I wanted to paint the picture of a hopeless child turning into a hopeful young adult, despite my environment breeding otherwise.

My first poem ”animal” depicts a bear cub’s thoughts towards a fish his mother ate.

This collection of poetry is a commentary on the autonomy of being a girl.

I wrote this piece because of an idea that came to me while walking past the rows of flowers my family and I would see whenever we took walks outside our neighborhood.

My friends and I in Creative Writing wrote a script about someone pooping their pants because we decided to take a break from all of the serious pieces we have been writing these past four fears.

I have always felt an attachment to the moon, and how it is just out of reach. In this piece, I explored what would happen if that attachment turned romantic.

I wrote this on a bench on the Brooklyn Promenade, which the title is inspired by.

”faded ink” is a piece about growth and renewal, showing that everyone can make a change and positively grow out of any situation.

Like Stephen King stated in his novel,“On Writing”, I also believe the art of writing, through any format, is a form of telepathy.

This piece is based on the idea of propaganda and the gradual loss of information in a society where information is banned.

This piece is about my experience with mental health and how tumultuous it can be, especially with trauma.

I wanted to write a piece that was practically a metaphor for how scary love can be through a scene of murder.

My poem “A Biblical Reference” was originally written for me to reflect on the historic and systemic abuse women have faced over centuries.

I wrote this piece to a photo prompt.

I wrote these poems to bring attention to the small parts of life.

This poem is very special to me in the sense that I believe that in it, I am my most authentic self.

In the past few years I’ve started to realize that anger is a huge part of my life, and really I think it is an ugly emotion, and it’s something I’ve had trouble controlling.

This poem delves into the struggles of being both Persian and Jewish amid the turmoil of war in the Middle East.

I write to fufill a personal hope, that my pieces can infiltrate your brain and make you think.

These two poems are meant to explore the distortion of American patriotism and politics.