abstract painting with thick textured strokes and blotches

I meant a weave of cells

me and not me and now

I am both more and less

and how is that not always

what loss looks like?

—from “Said & Meant: Blighted Ovum,” first published in One Art: A Journal of Poetry

Image by Vojtech Bruzek on Unsplash

About me

I am a poet and writer from Portland, Oregon. Besides my love of words, I am also passionate about my neighborhood, healthy spirituality, working out at PDXFIT, community, trees, and lemurs. I am a founding member of the WE WRITE Community and the Springwater Community. I recieved an MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and I teach writing and literature at Clark College in Vancouver, WA.

black and white headshot of Meredith Kirkwood a white woman in a knit cap with long wavy hair