i am a frog simple and neat i am the most glorious frog you will e’er meet   i live in a palace made of glass i am a king because they bestow on me delicacies and...

An Ode to Lizzo, For every song,  For every prolonged,  note of confidence,  For every time you tell us to blame it on our juice,  And encouraging all of us to be our best self.    An...

The Parking Lot Hours   Here together An amicable alliance The hushed hum of teenagers talking  About something we shouldn’t   Stars shine, striking the dim sky Breaking...

Winter always arrives slowly, creeping in. The cold gust of wind numbing your face as you head to school, the trees lining the sidewalks becoming more and more barren as the weeks drag on.  Halloween...

Transcendence I walked once singing along Walden Pond Walled-in memories; I placed another stone on the bruised dam Bruising clouds exhaled the eagles which made their huts by bare bank Barren...

Gone by Gabe Reed   Ever know the kindest soul Filled with light unto the seams But her kind light others stole Leaving her with darkened dreams   Ever seen her double...

The drop. The moment in which the whole world comes to a stop, A screeching halt, An internal revolt, A bolt through the heart. A scream. A drop. It clatters to the floor, Out the...

November 1 and 2 The days we remember The days we laugh the most The days we cry in a bittersweet way The days of the dead Los Días de los Muertos      On these days...

The girl with the rainbow hair Eyes that effortlessly sparkle She sits alone on the hill after dusk The sky black as the darkest ink     She waits a minute or two God flicks...

she’s green and red together like the paintings I stare at in museums she’s an apple tree in an orchard in may she’s far away now miles holding us apart   I don’t reach out anymore I...