A Willingness to Contemplate
Explode
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.