Writing from the quiet edge, where language meets landscape, and the search for meaning walks beside wind, water, and wild things.
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My Mom is Dying in a Hospital and I'm Buying Her Shoes at the Market
Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on Unsplash
Because that’s what she wanted—
black shoes, nice enough for church,
soft enough for the short walks
she kept promising the neighborhood,
though she hadn’t walked in months,
the wheelch...
For Joy
Photo of Joy, by Joy, published with her reluctant permission
While we crossed oceans, built homes,
watched our children dream, you stood on
the far shore, tried to make a country speak
your name, a life that never quite
held. Then f...
Libellula
Licensed under the Unsplash+ License, photo by Zdeněk Macháček
Each day I lose a word,
a small stone from the riverbed
of my mother tongue.
On the phone, I speak with my sister
in Italian, a way of holding fast
to my roots. I tell...
Sparks of Something Extraordinary
Photo by NASA on Unsplash
I lived a long while
in the shadow of what was given,
my faith drowsing
in a field left fallow.
Once, as a boy,
I knelt before my father
to ask about the Father—
fear knotted my throat,
doubt whispe...
Gratitude
Photo by Anton Darius on Unsplash
I am thankful for the birds—
sparrows chattering like old friends,
the red-bellied woodpecker
scolding an empty feeder.
Their hunger gives my hands
something to do.
For hands that shaped me,
e...
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Italian-born, New England-based poet writing about grief, memory, nature, and the mysteries of being human. Author of On the Edge of Knowing (Kelsay Books) and That’s Not My Shadow, winner of the 2026 Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, forthcoming in 2027.
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