come to know and [...]

She Danced

Mav — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:06:20 +0000

she found her dance once more! and there she found a piece of her soul was healed a piece of her self returned her dance was there—it was always there— in her heart, but she had lost it for a time for a time there in the dark she had trouble finding it behind the pain underneath the broken in the midst of that dark night but it was [...]

Poetic Polaroid #1 [a day at "the office"]

Mav — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:34:51 +0000

I have decided to start a project called Poetic Polaroids. Much like those classic photos, these poems are instant snap- shots of moments in time. Raw. Unposed. Entirely candid. Unedited. I want to bleed for you Tear my clothes and grieve for you Pull my hair and scream for you I am the listener of your nightmares I am the [...]

A Word’s Worth

Mav — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:07:17 +0000

I guess I was out sick that day in kindergarten when they taught the whole, “actions speak louder than words,” lesson because throughout my whole life I have grappled with–and have been burned by–the difference that exists between peoples’ words and their actions. Maybe it is because I am a writer and a poet that I [...]

Bus/Rail Fieldtrip: January

Mav — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:34:55 +0000

One of my goals for this year is to become proficient in using/riding the train and bus system where I live. I think the bulk of my trepidation regarding this venture comes from a rather miserable mishap I had years ago in college. One of my dear friends and I worked for an afterschool daycare program [...]

In the Words of Womyn

Mav — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:38:04 +0000

I cannot quite convey how *thrilled* I am to announce the birth of a new blog: In the Words of Womyn. You can read all about the vision of this new blog and what inspired me to start it here. This blog serves as a kind of virtual open mic for womyn to give sound [...]