flashback friday

Flashback Friday: You Can Do Better Than That [Narrated]

Flashback Friday began as a way to revisit older work—not to tidy up the past, but to reexamine the stories that shaped me.

May 30 •

Flashback Friday: Held Up to the Light

Flashback Friday began as a way to revisit old essays or poems with a looser grip—sometimes to revise, sometimes to release.

May 23 •

Flashback Friday: Never Spoken Twice

Thirteen years ago, I wrote a piece called ‘Losing and Finding Myself’—a linear account of grief, rage, and reinvention in the wake of my mother’s…

May 16 •

Flashback Friday: Mr. Seward's Donkeys

There was a time in my life when I truly believed a man at the top of our lane owned a herd of donkeys.

May 9 •

Flashback Friday: Just Pat

Back in October 2021, I was visiting St.

May 2 •

Flashback Friday: Open [podcast]

I thought I was just moving. I didn’t know I was coming home.

Apr 25 •

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Flashback Friday: Open

I thought I was just moving. I didn’t know I was coming home.

Apr 25 •

Flashback Friday: Last Birthday

I wrote this poem on my dad’s birthday, four years after we’d celebrated his last.

Apr 18 •

Flashback Friday: Love & Loss

On poems, parents, and the power of finally letting go

Apr 11 •

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