Six months ago, I was given the prompt to write a poem of an insect.

I often write about people losing themselves to diseases that debilitate the brain, which my piece is certainly guilty of.

The cats described in the left column are based on my own.

To make this piece I started by observing the face jug.

A story of an unexpected package told through experimental formatting.

When I am upset, I write poetry.

This piece began with the idea that some things inside us just don’t fade away just because we want them to. Glass won’t shatter.

“The blacksmith” is about the dynamics between writers and their process of creating their pieces.

These three poems, tied together by the theme of water - albeit in very different ways - are all commentary, and in some cases, criticism, of Western society, and they’re a testament to the clarity I’ve found in my opinions.

It's a short and sweet poem about my take on love.

I have always been intrigued by ghost stories, and the concept of being forced to stay in one place for all eternity, everything changing while you remain completely unchanged was a driving theme for this piece.

I wanted to write a piece named after a song, so I decided to write this piece.

This piece expresses the mix of love, hurt, and the marks people leave on us.

Perennial is a collection of poems illustrating different moments in a narrator's life.

This piece is about losing your identity because of a lack of self confidence.

This prose originated from a Meditation I do every night in which I imagine my energy reaching down to the earth and up to the sky to ground myself and eventually I found myself doing that whenever I felt anxious or unsure.

This collection explores different relationships through short, emotionally-driven poems.

This piece holds a very special place in my heart, bringing awareness to what’s not always seen — what’s hidden behind closed doors.

high tide is a poem born from memory, grief, and the small places where loss settles.

After unexpectedly losing one of my grandmothers (whom I was very close to), I wrote a poetry portfolio dedicated to her.