Posts
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Courageous Enough
When you pass by,
you will sigh a small “hi.”
and
(of course),
I may not be near–
enough to respond
and
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All I Know
All I know
Is this is a winter I don’t know
All the crow know
Stand’n on open leaf
Cock’n head in disbelief
Is this winter she don’t know
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Watch The Ghost Flower
"Some say the world will end in fire." Robert Frost's line echoes in my head, quickening my heartbeat and breaths, as if I should just give up and succumb to the soils surrounding us.
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a few ideas
Look and Find: The world has not yet opened its wings.
While rocks don’t grow they age
If Moon hurls ice; Sun gathers light; Mother must weave life
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INSERT NAME OF BEST FRIEND
To love and lend me as your friend
When shadows fall and dark descends
Is your way to love, to be.
And me?
A tiny seed – compared to your magnificent tree
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Between Us
Together – and apart – we stand, over the bay,
Just two figures
At the edge of the day.
As it collapses around us–
The lighting is sharp, piercing the bay,
Loves
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Peace
I think peace looks like:
driving on the highway from College Park
listening to “White Ferrari”
by Frank Ocean
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How I hate chivalry
I don’t like the word chivalry
The spelling
The sound
And what it means
Be chivalrous and put women first!
Can’t we just be treated as equals?
I think it’s dumb
A prince in shining armor
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What Is A Poem? (a bouquet of poetry)
Flowers
poems
are the souls
of long-forgotten flowers.
Whispers
poems
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Dear Five-Year-Old Me
Dear five-year-old me,
you are in kindergarten right now.
You are going to meet your absolute best friend in just a little while -
or maybe you already have.
Either way, remember to be kind to her.
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Girlhood (In honor of International Women's Day)
I love being a girl
but I hate what it took
for me to be able to go to school
for me to know I will be able to vote
for me to know that I will be allowed to get a job when I grow older
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Dear Future Self
remember the first time you stood on a stage
a vivid spotlight flickering down on you,
as you opened your mouth and started to sing?
remember the first time you stepped into dance class
lacing on your pink ballet shoes,