I read two slam poems this month at the LogOn Cafe’s poetry slam. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s January’s poem. It’s September again,and I feel autumn rushing through my fingertipslike frozen yellow leaved sunshineand I remember when I drank your words like water.ThatContinueContinue reading “Poem: September Again”
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The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul
You know people who talk about the dark night of the soul? Yeah, that. It doesn’t just exist in fiction. I try not to complain. I’m naturally an optimist. But 2015 has been an incredibly difficult year. I’ve lost several people, not to death, but to change. I don’t know which is harder, honestly. IContinueContinue reading “The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul”
Disorientation and perspective
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go,Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know,Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I,Feel like I’m glued on tight to this carousel.Come, come one, come all,You must be this tallTo ride this ride at the carnival… – Melanie Martinez, CarouselContinueContinue reading “Disorientation and perspective”
Haunted by memory
I’ve never been good at saying goodbyeBut everyday I wake up, and I tryI’m haunted by memory, of things I can’t sayThey’re changing me…- Secrets in Stereo, Starting to Rain They say your past will have ghosts. I didn’t really know what that meant until this year. Growing up isolated, I found my first friendsContinueContinue reading “Haunted by memory”
Emotional Hypothermia, Part 4: October
Continued from Part 3 You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end…- Gotye, Somebody I Used To Know October, it’s not your fault. But I really don’t like you anymore. Depression hits me hardest in October and January. Summer’s buzz fades, and my dreams seemContinueContinue reading “Emotional Hypothermia, Part 4: October”
Eleanor Skelton 