So Tell Me Lies!
An original poem, and my first villanelle!
An original poem, and my first villanelle!
She was there, now
Surrounding statues, coins flying by all in the interest of holding time. Is my entire life. Pretty to look at but too big to keep. Meant...
Five diamond rings on each brown finger Met with the prettiest manicure I’d ever seen She spoke with her hands hardly saying a word...
i always wake up.
The predictions were erroneous. I wish it had been so obvious When they said there would be sun, That I should begin to run. You promised...
"It was then that you noticed just how far along he was in death."
I’ve been trying to reach you for months. I sent you a dozen letters that went unanswered, forgotten and left behind. All the stamps I...
Hi HerCampus Readers! April is National Poetry Month and it is only right for me to make a series highlighting famous black poets. Poetry...
Poems are one of my favorite forms of literature; they can be short or long, meaningful or meaningless. Here’s three that are inspired by...
You try so hard So hard You try to be perfect Not for anyone else But for you You tell yourself be confident Be proud If no one will show...
Show me a different vibe Show me the real I want to feel comfortable When I tell you how I feel. I see that your care for me Is genuine and...
In those moments of darkness where we get lost in thought and feel like the world is closing in. We find our place. A place to breathe and...
It's not hard to understand how the ancients mapped the skies I’ve only known you for a night but I bet I could already find my way in the...
Such Paradise Behind a wall Of stone and ice, There lies a land Of paradise A girl and boy Tread softly there And dim themselves In fear...
I look forward to April every year because not only is there an abundance of new blooms, but my poetic inspiration flourishes too with it...
Saying we’re all human is redundant. It’s everything but false. Yet the ignorant refuse to acknowledge this reality. One’s skin color is...
Recently, I have fallen more and more in love with the genre of poetry. There’s something to be said about a poem that deeply moves you...
The everyday routine of the average person drags on unnoticed and unquestioned. Until it doesn’t. Until the words of poetry are spoken into...
April is National Poetry Month. In honor of that, I encourage all of you to read tons of poems and buy tons of poetry books. Poetry books...