Publications
Move Me Poetry Battle Nominee https://medium.com/move-me-poetry/poetry-battle-celebration-84301b596ce0 I had just reread The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. I was thinking about my rejections. I was thinking about recycled thought and how spite can drive people sometimes. I was thinking about feeling forsaken despite trying. I was thinking about how maybe it's not so bad to not come in first plac...
Reclamation
Dec 08, 2021
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I'm understanding every analogy of my youth and it's not pretty. I wish I could be like a normal person and not think about this stuff. Trying to explain it in brevity is difficult, which is why I suppose scholars exist. The problem is that shrouds things in more mystery for the average person, but maybe that is the point of the shrouding. We are all just trying to comfort one another in this life...
Life's Mystery
Nov 15, 2021
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SalemVerse #175 Winner I didn't even realize I was entering a prompt competition when I wrote this. Fun surprise, winning something when you are only writing something for the pleasure and practice. I've been playing with meter as much as space recently, mental space I suppose when scanning. I notice it has made me more conscious of my word choices. The imagery of "Tears in russet tapestries/Dripp...
Autumn Alights
Nov 08, 2021
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