This poem was written around 1994. I used to spend a lot of time staring out the back upstairs window when I was stressed out from school or family drama. Taking note of nature was like therapy to me even though I was only seeing a backyard in the middle of the city. Little… Continue reading A Poem – Week Sixteen
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A Poem – Week Fourteen
I haven't posted a poem in a while, so I searched my notebooks for a poem about autumn. This one was written sometime in the fall of 1994. Fall With a sudden breeze you come around And shock and surprise me Where has summer gone? Because it is now fall. Tree leaves turn yellow,… Continue reading A Poem – Week Fourteen
My #WCW – Maya Angelou
I am going to try out a new kind of post discussing my #WCW (Woman Crush Wednesday - a woman crush is one of my heroes or a person I admire). When I was 11 years old, I was a girl without a hero. For a portion of an autobiographical essay I had to write,… Continue reading My #WCW – Maya Angelou
