• Had my spirit not been broken

    Photo by Ashutosh Sonwani via Pexels This poem is quite fresh. This was no small penny that dropped after a lot of self reflecting and trying to make sense of my own story. (Told ya things would get personal). You’ll notice that there was a pattern in these last pieces, as the subject was in…

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  • The first time I wrote about Anger

    Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels If I am being honest, I struggled a little with publishing this one. The very title lets you know why I would feel a bit insecure: it is the first poem about anger I have ever written. Spoiler alert: Things have started to become personal! Anger is the emotion…

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  • Infographic: Writing Creative Process

    When it comes to my creative process for writing poetry, it’s all about embracing the moment and I usually let my surroundings inspire me. Whether it’s the gentle rustle of leaves in the wind, the scent of rain, or an important memory, I find that inspiration can be found in the simplest of things. Sometimes…

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  • On acknowledging feelings

    Photo by SHVETS production via Pexels I guess this poem is actually an exercise. I had been playing around with the idea of acknowledging, naming and understanding emotions and feelings. That is easier said than done, specially if that is not an ability you had not already possessed. It is a muscle that can learn…

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  • Outrage

    Photo by Michael Morse via Pexels “Outrage” is pretty raw on my indignation about how can people simply not talk about so many important parts of life.Grief is inevitable, yet we treat it like the worse thing that could happen to us, like it never will. It happens from the first breath of life, like…

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  • Once

    Photo by Keenan Constance via Pexels I guess you can say this is my take of the poem “The Uses of Sorrow” by Mary Oliver. I read it years ago, but it really resonated with me, and you can see why. I think at first it makes you angry and you disagree with it, until…

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  • About Growing Up

    Image by Matheus Bertelli via Pexels This piece is fresh as they come. These thoughts stayed with me for a while, and were the inspiration for this poem after someone close to me went through something life changing.  Because he grew up with me, I started to think about how he would deal with this…

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  • A Girl on a Mission

    Image by Freepik So I’ll have to admit this one cuts deep. Some realizations come later in life, huh? What inspired me for this poem was the idea of a child that comes to exist with a mission to accomplish. It should never happen, but most parents welcome their children with the most unreal expectations…

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  • The Train

    The Train

    Image by Schäferle via Pixabax Does discussing meaning ruin the art of poetry? I used to think so. I even have a poem about it! My sister loved to ask what my poems were about and I never understood that, so I rhymed some words about it and made her name the title of a…

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