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Everyone’s Favorite Game: Love or Panic?

I sometimes think, if I was on a game showAnd someone offered me $1 million,Would I be able to identify my emotionsAt any given time?Let’s play and find out! Nausea creeps up my throat and seizes my words.Love or panic?Too soon to tell.My stomach flutters and my thoughts are blaring at full volume,The poetry canContinue reading “Everyone’s Favorite Game: Love or Panic?”

Snapshots

I think part of the reason I like poetryIs because my creative mind often thinks in snapshots,Single images that tell a story. The reflection of neon lights glinting off wet pavement at night,I fantasize that I’m leaving a night club in the wee hours of morning.In reality, I’m leaving a diner at about 8 pm.Continue reading “Snapshots”

Stuckness

My mom has a phrase that has accurately described my life at various points, especially as a writer. It is the phenomenon of being “stuck in stuckness.” Often, I’ve used this term to ease my anxiety during writer’s block. Part of my anxiety includes “catastrophizing” events. During writer’s block, I might go from “I can’tContinue reading “Stuckness”

My Thoughts on the Sympathetic Villain Trope

*Spoiler-y talk of Beetlejuice The Musical and Joker ahead!* I saw Beetlejuice The Musical a couple weeks ago at the Winter Garden Theater in NYC. Here’s a quick aside/speedy review. – I absolutely loved it. The music was fantastic and I found myself literally laughing out loud throughout the show. – However, I’m not hereContinue reading “My Thoughts on the Sympathetic Villain Trope”

A Love Story, Interrupted

Content/Trigger Warning: This poem references feelings of depression and anxiety. I told him his eyes remind me of nature,The way the light brown center spreads out and mixes playfully with the green at the edges.I told him I love nothing more than sitting in his parked carEating frozen yogurt with the heat cranked up inContinue reading “A Love Story, Interrupted”

First Impressions are Everything

I have to say I’m a little nervous, mainly because I believe the title of this blog post is true. I thought a lot about how to start things off. Do I start with a poem? A short story? At the end of the day, I decided to start with me and see where weContinue reading “First Impressions are Everything”