The Open Mic Host Said I Need a "Lighter Set"
I read poems about war and breakups. The host suggested lighter material. The audience clapped anyway. World on fire and I am asked to juggle. No. Poetry is...
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Wrote a Poem About Fire and My Boss Saw
Notebook open at the cafe. My boss walked by. Saw the line about the world burning. Awkward small talk. Poetry is not HR friendly. I kept writing anyway. Twe...
The Poem I Deleted From Instagram
I posted a poem at 2 a.m. and deleted it by breakfast. Not because it was bad. Because it was too true, and three people I know in real life had already seen...
The Lake Remembers: On Fragments and the Fear of Finishing
An essay on poetic fragments, the fear of finishing creative work, and whether an abandoned opening line is failure or a form of honesty.