a chain link fence                                 surrounds us in the yard                                                                                                                     the guards stand watch                                       a diffident distance                                                   away                                                                             heavy screens bar                                       all the windows                                          no patients are screaming                                            out of them today                                                                                                                                                                                            there is a momentary calm                                          perhaps a […]

I have been to heaven and hell.My strength forged on the fiery surface of Mercury.Within the bounds of our solar system,I have been a space cadet.My steel was tempered by the light of cosmic energies.Rebirthed countless times,like the infernos of the very sun itself.I will explore beyond the outer planets,further […]

 The hummingbird feeder is The social hubbub of The garden, where they love To hover with each other Round the nectar bar. There’s a flutter of feelings there, A blur of rainbows, And also a bumble of bees; Briskly buzzing zingers With their wicked little stingers With those little drops […]

In solitude, I rest in darknessEnclosed inside my hardened outer skin The cool earth surrounds me, protects me, gives me stabilityI feel its abundance all around meHolding me, feeding me Slowly I breathe inthe air piercing my shella breath of clarity, a moment of knowingand there is a change in my being I […]

I’ve had to deal with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder for many years and once I finally overcame the worst of it, I was able to write this poem to try to explain how the MDD felt to me. Poem by Vanessa Kuljis aka Tasha LeeAnne Wolf

Fish Out of Place The place is the space, The place is the space, outside of time and space. Fish out of place outside of its element, photographic experiment, heavenly blue, dynamic magenta. Chilled to the bone, yet still alive in my mind’s eye, undulating, rhythmic movements. Listen for the message from […]

I wrote a poem about fall. It was inspired by the theme of Falling Leaves and by Mary Oliver’s poem “Song for Autumn” and here it is: Autumn Longing It is time for bed,It is time for rest.Everything strives south, goes down, lets loose.We all have gone to seedPlanting our […]

The leaves are so beautifulin all their differentshades, shapes, and statesof growth, release, or decay.Today I am thinking of the treeThat held that life in its existence,nurtured it from before it was a small budcarried nutrients to it so that it could surviveas it developed and grewnow the tree sends […]

I cannot sleep.Then, I become exhausted and sleep too much.I cannot function well.Day is night, and night is day.I live in opposite world.Thyroid, lymphoma, testosterone, diabetes.Exhaustion.What else can go wrong?What else will go wrong?So damn tired.This is living?I learn that someone I admire has died.Suicide.I seem to be the last […]

Winter Bone The long exhalation of winter descends on my bones. Leeching the life from my blood until I’m left as barren as the land.  The quiet hush of snow covered ground hides the impatient musings of my mind as I seek a way beyond the bland limitations of this […]