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Category Archives: Poetry

Vocabulary Lesson

A poem about vocabulary and memory.

Posted bySunshineJune 27, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on Vocabulary Lesson

What is the true determinant of joy?

An essay about joy.

Posted bySunshineJune 27, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inPoetry, ProseLeave a comment on What is the true determinant of joy?

City Emotions

Working through feelings of sorrow, freedom, love, and retribution.

Posted bySunshineMay 19, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inPoetry, ProseTags:Beyonce, City, DC, EmotionsLeave a comment on City Emotions

You

A poem about you.

Posted bySunshineNovember 7, 2019November 23, 2020Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on You

Exaltation

I turned our pictures face side downAnd stopped playing the songs you sent meRemoved my favorite necklaceWith your smiling face etched into the locketFrom its home around my neckBreathed a new scent that I had begun to forgetAnd others seemed to miss

Posted bySunshineNovember 7, 2019May 20, 2020Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on Exaltation

The Spent Woman

Every day is a battle against pick-me-ism.

Posted bySunshineNovember 5, 2019November 21, 2020Posted inPoetry2 Comments on The Spent Woman

Free form therapizing

I think about the sun sometimes. Being her. Perhaps exploding with her, our brilliant light streaking through the universe like a crashing orgasm, leaving the planets and stars shaking, thrashing about contentedly.

Posted bySunshineAugust 26, 2019May 20, 2020Posted inPoetryLeave a comment on Free form therapizing

Som days

What does it mean to define yourself in adulthood, separate from the trauma our parents unknowindlgy inflicted on us?

Posted bySunshineJune 8, 2019October 24, 2020Posted inPoetry, ProseLeave a comment on Som days

Monologue 1

This one I think is meant to be performed. When I wrote it, it sounded like a monologue. Someone telling whoever would listen how she fucked up her plants.

Posted bySunshineJune 1, 2019November 21, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:growth, healing, plant lifeLeave a comment on Monologue 1

Lullabies

Written one night when I couldn’t fall asleep and I was tired of the way I was writing my old poems.

Posted bySunshineMay 28, 2019April 24, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:restlessLeave a comment on Lullabies

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