Category: Poems
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if God was Earth’s magnetic field
Hey friends. I am aware that my last post was in October. It’s now March. A lot of things have happened in that span—I graduated college, for one thing, and long-time followers will know what an utter miracle that is. More reflections on that to come, perhaps. I also moved apartments, and now I have…
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god/God
the god of the living says you are made of stardust, therefore dig your nails into your life; cling to it at all costs, no matter how much blood you draw, because once lost it is gone forever— or else he says don’t even think about death, guzzle yourself giddy, sing yourself sick because that’s…
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on writing
Brand-new satin smooth paper pad in one hand, firm rod of pen in the other: This is who I want to be, and want is a word that starts too weak and ends too scant For this phototropic force bending my very bones to the light of words, wonderful words. I hold words in too…
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once on a summer mountain
Hey friends! It’s summer, even if right now in New Jersey it feels more like mid-spring (fine by me: keep the oppressive heat away as long as possible). I figured this was a good time to share a poem I wrote about a summer a few years ago when my family and I were adventuring…
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A Song of Ascents
I spent six weeks this semester in Israel on an incredible study abroad opportunity. Within that sentence dwell so many experiences and ideas and people that I am just beginning to process. I’m sure more about it will trickle out, especially this summer when I actually have time to sit down and think. I wrote…
A Glimpse of Starlight 