A Willingness to Contemplate
A poem on the tension of holding our individual and collective suffering. Can we look away? If we choose to employ that defense—is it protective in the way we imagine?
Yes, yes you do (Everything’s Fine)
(Is this floating?)
Tiny Pieces
A poem which looks at themes of death, limitations to our knowing, the vastness of the human experience, and relational dynamics.
On Death
A poem which looks at the pain of day-to-day living after the death of a loved one.
Thoughts on Dad’s Alcoholism While Driving through McDonald’s
A poem exploring themes of addiction and childhood trauma. But really a love note to myself and other survivors. Actually written in a drive-through.
You Are Home
A poem exploring personhood, womanhood, resilience, and the journey of coming back to myself.
Need + Ask
A poem exploring resistance to need and interdependence. What if we took a tip from nature?
Anxious living for good cause
A poem exploring anxiety and the complexity of holding the magic and the mundanity of the human experience.
Comparison
A poem highlighting the absurdity of comparing our needs.
Weighted
A poem exploring abuses of power, systemic discrimination, a polarized political system, and global insecurity—written in direct response to the white parent of a transracial adoptee leveraging her child’s story, rather than taking a fucking seat to listen.
Stay
A poem exploring themes of depression, love, and anxiety.
The Sound of London
A poem which explores love and the subsequent loneliness found in companionship.
On Being a Writer
A poem exploring procrastination, poking at the (sometimes) process of undertaking creative enterprises, and asking questions about creative-identities.
Tangerine
A poem on … well, a tangerine. Or sex.
Value
A poem exploring permission-seeking, affirmation, and how we find self-worth.
That line, your lip
A poem written by a distracted college student. But like, wuUuT did he mean? You can relate.
Self-Portrait
A poem written while feeling REALLY good about myself. Aren’t we all infinite? I say, yes.
Would I return?
A poem exploring death and rebirth, executed in observance of the beauty all around and in deference to nature.
Think, think
A poem relating to the mind-consuming, second-guessing, and regret of relationship.