Poetry takes time and practice. You cannot just suddenly excel at it the first time, so don’t panic if you can’t seem to let it flow! Now, I am no expert, but I would like to share a few tips that have helped me grow and that I still take on board daily. 1. Listen to music. […]
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Months ago, I was approached by budding author Sade Andria Zabala to review her newest collection of poems called War Songs, and I was so excited to hear from her! She has one other book out called Coffee and Cigarettes, and, naturally, I couldn’t wait to dive head first into War Songs. And can we just […]
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Riding the train home at 8 AM, diffused light stings. I squint past my own reflection to a view I love in the morning. But not this morning. The trees and apartment buildings crawl by, my own face a pastel shadow on their facades. Even resting my fingers on my throat hurts. Last night pins […]
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They didn’t call you beautiful, They thought you already knew. They envied the confidence you exuberated, Yet you had none. And when you were at your lowest No one noticed Because you painted a smile on your face brighter than the stars in heaven. And you knew you weren’t ugly; And you knew you weren’t […]
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While I drive her home from the movie theater, she tells me about the junior prom. And how she bought her black gauze gown with a thigh high slit from The Well. And earrings that dangle to her collar bone. And a boy from the baseball team dumped his girlfriend because he wanted to slip […]
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Here, not thirty feet away from the bus stop, there is a raised garden. By ‘raised garden,’ I mean a brick box that ends about four feet off the ground. It holds a large eucalyptus tree and some miscellaneous plants. The walls of this raised garden provide an ideal sitting place for anyone who’s looking […]
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