Poetry
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32Pipe Dreams
As I work through my own insecurities, there is still a part of me that doesn’t believe in my capabilities. I spend...
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32What’s Inside?
I wrote this poem because when I was a child I was very curious, but could never quite find the answers to...
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38Invited to a Party
This poem is based off the aftermath of when I got invited to a house party and my thoughts on it. Round...
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57Compromise
Mum, if you’re reading this thank you for everything, even though we disagree now and then! I wrote this poem purely because...
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43From Here: A Poem About Our Generation’s Resilience
it’s another list of names, one that’s always too long. chaotic, uncensored noise met with careless silence from officials children who...
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18Skeletons
It is inevitable to not make mistakes in this life. Everyone holds something that they regret but consistently follows them at some...
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24Hate Loves Someone
This is a poem about the everyday feelings of people in the world. We all love someone, and we all hate someone...
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65Loving An Alcoholic: A Poem About A Father
Content Warning: Abuse, Alcoholism This is a poem about a father who is an alcoholic and abuses his daughter. Naturally, she is...
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53When Words Fail
This poem is pretty ironic, because I’m using words to describe how I sometimes struggle with using words to express myself —...
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49I Couldn’t Be Better: A Poem on Growing Up a Filipina
Insecurities are something that I definitely struggle with and in turn has influenced a lot of my daily life. One of the...
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23Riddle in the Ocean
Interpretation is something that I have always wished to entrust upon the eyes that read me. I don’t like to give written...
