These Colors Run True (Poetry)

This is how my pride survives the storm.

A Parade and the Non-King - Prism & Pen - Medium

A Widening Spiral — a poem of progress - Esther Spurrill-Jones - Medium

Inspired by the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” written by Jim Steinman and sung by Bonnie Tyler, by the poem “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats, and by the article We Spend a Lot of Time…

When Silence Marches Too (Poetry) - Prism & Pen - Medium

On April 5, 2025, my husband and I joined thousands of others at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington, for the Hands Off Rally — a protest for bodily autonomy, for the right to exist freely…

I’m Not Going Back - Prism & Pen - Medium

There’s nothing there for me I’ve explored and found it lacking The constant peace of mind And the occasional euphoria That evaded me in the past I’m not going back It took nearly 70 years To exhaust…

You Can’t Pray the Gay Away — a poem - Prism & Pen - Medium

Do you remember the night I told you That my best friend could fly? He had been so tired that day And he told me to stay On the phone because he had something to say About how he’d had enough About…

We’re the Libraries of the Inverted Triangle - Prism & Pen - Medium

the villains who might save you. “We’re the Libraries of the Inverted Triangle” is published by Logan Silkwood in Prism & Pen.

I Have a Brick — protest poetry - Prism & Pen - Medium

I have a brick. It’s weathered, worn— rough in my hands, like the hands that once held it. The hands that grasped it when there was nothing else to hold on to. I think of her— her kind face framed in…