Poetry
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A Poem for You (And You, And You)
A poem for everyone I love. The Artwork: UntitledThe Poem: A Poem for You (And You, And You)I...
Silence
A poem about sitting with what is. The Poem: SilenceI desire / I resist everything. There is a...
Stuck in the Mud
A poem about the magic that can be unearthed during hardship. The Artwork: MudThe Poem: Stuck in...
The Sun, Part 1 & 2
A poem about longing and a response that gives rise to transformation. The Artwork: The SunThe...
What Am I Avoiding?
A poem about avoiding hard feelings. The Artwork: InfernoThe Poem: What Am I Avoiding?I’m avoiding a dull achea sharp internal reprimandthe right...
Anger
A poem about anger and the feelings of urgency it can kick up. The Artwork: AngerThe Poem: AngerAnger pulls an engine into action,“Everything is...
Heartbreak, Revisited
Theia
Letting Go
After Above the Clouds I
Unobstructed
A poem about clearing out the bullshit. The Artwork: UnobstructedThe Poem: UnobstructedThe body reaches a clamoring fever pitch when it...
Falling Rocks
Another poem about lessons in happiness.The Artwork: Falling RocksThe Poem: Falling RocksI am carving out a placewhere I watch the rocks of time...
I Turn Around
This poem was inspired by Ocean Vuong’s eloquent and quietly powerful poem, “Torso of Air…” as well as Rumi: I have lived on the lip of insanity,...
What is a Day?
This is a poem about bad days, good days, and how we respond to them. The Artwork: Milky Way Over White SandsThe Poem: What is a Day?What is a bad...
Lessons in Happiness
This is a poem about shifting one's perspective about happiness as a "final destination," and more as something that you find on the edges of every...
Transmutation
A painting and poem about being *chef's kiss* imperfect. The Artwork: Cherry TreeThe Poem: TransmutationMy regrets sink down my spineinto...