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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.

The gaps in silence

Nov 191 min read

The gaps in silence

Contemplative poem re: silence and what it means.

It's easier this way.

Oct 311 min read

It's easier this way.

Another acrostic poem on martyrdom.

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.

Floating Stars

Aug 251 min read

Floating Stars

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

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.

Entropy

Aug 161 min read

Entropy

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

Isopod

Aug 151 min read

Isopod

Tiny freeverse poem about a little pill bug / roly poly

Aug 111 min read

No Journey for the Fool

A free-verse poem about nihilism, more or less.

Snake in the Grass

Aug 81 min read

Snake in the Grass

Pretty dark free-verse poem about (literal) false friends.

The Manchild

Aug 61 min read

The Manchild

This is a short poem about a boy from the sunrise of his life to the sunset. Non-rhyming, almost zero structure.

F(l)ight

Aug 41 min read

F(l)ight

This is a bleak poem about the end of a battle against one's self.

A Living Eulogy

Jul 294 min read

A Living Eulogy

This is an edited version of my father's eulogy with the lessons he's taught me.

Sexist

Jul 291 min read

Sexist

This is an extremely bitter, angry poem about gender stereotypes and uses language that is offensive and not for kids.

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