poem- valley
We’re nestled here between the hills protected from the harsh winds warm and basking by the lake. But you are bored, you’re ready to escape, to see what lies beyond the valley and so we wave farewell...
View Articlepoem- first
Happy birthday, you said bending over to kiss my cheek. And with my fluttering heart and flaming blush I decided that was my first kiss, that all the others did not count. Because I wanted my first...
View Articlepoem-taped
Once upon a time you sent me cassette tapes in the mail, one sided conversations taped in the car on your commute to the radio station, elucidating the state of our universe and illuminating that...
View Articlepoem-used to be
There they used to climb the hill to escape their parents, and that was a place of firsts. First kisses. First cigarettes. First adventures. If only all our hills were so full of glorious promise. . ....
View Articlepoem-hopes and fears
You know everything at least you think you do and constraints of adult expectations are irritation to you. So that older guy on social media successfully calls you offering freedom and attention and...
View Articlepoem-dull
Your wits are dull Your eyes are glazed Your ambitions are low You are dull There is nowhere for you to go. Tagged: addiction, ambition, effort, hope, hopelessness, poem, poetry, teen, vision, youth
View Articlepoem- obliviously
Max and Jenn were in our grade eight classes and our grade nine classes, but then, they were not. Where are they? asked the teachers. Whispers replied to one another in the back rows, I saw them...
View Articlepoem- missed
Your eyes glow when you see me across the room. It’s been a long time. You’re still wearing your heart on your arm. Once again, I feel appreciation for your admiration, awkward it’s still unrequited....
View Articlepoem-you did it
for Tai . You’ve always been a mountain climber. Sometimes climbing means tumbling to the valleys. Sometimes it means diving into sparkling mountain lakes and becoming entangled with weeds that pull...
View Articlepoem-After the fatal accident
There is your name on the attendance list. Absent: excused Parents called in.
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