Poems

N.P.D. featuredpoem

N.P.D.

They made me believe make believe – that people are benign yet careless, well-meaning just…

Susana RinderleAugust 19, 2024

Castaway featuredpoem

Castaway

If you survivewhen the ship capsizes,if you avoidthe hulking masts and jagged ironas they plummet…

Susana RinderleMarch 3, 2023

For Stephen featuredpoem

For Stephen

If I’d knownI would have halted all minutiaand rushed to your side.I would have climbed…

Susana RinderleDecember 16, 2022

Epilogue featuredpoem

Epilogue

If we surviveour descendants may look backon the declineof our “civilized” empireand wonder:Did they know?When…

Susana RinderleNovember 3, 2022

100 featuredpoem

100

I don’t ever wantto get old,to end up grinning toothlesswith hollow eyes,vacant mind,and bent fingerswaving…

Susana RinderleOctober 22, 2022

The Matrix featuredpoem

The Matrix

It’s all wrong. From this box I dwell in alone to the manicured trees outside…

Susana RinderleFebruary 29, 2020

Resolution featuredpoem

Resolution

I am resolved to sweetness to waiting for what’s next to being pliable like bamboo…

Susana RinderleDecember 29, 2019

Shards featuredpoem

Shards

I don’t know how to beamong so much brokenness.I have the hands of a healer,the…

Susana RinderleOctober 21, 2018

Green Burial featuredpoem

Green Burial

When my final day is done I would be returned to the earth – nothing…

Susana RinderleSeptember 23, 2018

Depression in 5 Acts featuredpoem

Depression in 5 Acts

I float above the earth untethered in the rain like a hesitant balloon from yesterday’s…

Susana RinderleMarch 31, 2017

To the Woman Who Came After Me: featuredpoem

To the Woman Who Came After Me:

Do not forget your lineage, where you fall in the chronology. I am the one…

Susana RinderleApril 7, 2016

Skin featuredpoem

Skin

My skin is growing thin. The youthful firmness of my jaw is melting downward, flesh…

Susana RinderleApril 2, 2015

The Change featuredpoem

The Change

I sleep generous hoursyet I am still exhaustedthis is breakdown I eat nourishingly wellyet I…

Susana RinderleFebruary 8, 2015

Be Gentle featuredpoem

Be Gentle

There is a time for Speakingwhen words that can no longer lay silentissue boldly from…

Susana RinderleDecember 21, 2014

Island featuredpoem

Island

I’ve counted miles by the islands hours by the days wasting decades of wanting and…

Susana RinderleNovember 16, 2014