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This poem is about the women who have expectations of wearing certain things or doing certain things that shouldn't be a normalized standard and this poem is a representation of what women are expected

I try very hard on my work

I wrote this poem about my experience with burnout and writer's block, and how all the different aspects and challenges of my life affect my writing. In the past, I haven't written many vulnerable pieces like this one, so this was a new experience for me. Generally, the inspiration for the pieces I write comes to me quite randomly, and when I get an idea I write it down to make sure I remember it.

This piece originally was just me writing about a random subject I chose, but I adapted it to sort of mix my trauma with a very extreme topic, Stockholm syndrome. Here I compared the effects of emotional and physical abuse to the way a victim of Stockholm syndrome builds that bond with their kidnapper. Stockholm syndrome is a depressing, dark syndrome and I decided to also write about it to sort of spread awareness for it. I wish I could say this is a piece I think is one of my bests, but it doesn’t really show my writing as strong as I wished. Though, it is one I like for the metaphors used.

I wrote this collection about my relationship with my mother, but it is also relevant to any relationship one might struggle with. Every rose has its thorns is the common theme seen throughout each poem, hence the title. Roses and Thorns takes us through the cycle of trauma. Through deceit and agony, recovery and healing will sprout from our wounds. This collection is all about these evocative experiences, the pain they bring, and the doorway to peace we must fight to reach. While everyone grows little by little as they age, so does our awareness of our surroundings. “Ultraviolet lies” is about being deceived and opening our eyes to lies we can’t seem to understand. When you're little, you believe anything because you don’t know any better. Whatever your parents say must be true, because why on Earth would they lie to you? Once you learn the truth, it's hard to just move on, because the truth hurts. “Stairway to hell” evokes heart-wrenching despair along with feelings of betrayal and disillusionment. The trauma we undergo leaves behind scars. But before our scars can scab, they have to bleed first, which the poem “old flames” is all about. Recovery is a long journey that not many can push through. In the back of our minds, memories still haunt us.

My goal as a writer is to make people think about things they've never thought about before. Sometimes, I wish someone stopped me from making certain decisions when I was younger.

This collection of poems is compiled from a selection of points in my life and essentially are open to interpretation due to this. To put it plainly, it is difficult to select a feeling for this time period as there is no timeline for these emotions and experiences. I would say my work is heavily influenced by music and stories where my perspective is somewhat intertwined.

This piece came from a very emotional place as it relates to a friend committing suicide. I tried to capture the vulnerability of two friends both going through issues with their mental health. One girl succumbs to the struggle while one chooses to get better, and the whole piece is an analogy to the water and how it can fully engulf and submerge someone. The metaphorical sinking, tied together, reflects the inescapable nature of these struggles. Instead of the typical dynamic of one person saving the other from drowning, both individuals are tethered to the same weight, sinking together, which makes this piece differ.

“A Mad Dash in Hell” is a narrative poem in the perspective of a young soldier in the trenches of France during World War I. This poem describes all the terror and fear that a newly drafted eighteen year-old would feel during the war; it also shows the cruelty and sacrifices of war and the preciousness of peace for the world. The poem includes enjambment, the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next line or stanza to show that the soldier is unsettled. The end also has indents increasing in order showing the soldier drifting off or, in this case, passing on.

This short story does not have a message and it is intentionally done so. It was designed to be interpreted by the reader. It discusses the themes of discovery of life as well as the theme of discovery of death (and that death need not be feared). I drew inspiration from music, labeling life as a crescendo followed by a diminuendo (the reverse process of crescendo). I also drew inspiration from novels such as Albert Camus' Stranger, and melded the writing styles of the various authors I've read.

These two poems are more recent pieces I have written. The first, "With your needle and thread," is about the way gender dysphoria makes me feel on display and vulgar. The second, "The Woman Who Molded My Heart" is about an encounter that a woman has outside during her break at work with a seemingly undead woman. Both poems are queer in nature but can also be interpreted through a non-queer lens, as the narrator is not clearly established. I have posted the second poem to my TikTok and Instagram as it is one that I love very much.

Writing is therapeutic for me in the sense that I write to satisfy my own imagination rather than focusing on perfection. The world I depict through words alone is only a portion of what I visualize in my head while writing. A lot of works I write are based on new pieces of information I have learned. While learning about the development of CRISPR along with its ethical concerns, I was inspired to write a world like Geneva to simulate society under such conditions.

As an avid reader and enjoyer of fairy tales, I was inspired to create a short piece alluding to the environmental havoc that people have brought to native species while incorporating an element of fantasy and the eventual retribution of nature.

I have always been a flower lover. Combining my love for flowers, literature, and poignant tales, I wrote 'Gift of the Wind'. The idea for the story came to me very suddenly one day, completely out of the blue. There is a quote from the famous poet Rumi that goes, ''While the mind sees only boundaries, Love knows the secret way there". In my story, the protagonist, like me, takes this quote to heart.

These three poems are inspired by a desire to live in a world where people question everything more deeply, have a greater interest in philosophy and the underlying layers of life, and value curiosity.

It Spreads is a poem I made last school year. I was inspired by the HBO show, “The Last of Us” based onthe game of the same title.I found this shows unique take on zombies to be very inspiring, and it got me interested in zombie apocalypse stories. I mainly focused on the loss of humanity and control one would face if they were to be infected, rather than the survivor’s story which is commonly told.

i don't really have a process, i just wright when i'm in the mood to write

I wrote this piece in my Creative Writing Workshop class, going through multiple rounds of peer feedback. My goal was to bring to light the fear of calling out your friends or peers when saying a micro-aggression when you know they intend fun or are just toying around. This occurs more often than people realize, and we must act more courageously. I know the cowardice of the situation and the regret of realizing that you could’ve said something. School administration is used to diminishing the act of microaggressions because they may also see it as a tease and don’t realize the severe impact it can have on the mental health of minority students. They also play into the fear of speaking up because they don't want to be deemed ‘overreacting.’ Microaggressions push minorities into a box where they have little room to grow and remain submissive to the stereotypes forced upon them. High school is the central hive of shaping the minds of the future; therefore, we need to hold people accountable for all harmful behavior.