My Poetry

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Saying goodbye

5 days ago1 min read

Saying goodbye

Free verse again. For me, about never going back home. For you? Could be anything or anyone.

Kintsugi

Dec 141 min read

Kintsugi

My soul is Theseus's ship Both new, and hundreds of years old Repaired with new pieces after each hurt The same, and not the same, as...

Agency

Dec 101 min read

Agency

Another weirdly dark free-form poem.

Fogbank

Dec 21 min read

Fogbank

Short, free-verse poem

I loved myself

Nov 291 min read

I loved myself

More free-verse.

None of it was wasted

Nov 261 min read

None of it was wasted

Half song, half poem. Still feels like a draft.

The gaps in silence

Nov 191 min read

The gaps in silence

Contemplative poem re: silence and what it means.

Nothing ever happens

Nov 171 min read

Nothing ever happens

I really hate rhyming, and I hate that a lot of my off-the-cuff poetry sounds like a 14 year old goth girl with a "poor me" complex. Hello.

The crossroads

Oct 311 min read

The crossroads

Yet another acrostic poem, a bit more hopeful.

It's easier this way.

Oct 311 min read

It's easier this way.

Another acrostic poem on martyrdom.

Complexity

Oct 291 min read

Complexity

Another (short) free verse poem, an acrostic and very disjointed one.

I taste the salt in the wind

Oct 261 min read

I taste the salt in the wind

Another free-verse poem about life at the water's edge.

Worth

Oct 231 min read

Worth

Another of my sensory-focused free-verse poems.

Rumble Strips & Mile Markers

Oct 181 min read

Rumble Strips & Mile Markers

The road might be bored, but she provides. Short free verse (of sorts) poem.

Do not mourn me

Sep 121 min read

Do not mourn me

Short poem about saying goodbye.

Floating Stars

Aug 251 min read

Floating Stars

Short poem about stargazing. Free verse, so no structure, but still magical.

Purity

Aug 221 min read

Purity

Short poem about the joy of being naked. Structured, and with a surprisingly-difficult-to-generate AI image as the header.

Being Told

Aug 212 min read

Being Told

Me just musing (badly) in poetry about love again. Two-fer - this is a structured rhyming poem AND a secondary, free-verse follow up.

Nursery Rhyme

Aug 201 min read

Nursery Rhyme

Very short rhyming poem about taking things as they come.

Entropy

Aug 161 min read

Entropy

Mmm. Enjambment. Short weird poem about us being all star stuff.

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