A bottle on a Mediterranean beach provokes childhood nostalgia.
Ruminating Spume
Category: Poetry
Sylvia’s Eulogy
The coldness of the premature loss of a beloved.
Chrysanthemum
Inspired from the verse “Requiescat” written by an Anglo-Irish poet. Chrysanthemum, however, is dedicated to my late grandmother.
In My Will
In my will, there will be a pinball machine. A renovated jukebox from American Pickers, a cable TV show. For the taverns, bars…
Birthing Pains
Giving birth in a war zone
If Humans Grew Wings
Imagines a hypothetical future where we have grown wings and explores whether that world would be different from our society today.
Bend and Break
Love leaving one broken, like letting a partner hold your self worth, which so easily can be given away but is nearly impossible to get back.
Children Play Among Ruins of War
Describes how children play even in the horrific circumstances of war alongside the scars and fears that haunt them.
Still Among The Dead
This poem came in a fever dream and has haunted me ever since.
The One Who Remembers
She’s the last one alive who remembers. Her hair is grey and shining. And her skin is barely wrinkled, a rose-pink that’s also petal-soft.
It’s over and done
A cancer patient on a rough journey through the treatment process and all those who traveled with him.
return to solitude
For those who know…
Comfort
A snapshot of mental illness.
A Walking Detention
The unnerving happenings to any neurodivergent student in school.
Pale Almond Blossoms
Inspiration drawn from the stuff of life.
On Her Last Night
A deathbed elegy.