Ever since I graduated with my MFA about two years ago, I've found it incredibly hard to write. I feel no inspiration or motivation to...

There was frost on the window And your nose was cold So I planted a kiss upon it Your hands were warm And you kissed me back We drank hot...

He tears himself apart Rips his chest in two The audience gasps The audience laughs At his beating heart He wears no clothes But he wears...

As I begin this new year, I wanted to take the time to thank everyone in my life who has continued to support my writing journey. It...

You call out And I call back Anticipation Palpitations And then I disappear And I’m gone so long Then, I come back Like no time has past...

Violet crimes Violent designs Compulsion Impulsions Delusion And conclusions Backseat backbeat Liquor and lacquer nails Lips turn blue...

When I was seven years old, my mother married Terrance. We sat in a small room off the side of the sanctuary of a church I barely...

When did we stop letting little girls be little girls? When did they start painting their face And tightening their waists? When did we...

I paint the worlds I see in dreams I paint them with typeface On bright white screens I have to jot them down And make them real If I...

Like lighting Like shining cities He’s brave He bounces And zips along He has a ray gun And a rocket from Mars He lives among the stars...

We came from far away We came from up above We searched the stars We searched the comets We searched everywhere To find a place To rest...

I’m like a little dog Every time I see you, I light up When you come home from work, I run to the door to greet you I wake up beside you...

The things I learned from Franklin Moore That passions are blind Steadfast and patient My face flushes wildly as the words you read...

Deep from within the forest And deeper from the sea The earth unleashed millions of animals Unions of biodiversity Acting as one To save...

I met my husband on my way home from my divorce. It was early in the morning and I felt irrevocably broken. After we signed the papers,...

They never reach out with tenderness Nor with a gentle hand It’s always grabbing Clawing And gnashing of teeth It’s always taking And...

He covered his face as he walked through the slums. Smoke assaulted his senses from every direction. Sleek black buildings stretched into...

When I was twenty, I started writing the novel that I'm working on now. I worked a ton on it and was completely obsessed with it....

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Someone is spinning in mid-air. A color rhapsody envelops them. They fly higher and higher into the pure green sky. With arms...