Day 32 of 365 of blogging. My poetry goal for this year is to release another collection, this time romance/love centered. This is a poem that I wrote over a year ago that will be in the collection. I long to manifest in your daydreamsThe subtle curvature of your spineEntangled in the web of myContinue reading “Longing”
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The Truth Between
Day 29 of 365 days of blogging. I wrote this poem in response to a Move Me Poetry’s “Teach Me Tuesday” segment on Twitter that highlighted the Abecedarian form. Interestingly enough, I wrote it in jumbled pieces, jumping between lines as they came to me, and then worked to tie it together in its truth.Continue reading “The Truth Between”
Big Thoughts in Small Packages
I first shared this small collection of haiku and senryu on Medium in 2022. As I get ready to shut down my Medium account, I’ve decided to move some of my poetry over here. Poetry has served as therapy for quite a while, so there is often pain expressed in these pieces. Always approach myContinue reading “Big Thoughts in Small Packages”
Poem: Vulnerability
Day 21 of 365 days of blogs. This is one of the final poems added to my debut poetry collection When Can We Be Soft: Poems of Female Resilience. Since I just found out the paperback is on sale on Amazon today and it will be in Kindle Unlimited tomorrow, I thought it apropos toContinue reading “Poem: Vulnerability”
The Maenad: Skyemera Interview Part 2
Day 8 of 365 days of blogging. Skyemera is the main character of my forthcoming fantasy novel, The Maenad, which will be Book 1 of the Age of the Forgotten Ones series. She is a Maenad, a mythical creature that hasn’t existed in over a millennium. In Part 1, we talked about her basic demographicContinue reading “The Maenad: Skyemera Interview Part 2”
Interview with Skyemera
As I am using this blog to build my blogging consistency by making a post each day, I have decided to supplement my writing process posts with conversations with my characters. I have multiple works in progress (WIPs), but I will focus on The Maenad, Age of the Forgotten Ones Book 1 until the bookContinue reading “Interview with Skyemera”
The Artificial Garden
Hope is an artificial gardenOf perpetual bloomColored by rainbowsCutting the gloom Hope smells of lavenderWith essence of plasticTransforming nightmaresTo moments fantastic Hope buries memoriesIn peat moss and soilPromising sunshineBeyond the storm’s toil So follow the flowersUntil you’re able to copeImagine their scentTo generate false hope When we got off the boat in Victoria, BC, IContinue reading “The Artificial Garden”
Note to Self
Promises to self are hard to keepSo you pretend, walls built highDoor locked and key lostOr so you thoughtTrouble is, there’s always a princeWaiting to rescue the princessFrom the tower of her own makingHe climbs the walls and waltzes inBecause it takes a kingdomTo protect a castleWhen the queen is broken and aloneWith hope squeezingContinue reading “Note to Self”
Medusa’s Legacy
Children are to be seen and not heardWomen no differentGuilted into a life of celibacyOf abstinence from allLest we be ostracizedBy the gods and menAn anathema, Snakes hissing around our heads Medusa, too, was a victimOf the gods’ whimsLocked into a life of celibacyDisfigurement the price of sexCursed to hide her formHunted and fearedLust for herContinue reading “Medusa’s Legacy”
The Facade
Snake-like tendrils stretch out,Grasping for purchasingLike hair in the windYet strong, powerfulIntentional in their reach.Feet firmly plantedBasking in the sunIndifferent to the eyesWatching in wonderUnaware of the tensionHolding her in place.A prisoner of her own strengthHeld in place by tendrils of memoryLonging to let go yetAfraid of the horror leftIn the wake of her collapseSheContinue reading “The Facade”