Poetry
My mother doesn’t understand why I like makeup so much. To be honest, I don’t know why either. I tried to write a poem that best depicts my attitude towards it. We found religion behind the makeup aisle with our knees knelt, pressed into the drugstore’s dirt floor heads bowed together in solemn over plastic bottles
After learning more thouroghly about surrealism through the artwork of Clarence John Laughlin, a photographer during the 1940s. His photographic artwork evokes surrealistic, spiritual, and mystery through the use of monotone colors. As a result from the mood of his photographs, I composed a poem. There is an existing connection with this stranger I’m
This is the final selection of the Pride Poems series. This is a poem about the color violet and what it represents. This is a poem about spirit and what it means and is. I feel as though this poem truly is a good note to end on. What is spirit I know you
Just this week I completed my first year of college. Through these many months I’ve evolved immensely and gained so much new experiences and knowledge. This poem references what I learned while taking a course on the solar system just this past quarter–as well as what I have learned about myself this past school year.
One of the many purposes of art is to evoke emotion, promote creation in return, and to complete the loop of consumption. Halsey’s song ‘Heaven in Hiding’ off her new album hopeless fountain kingdom brought up the dichotomy of power and vulnerability that I feel is one of my most instinctive and unrefined drives. I can
Through the years I’ve seen either my friends or people I know be in toxic relationships and pass that off as “love”. At times it’s difficult to see someone for who they truly are. You become blinded as to their shortcomings and compensate their behaviour as jealousy or passion. This poem is about the misconception
Simone John’s Testify is an unapologetically honest documentation of America’s brutal trend of both gender and race-based violence. Through a series of poems never more than a page in length and non-fictitious dialogue, John aims to provide insight into this crude phenomenon by “burdening readers with knowing.” This self-proclaimed “Book of witness” is split into
Stimming is common among people who are neurodivergent, but when my anxiety was at its worst my stimming took a harmful turn, I began peeling skin on my lips to the point where I bleed, biting the skin around my nails and pinching my arm. This poem is about the people who loved me and
When I write poetry, it’s usually because I’m struck with a really vivid image of something. It was 3 a.m. and I was lying half asleep when a picture of this gorgeous girl popped into my head. Her features shifted, but every part of her remained vibrant and strong. Instantly, I wanted to transfer her existence
This poem is for all the heartbroken lovers of the world. I was inspired by Harry Styles’ beautiful song Two Ghosts. Heartbreak, in every respect, can be a dark and confusing experience. In this poem, I capture the emotions of abandonment and lost love. How can I live without you in my life? You were
The concept of black and white, when talking about emotions, is something I’ve been struggling with lately. I often find that I’m feeling happy and sad, or angry and dissociated, or any other combination of emotions all at once. It’s very overwhelming, especially because no one really talks about how that’s possible. Some days,
For years I have suffered from depression and social anxiety and being a Nigerian woman, I honestly don’t think any one person can fathom how difficult it is to just survive being those two things at the same time. Between balancing sports, two jobs and trying to excel academics, I feel the pressure to be successful
