We Need to Have a Talk
Time and I are flying economy class. Flying makes her nervous. Time stashed three donuts in her backpack. She ate a large pepperoni...
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This website includes my (growing) collection of poems published on Medium, Substack, and elsewhere, starting from the day my mother died, November 1, 2023, to the present.
For a complete listing of links to my poems and other cool stuff:
Nolcha Fox
May 211 min read
Brush Stroke
Two days ago, a friend told my husband she was doing fine. This afternoon, we found out she doesn’t have long to live. Her life is a...
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Nolcha Fox
May 201 min read
Which Way?
My bottom sheet is tagged TOP OR BOTTOM to avoid the confusion I feel whenever I change the sheets. If it is top, is that not where it...
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Nolcha Fox
May 191 min read
What the Future Looks Like
The future has what-a-body and a fantastic haircut. She wears runway clothes from an unpronounceable designer. The future is featured in...
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Nolcha Fox
May 181 min read
Raspberries in February
Raspberries frozen in a bag, that plunk and bounce on tabletop are not the same as plucked fresh from a ripening bush. A little squish, a...
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Nolcha Fox
May 161 min read
Pouring Out
I want rain to pour out of my broken word to wash away anger, the silent goodbyes. I want music to pour out of my broken pride, a love...
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Nolcha Fox
May 141 min read
A Little Action
I waited for my bestie at our favorite shop. She often got there long before me. But not now, I couldn’t find her. I looked inside the...
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Nolcha Fox
May 131 min read
Standing Out
In this place of scene and be seen, of elbow brush and deliberate blush, I’m an out-of-place stranger, unable to mingle, awkward,...
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Nolcha Fox
May 131 min read
Indigestion
Words swarm in my head, stinging, dropping sour into my gut. No gumdrops these, no pretty poetry. My tongue twists in disgust as...
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Nolcha Fox
May 131 min read
Living Life Large
She bounces and sways as she sashays. She hides her lips neath parasol tips. She’s prettily plump. She grinds and bumps. She takes my...
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Nolcha Fox
May 111 min read
Hazy Yearnings
I know I want to do something. I’m not quite sure what it is. It would help if I put on my socks, but I can’t seem to find some that...
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Nolcha Fox
May 71 min read
Wild Geese
I loved to watch them fly, those wild geese. In my dreams, I was one of them. I felt the magic, the way to catch the wind, to soar above...
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Nolcha Fox
May 61 min read
Other Days
When I was young, I thought I was the best at everything I did, and I could do it all alone, no help from anyone. But everything is too...
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