This flippant, unconventional how-to fiction piece to not be awkward will be sure to guide you on an interesting journey. As one who is awkward I believe this is a pretty trustworthy source... maybe.

This free verse poem was written for my pure catharsis. I was angry at my friends for a situation none of us could control, and while I still felt like I had a right to be upset, my feeling of guilt was much larger and I questioned how I could even begin to be angry with them.

My piece “illusion” is a free-verse poem about being deceived by someone who is two-faced. When I wrote this poem, there was a person in my life who I found toxic and manipulative, however, everyone around them was unable to see them in the same light.

I am inspired by the natural world around me. I write my best poems when I'm hiking or exploring the woods. My work is influenced by Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson.

When I first created these poems, I wanted the subject to be about the grief of womanhood that often accompanies changing yourself to fit others, as well as the restlessness that comes with this.

One of my greatest obstacles in life has been fighting for understanding. Whether it’s with myself or with others, about my identity or my mental health, it’s been a challenge. But I’ve suppressed all my emotions into writing.

"What Others Think" is based on my experience as a teen in today's society.

These are two poems I've written over the past couple months, I've wrote and changed these many times, changing words and scrapping fractions of them over and over. These poems attempt to share to subject of conversation, judging how it can be reduced to unnecessary sameness, or talking about anxiety around it.

Goodbye Again is a microfiction piece that explores loss, grief, and change. It reflects on the challenges of having a friend whose illness controls them, and the small things that one can do to show they matter.

“Thin” touches on the weighty topics of affection and eating. In this piece, I create a comparison between portions of food and portions of love.

These prompts were inspired by my creative writing teacher in class.

I originally wrote this poem for an English assignment called "I Am From." My class's job was to use imagery and creativity to describe our upbringings; why we are who we are today.

The submitted pieces are part of a year-long school assignment where I write a 60-page collection of creative nonfiction. The story is part of my ultimate goal to create a published chapbook.

Prior to the creation of my piece, I detested micro-fiction. I couldn't comprehend why people enjoyed the overly condensed format and I was jealous of people who made strong works with such low word count.

I Hate You is about the feeling you have when you have a crush on someone who doesn’t like you back.