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conquest letting you in was what made breaking so easy trojan were your claims yet i say come, i say- maim – trash i hope you find love in used cigarettes in embers that lit and never digressed in candy wrappers rubbed with cocaine and crushed pop cans that all sing my name – manic […]

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art of a time

in our time we were art   bold brushstrokes on pulled canvas awaiting paint and the artist’s practice   vermillion, scarlet, and blood-red hues i was fire and flame unset embers to your ocean eye, seafoam night sky blues   and as mixed as the palette did become acrylic and oil are not symbiotic mediums […]

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anything

one day we’ll have an apartment.   i’d pick out too many cushions and want mirrors on every wall you’d pretend to be bothered but wouldn’t mind at all   we’d hold up paint chips at Benjamin’s like movie couples do and i would re-realize how much i love blue   we’d squeege windows and […]

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window – chatgpt

This poem was written by ChatGPT with the provided prompt: “Write a poem about a window” A window, a portal to another world A gateway to beauty, yet to unfold It frames a picture, a moment in time A place to sit, and watch life unwind   The glass is cold, to the touch But […]

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the (in)tangible

my poetry writing best practices. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office.

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rain in june

it’s raining in june and it makes me hate you   hate your tearstained cheeks and engraved umbrella a stupid gift from your grandma but you got me one too   the way water rolls down my window in rivulets that know to imitate the patterns they made down the glass of the Chevy with […]

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jukebox

she knew i hated jukeboxes but she bought me one anyway   let the radio run and filled the silence like a fridge’s steady thrum   she’d sing while sudzing and argued in the shower her reflection holding its own   she’d buy those obnoxious poppers the ones that spewed fetti’ bits and bursts of […]

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public appeal

Process and product are critical components in creating content and over the past few weeks I have gotten well acquainted with my personal creative processes and have developed new beliefs regarding what publics I wish my content to appeal to. Being a writer is a tumultuous experience and rollercoaster of emotions on the weekly. Creativity […]

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tell me now

(Spoken Word Piece)   if i don’t see a tomorrow tell me now.   if daybreak’s golden gleam doesn’t meet my mossy green eyes tell me now. please   i’d write it in my will but you know the drill   i’d already be well acquainted with these bugs and beetles seven feet beneath your […]

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beneath our olive tree

  if i do not live to see freedom that spans Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea my final prayer is this   i hope you remember, the first drag of that thick pipe lodged between your yellowed teeth the acrid smoke and sting that clung to lungs, graying from within laughs you shared with the […]

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