2026 Poetry Challenge - Poems

Render

Some couples
exchange love notes
but my husband and I
we share 3D models
of our dream home.

We render our future
with generative AI
and send snaps
of What If? images
to one another
to imagine what
our kitchen of tomorrow
will look like, could feel like
and what extravagances
we might equip it with:
what material the vent hood?
island with or without waterfall?
corner windows - white or black?

Some couples whisper
sultry suggestions
in each other's ears
but we prefer to
tickle the hippocampus
stimulating visions
of a shared space
to cook up our dreams.

Poet, writer, photographer and slightly distracted day-dreamer who muses on (gestures at everything) from the petty to the profound. On a semi-serious, fully earnest search for meaning in the mayhem. Perimenopausal, melanin-deprived, irony-enhanced recovering perfectionist Type A+ millennial woman. She balances the ever-continuing quest to Know Better/Do Better, with the distinct ego-death of parenting a smart, full-throated child who was raised to know the power of her voice. Mothering a teen means catching a side-eye in almost every interaction. Diana navigates the minutiae of everyday life through seeking the magical in the mundane. Follow along and laugh with her as the world flames out!

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