Skip to content

Poems

Nan Williamson Poetry Collection

Pandemic poverty more floods and fires and here and there a Machiavelli who can smile and smile and be a villain.

What is a Haiku? Tiny Poem, Big Meaning…

A haiku is a very brief Japanese poem of 17 total syllables in three lines. Line one is 5 syllables, line two is 7 syllables, and line three is 5 syllables.

Opera

She gave her life to art while her lover was tortured in the wing. My father would stare at the long avenues ahead.

0200 December 1st

where the humanity around me dissolves into bodies and the humanity within me dissolves into mind.

The Therapist Blues

Will my life be analyzed through a feminist lens? It sure as hell would be boring if you approached it biographically.

Last Night I Dreamt

The basement flooded and I watched the water fill the house to the rim. My books were ruined and I began to write my own.

Quiet Reflection on a Trying Year

My first time alone on New Year’s Eve, future uncertain, past unresolved. The desire for time travel escapes me.