Kimmy HigginbothamWhat Helps You Sleep at Night? - A promptI sleep best under warm blankets in a cold room. I sleep best with a body next to me. There's a song called "Weightless" that helps when...
Kimmy HigginbothamA Quarantine Sex Dream; or This Poem Isn't About You 2I had a sex dream about you last night. Is that accurate? I dreamt I slept with you. I dreamt I lay with you, That I shared a bed with...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhat is the Work Worth Doing? - A promptWhat is the work worth doing? What is the fat worth chewing? Why is the damn cat mewing? Just ignore her. She just wants attention. But...
Kimmy HigginbothamHow Much Does it take to Feel Like Yourself Again? - A promptHow much of what currency will bring back my sense of safety? How much of what currency will revive my sense of self? How much of what...
Kimmy HigginbothamAn origin story for West VirginiaOnce upon a time there was a beautiful mountain. Her raiments were green grass and wildflowers; her hair a tangle of trees. She was...
Kimmy HigginbothamDrift Poetry Inspired by Drift on April 26, 2020 Things I want for our “someday home”... A Magnolia tree. A pink one. Fragrantly sweet. One of the...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhen did you Grow Up? If you did... - a promptMay 9, 2020 When did you grow up? If you did... My chest grew up long before my hands. Which, as it turns out, was a problem. Body,...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhat would you Fight to Protect - A promptMay 8, 2020 What would you Fight to Protect? My family My friends My acquaintances My strangers My enemies Any living person Any living...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhat are you Grateful for? - A promptMay 7, 2020 What are you Grateful for? To be alive in this beautiful world with the ability to fall in love. My strong support system. My...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhat do you Love? - A promptMay 6, 2020 What do you love? Family first, and hoe. Home is with them, always. West Virginia, of course, my mountain mama who held me at...
Kimmy HigginbothamCommuning with Nature Part 2I am truly thankful that Cat assigned us to commune with nature. It has helped restore me in ways I cannot describe in words and now...
Kimmy HigginbothamAnother thought for Poetry May 5I fell asleep with my bare back Facing the open window Drinking in the cool moisture, Feeling the caress of the breeze Like a lover's...
Kimmy HigginbothamPoem from May 4, 2020The air sounds like the ocean today. A heavy crashing, distant roar, and rush. And as a misty rain crawls In through my bedroom window To...
Kimmy HigginbothamCommuning with Nature Part 1More proof that I'm not who I once was not who I want to be. I dream of gardens and being connected to the Earth on an almost Druidic...
Kimmy HigginbothamA Day in the SunThe sunshine gives me peace of mind And I realize I've never relaxed before I have nowhere to go, nowhere to be And, for once, I'm not...
Kimmy HigginbothamReflections on "Calm" an ongoing studyStarted March 6 2020. Added March 8 2020. Edited March 25, 2020. Edited March 30, 2020 I Calm to me is starry nights, fireside. Crackle....
Kimmy HigginbothamWife... MeWritten March 6 2020 Wife... Me By: Kimmy Higginbotham "I'll be a good wife", I say, and I believe it. I have plans, ideas - big ideas. I...
Kimmy HigginbothamWhat Makes a FamilyWritten March 4 2020 What Makes a Family By: Kimmy Higginbotham I used to have a window in my bedroom I fell asleep to slatted lines of...
Kimmy HigginbothamCounting starts at 1Written March 3 2020 Counting Starts at 1 By: Kimmy Higginbotham Positive, Positive, Positive, A day, one day, three years ago We truly...
Kimmy HigginbothamStatements of ActionI give, I take, I want, I reject, I yield, I stand my ground I Give - Feb 26 2020 - feelings from within the mask A grabbing, groping,...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20201 minWhat Helps You Sleep at Night? - A promptI sleep best under warm blankets in a cold room. I sleep best with a body next to me. There's a song called "Weightless" that helps when...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20202 minA Quarantine Sex Dream; or This Poem Isn't About You 2I had a sex dream about you last night. Is that accurate? I dreamt I slept with you. I dreamt I lay with you, That I shared a bed with...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20201 minWhat is the Work Worth Doing? - A promptWhat is the work worth doing? What is the fat worth chewing? Why is the damn cat mewing? Just ignore her. She just wants attention. But...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20201 minHow Much Does it take to Feel Like Yourself Again? - A promptHow much of what currency will bring back my sense of safety? How much of what currency will revive my sense of self? How much of what...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 15, 20203 minAn origin story for West VirginiaOnce upon a time there was a beautiful mountain. Her raiments were green grass and wildflowers; her hair a tangle of trees. She was...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minDrift Poetry Inspired by Drift on April 26, 2020 Things I want for our “someday home”... A Magnolia tree. A pink one. Fragrantly sweet. One of the...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minWhen did you Grow Up? If you did... - a promptMay 9, 2020 When did you grow up? If you did... My chest grew up long before my hands. Which, as it turns out, was a problem. Body,...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minWhat would you Fight to Protect - A promptMay 8, 2020 What would you Fight to Protect? My family My friends My acquaintances My strangers My enemies Any living person Any living...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minWhat are you Grateful for? - A promptMay 7, 2020 What are you Grateful for? To be alive in this beautiful world with the ability to fall in love. My strong support system. My...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minWhat do you Love? - A promptMay 6, 2020 What do you love? Family first, and hoe. Home is with them, always. West Virginia, of course, my mountain mama who held me at...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minCommuning with Nature Part 2I am truly thankful that Cat assigned us to commune with nature. It has helped restore me in ways I cannot describe in words and now...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minAnother thought for Poetry May 5I fell asleep with my bare back Facing the open window Drinking in the cool moisture, Feeling the caress of the breeze Like a lover's...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minPoem from May 4, 2020The air sounds like the ocean today. A heavy crashing, distant roar, and rush. And as a misty rain crawls In through my bedroom window To...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minCommuning with Nature Part 1More proof that I'm not who I once was not who I want to be. I dream of gardens and being connected to the Earth on an almost Druidic...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 11, 20201 minA Day in the SunThe sunshine gives me peace of mind And I realize I've never relaxed before I have nowhere to go, nowhere to be And, for once, I'm not...
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20202 minReflections on "Calm" an ongoing studyStarted March 6 2020. Added March 8 2020. Edited March 25, 2020. Edited March 30, 2020 I Calm to me is starry nights, fireside. Crackle....
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20202 minWife... MeWritten March 6 2020 Wife... Me By: Kimmy Higginbotham "I'll be a good wife", I say, and I believe it. I have plans, ideas - big ideas. I...
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20201 minWhat Makes a FamilyWritten March 4 2020 What Makes a Family By: Kimmy Higginbotham I used to have a window in my bedroom I fell asleep to slatted lines of...
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20201 minCounting starts at 1Written March 3 2020 Counting Starts at 1 By: Kimmy Higginbotham Positive, Positive, Positive, A day, one day, three years ago We truly...
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20201 minStatements of ActionI give, I take, I want, I reject, I yield, I stand my ground I Give - Feb 26 2020 - feelings from within the mask A grabbing, groping,...
Kimmy HigginbothamMar 8, 20201 minThis Poem Isn't About You Written March 6, 2020 This Poem Isn't About You By: Kimmy Higginbotham I promise I will never tell you this thing that isn't your...
Kimmy HigginbothamFeb 27, 20202 minWhen I Take a Wife - a poem 2019When I Take a Wife By: Kimmy Higginbotham The wife that I'll take will be magic and cunning And known for much more than the fact that...
Kimmy HigginbothamFeb 27, 20201 minUntitled Poem inspired by Mary Oliver 2019Small helpless creature - my brother by chance Gets swallowed up whole by circumstance. I grieve and I mourn and I dress all in black. My...
Kimmy HigginbothamFeb 27, 20202 minInter-modal Shifting - Emobodying Envy 2020"A vacuous hole attempting to fill itself with all... but there is always something missing. Something that someone else has. An...
Kimmy HigginbothamFeb 3, 20203 minMy Shamanic JourneyI start in a huge, green meadow - a forest surrounding - one large tree in the middle. White flower petals blowing in the breeze and tall...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20201 minWhat Helps You Sleep at Night? - A promptI sleep best under warm blankets in a cold room. I sleep best with a body next to me. There's a song called "Weightless" that helps when...
Kimmy HigginbothamMay 24, 20202 minA Quarantine Sex Dream; or This Poem Isn't About You 2I had a sex dream about you last night. Is that accurate? I dreamt I slept with you. I dreamt I lay with you, That I shared a bed with...