Nothing prepares you for the moment you have to be there for your mother as she loses her own.

The Southern drawl is a proud staple of the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. Those who are lucky enough grow out of it when they move far...

Each stolen glance feels like a jolt of sinful delight when our gazes meet. As forbidden as it may be, loving you is all that keeps me...

a poem about seemingly another emotionally absent man

This piece is particularly meaningful to me, as it’s not just about an artist, but about a friend who I’ve come to know and admire. I met...

The stage is painted blue as dancers twist and turn with their tight ponytails and melodic tulle. Arabesques, broken bones and...

I'm up and away from the earth's mortal ground, where blood is spilled upon nature's soil, where the deserts are flooding with the...

The word muse is a noun derived from the Latin root musa and the Greek root mousa. In Greek and Roman mythology, the muses are the nine...

To know you is a privilege. To hold you is a kindness. But to love you is all I have ever known. Mornings filled with dripping sunlight...

Isn't it funny how I remember that you are not dead? You're not below deep into the earth, Closest to the part where we burn, But like...

This poem started with a mother oak tree on my campus that was cut down during my freshman year (not the same tree pictured here lol),...

I think a lot about time… When I have it. When I don’t. How I spend it. Where it goes. I hate the sound of ticking clocks Each click...

History repeats itself just as it did several years ago. When I met you, I couldn’t recall a time before then when I questioned anything...

our eyes are given color once again. They reflect that eternal fiery bloom that kisses our lips and burns our skin. And like Icarus, we...

What does it mean to be a father? Biologically, he gives half of what makes you. A carrier of traits, of disease, of habits, A vessel for...

n; a love returned in full; an act of loving the one who loves you; the act of loving in return. You say you wear your heart on your...

​Everyone is so different for their special reasons, which is one of the most beautiful things about people. I strongly believe that the...

Like everyone else in this world, I have things I am scared of - I hate bees, I'm terrified of needles, and being in a dark room with...

From the day I was born, I always stuck out. ​It was like I was a puzzle piece that you knew didn’t fit anywhere but you also didn’t want...

Something I have experienced quite often and have been thinking a lot about lately is loss and grief. Loss is something we’ve all...

As my teenage years are ending, I have been thinking about the next stage. I will be twenty in only a few months. I feel like it is such...