Author Archives: Koren

Smaller (Spoken)

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Koren

I wore size ten shoes in 4th grade. Guess my path would never be adorned with sparkles or rainbows. because department stores, they don’t carry the pretty shoes in the big girl sizes. And no, eager salesgirl with the saccharin … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on going to the movies

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Koren

I saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High with my mom. Yes, with my mom. I was 10, she was progressive. Sharing popcorn with real butter and a box of snowcaps. Only scared by her reaction when I asked what a … Continue reading →

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Summer of…

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Koren

This is the summer of my voice. Of finding new ways to bite my tongue on social media. Failing miserably at ignoring my Father’s pro-Trump Facebook posts and inflammatory, snipey emails. Of standing up for what I believe in and … Continue reading →

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Tree Grief

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Koren

I miss you Tree, canopy of luscious leaves fingers tickling the clouds. Kin concealing manmade structures on the horizon. Countless creature homes lay in piles like bodies. Heaps of kindling bequeath openness that chokes me with grief for a tree.

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The Seal

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Koren

I wrote this poem back in 1992 when I was living in Newport Beach attending Irvine Community College. It was my first real attempt at poetry. The receding tide knew before I did and it left him alone, out of … Continue reading →

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The Swing

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Koren

Has it really been four years since I called you, from this very swing to tell you we’d arrived safely? A lingering habit from years of traveling to visit Dad without you. The metal chain creaking as we chatted back … Continue reading →

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Dear Me – Spoken Word

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Koren

I read “Dear Me” at the 2015 UUCS Jazz Poetry Slam on Saturday. Being a slam poem virgin, I was pretty happy with 3rd place. Performing was fun; think I’ll keep working on this form. In hindsight, my piece was a … Continue reading →

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Where I’m From

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Koren

I wrote this poem for The Luscious Legacy Project, a workshop led by Sue Ann Gleason that I’m participating in. Our first prompt was to write our own “Where I’m From” based on this poem by George Ella Lyon. Here is … Continue reading →

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Love’s Rebirth

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Koren

Wrapped in a cocoon of responsibility and would-be love, I withdrew and braced for a life unknowing, blindly waiting for a moment of light. Finally, like the snake sloughs off its old skin, I shed him. Leaving behind a fragile … Continue reading →

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Smaller

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Koren

By twelve, I was ‘big boned’ with a ‘generous’ nose, size 10 Fred Flintstone feet, an overly toothy smile, and muscular legs no skinny jeans could contain. I just wanted to be smaller. 
Fantasies swirled through my hormone-soaked teenager brain. … Continue reading →

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