"You Are Love." A Super Long Poem to Self.
You are love. You are the thankfulness when you left your heater on. You are the Calm Meditation radio on Pandora when you need a break. You are the fuzzy socks that you waited so long to buy for yourself.
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Why I Write Poems Even Though They're Bad
Bottom line: because I like it! It took me a while to realize that being creative does not mean being perfect. That’s really hard for me to...
I Wrote A Poem Every Day For The People I Love & It Was Enlightening
It just takes a little time and a whole lotta love.
Poems and Lovelorn Thoughts Vol. XXVI
Under a Soup-Pot Sky The clouds stewed In a soup-pot sky, puffing And sighing out songs They’d been writing All winter. The birds sunned...
The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice
Love the skin you're in.
Five Poetry Collections for People Who Don’t Usually Like Poetry
There’s some poetry out there for everyone… here are five places to start.
for my mother
you are my best friend, but first you are my mother. you held me close on that first day, so that i could hear my home in your heartbeat...
Poems and Lovelorn Thoughts, Vol. XXV
Sunday Tea I sat down to tea with Sunday And he was nothing like I thought he'd be. The chairs in his porcelain drawing room Felt rickety...
Ode To Summer
A poem to praise summertime.
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The People You'll Find: Inner Peace Edition
As much as I’d love to talk about how much finals week is crushing me, I figured I’d instead talk about some of the thing’s (or people?)...
Nostalgia
Often, I miss nap times, recess, the old Disney Channel, sitting crisscross applesauce (with my hands in lap, of course), ballet, my toy...
"My Generation" - A Poem
"We were told to change, / change ourselves, / who we are."
And Let My Flame Burn
I wanna feel beautiful I wanna feel magical I wanna feel wanted in this world I wanna feel special I wanna feel smart And creative too But...
Poems and Lovelorn Thoughts, Vol. XXIV
For a Moment And for a moment, Everything was softness and stillness And no in-betweens, And she felt like this time, This silken rosy...
Poem: Writer's Block
there is a roadblock up ahead on the highway of my mind: “road closed,” it says, yet my destination is up ahead i can see it clearly— words...
3 Things to Think About When Making a Summer Reading List
If you want to make the most out of your summer leisure reading, but don’t even know where to start, this one’s for you. Here are some things to keep in mind when lining up your book list.
Takers of the Light
I’ll never understand what gives them the right. To hurt, to kill, to be filled with so much hate. Because of them my kids will live in...
Celebrating April with Poets!
April is National Poetry Month, and it’s time to appreciate the incredibly moving and connecting powers of the art of poetry. Here are four...
Poems and Lovelorn Thoughts, Vol. XXII
Taking Flight She walked across the dew-glass grass, Quivering-barefoot-soft, Leaving trails of sugar-cube daisies in her wake. Gusts of...
6 Contemporary Female Poets Who Prove That Women Are A Force To Be Reckoned With
Who doesn’t love poetry? Especially female poets who share their words of pain, healing and empowerment.
