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One thing I will never get to do is run my car off a cliff. Only because I’d die. I imagine the pure feelings of fear, joy, that sinking, falling feeling in my stomach, like in a fast elevator going down, the sound of the wind around my car and the ear shattering crunch of [...]

© 2008 Sandra Jean-Pierre
How will you meet me?
hands out front
alluring
luring me to you?
How will you
coolly meet this primal
gesture of affection?
palms out front
hands to the sky
How will you meet me?
Out on these roads
walking the walk of living folks living
revisiting the melancholy
of your love and loving
arms out front
hands above your ethereal hair
how will you meet
me this day?
this [...]

This week, I’m running a series about women.  Yes, I know, who would have imagined?  Several very wonderful women have agreed to share their stories about relationship with me at Hahn at Home.  Every day throughout the week, a lesbian will talk about their coming out, their relationships, and why they’ve made the relationship choices [...]

© 2001 Sandra Jean-Pierre
She doesn’t seem to sleep, not really. I think she naps, when she thinks I’m not looking, maybe even when I’m not there.
I caught her one time, after, when she thought I was far enough asleep that I didn’t need her watching over me. Her belly rose and fell in smooth breaths: [...]

© 2002 Sandra Jean-Pierre
I am looking to name this face
something other than
black
womyn
lesbian
disabled
bitch…?
I am looking for a name for this face
other than the smiles that have kept me
want and waiting
in this space
lost in time
pretty unlikley that it will be something i have
had in my mind
but
I am looking for a name for this face
as i am in [...]

I felt the need to put my proverbial tuppenceworth into the discussion on gay marriage, for two reasons:
1. Gay marriage is a crucial step in redefining the outdated patriarchal nuclear family and helping ensure that gay couples who so choose can live with certain rights.
2. I got married last month to my partner, on the [...]

I am happy that California passed a law to legalize gay marriage. Every human deserves the right to chose. However, I don’t think marriage will ever be something I chose to do myself. My feelings on the institution of marriage have developed amidst a lot of soul searching. Part of me feels like marriage was created [...]