for my mom
(2014)
My mom is not dead, this was a writing prompt from a workshop I went to. It was great practice. I encourage you to try it: write a haiku about what you would say to a loved one while they are on their death bed.
Trees: If they didn’t exist, neither woul… This is the truth I want logging… I understand they need money to fe… but what good will money do us if…
My breath was in my mind Focus on breathing Quickly leads to thinking Hot fire Over-stimuli
Please, Child, don’t be angry wit… And you don’t have to be angry wit… Anger is an emotion, just like the… sadness, excitement, confusion, &… Emotions exist to help guide you t…
You can get the girl without keeping the girl. If you want a lesson on impermanen… and how to enjoy life’s momentarin… I’m your girl.
Walked into a coffee shop to read… couldn’t help but notice the older… in the corner counting dirty chang… with a smile on her face. She looked up at me,
Speaking up and Shutting up Finding a voice Finding many voices With tongues
There’s that moment, when I’m surrounded by drunk people, where I contemplate: "Stay sober & watch others make fools of themselves, or get drunk and be a fool with them." Last night I ...
The experience of a poetry open mi… frees us from cultural restriction… enabling us to explore the human e… in a space of truth and vulnerability
Woke up enveloped with fear and de… Crying uncontrollably as the day b… Pain from my past seeping into my… The struggle within can no longer… can no longer be pushed further an…
Nowhere, nowhere I wanna go nowhere with you Let’s be empty together and fill our glasses with the nothingness we share
Sonny’s blues... the cup of trembling shaking within. Making sense of suffering and wondering
Woke up with laughter there’s no sense chasing after what is not yet here. Sunspots on forest floors, tell me, Love, where is the door?
Ground. Grow. Flower. Seed Detaches. Soaring. Wanders Settling. Root. Breathe
Going further for longer periods o… —cheating perfection by allowing expectation to fall along the shores of suppos… a territory whose waters enslave r…
I, Ego Me, Genius They work together brilliantly When Ego’s not indulging In emotional addiction