“I feel comfortable speaking poetry. / My pencil willingly washes onto my paper / like seashells onshore.”
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“I hear the woman’s scream before the thud of the body hitting the floor…”
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“Sun still seeps in through / the heavy yellow curtains / hanging high over my window.”
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“Screaming. LOUD into my pillow. / Tears you never have to look at…”
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“What if / Green felt on pool tables / Was replaced with real grass?
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“‘Six feet apart please, six feet apart,’ I called out as I paced down a long line of food bank recipients that wrapped around the entrance…”
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“She took a deep breath and vaulted herself inside the barrier which was there as usual, and this time she reckoned she’d have to boost her mind's energy to get through…”
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“I’m afraid you might have / just twisted your pen in the wrong direction / causing it to swerve, skid, stop / and perhaps be laughed and mocked at…”
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“A mansion sits on an ancient hill / with elegant ballrooms, / graced in delicate crystal chandeliers, / and studies lined with books…”
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“The slimy grapefruit was the eye of the crocodile / until the day two hunters lurked out from the shadows of the fruit…”
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“There once was a time when the top of my head could not yet reach father’s thigh and my pudgy hands were no bigger than those sour tangerines mother used to buy from the local market. Still, I didn’t let any of that stop me from falling in love.”
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“When my great-grandmother S. was my age, seventeen, she left her home in Warsaw, never to see her parents again.”
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