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April 2016

April 28, 2016

What’s Really Important (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 28)

Sometimes, it’s okay to not meet the goals you set outAs long as you get...

April 25, 2016

The Mermaid’s Journey: Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 25

The Mermaid’s Journey I was foolish to give my voice away to try and...

April 22, 2016

Strength in Fragility and Cirque D’Etoiles (revised)

Strength in Fragility (A response to this poem I saw on Instagram: ) ...

April 20, 2016

Conversations with a Bird

Prompt: Things unsaid What brought you here to my backyard? Choosing the grapevines as...

April 16, 2016

The Cafeteria (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 16)

(Prompt: A Food Establishment) Do you remember the cafeteria? There was a patio right...

April 15, 2016

Creating A Villain (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 15)

A hero is only as good as the villain he faces against It’s hard to...

April 14, 2016

Tea Time (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 14)

Tea Time It’s almost like a ritual. Before work, when I have cramps, or...

April 13, 2016

Their Last Days (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 13)

Prompt: Last When my grade school teacher talked about death, she contemplated judgment Standing...

April 12, 2016

The Ocean of My Mind (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 12)

Prompt: Serious or Silly The idea starts like a light Like the green light...

April 11, 2016

In Defense of Mondays: Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 11

Mondays can be a pain They shake us out of Sunday’s calm and remind us...

April 10, 2016

Happiness Is (A Sonnet)

Prompt: Emotion Happiness is waking up on Sunday, the sunlight streaming into your bedroom....

April 09, 2016

Ode To The Library (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 9)

Ode to The Library Dear Library, Thank you for being my favorite hiding place...

April 08, 2016

My Sixth Grade Notebook (A Garland Cinquain)

Prompt: Doodle poem Doodles I liked to draw little five pointed stars Pentacles, enclosed in...

April 07, 2016

Urban Paradise (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 7)

Prompt: Urban In my perfect life, I don’t have to drive anywhere. I’d be...

April 06, 2016

Questions and Answers At The Sixth Station

Prompt: Write an ekphrastic poem. An ekphrastic poem is a poem inspired by art. Inspired...

April 05, 2016

Catch-22 April Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 5

Prompt: Experience/Inexperience Most jobs have “experience” as a requirement People casting out lines, learning the...

April 04, 2016

Go the Distance (Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 4)

Last night I had a dream. I was travelling somewhere. The sky was clear. The...

April 03, 2016

Those Three Words (A Series of Haikus)

The first time I said those three words to somebody I was just sixteen...

April 02, 2016

Defying Expectations: A Poem In Honor of Autism Awareness Day

The diagnosis began with a test. I was called out of class and was asked...

April 01, 2016

Fools For The Word: April Poem-A-Day Challenge Day 1

Fools for The Word A Series of Limericks All those who are gifted with...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

I Am A Woman: A Poem

I am a woman facing uncertainty Sometimes my best laid plains are just castles...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Cirque D’Etoiles: A Spoken Word Poem

All things tend towards chaos Life is the tightrope we walk to avoid...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

The Lady and the Lion: Advent Week 4 Poems and Stories, Day 1

For this last week of Advent, I want to share some poems and short...

November 2015

November 01, 2015

A Retreater’s Poem and Litany

So for the past few days, I've been away on retreat. It was an amazing,...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

Hollow Vessels

When is it ever gonna be enough? Why can’t nice ever receive real good?...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

The Necessity of Making Art

One of the biggest influences in my life is Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. I learned...

September 10, 2015

America, the Wonderland: A Poem

O lovely land with open skies, the land of free and brave.Where freedom is seen...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

It’s An Honor To Be Nominated!

My friend and recently published writer Mariella Hunt has nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award!...

June 01, 2015

Postcards: A Series of Haikus

My brother is studying abroad in Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia for the summer. We dropped...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Personal History: A Sestina

Origin and Rebirths: A Sestina With Chapters I) Early Childhood I was born in...

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