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Kiwibird


She walks with all the grace of a baby giraffe
and often finds herself biting her long tongue
however the color of leaves changing
brings a childlike smile to chapped lips
and a renewed light to mossy eyes.

"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." - Leonard Cohen


I am (and my writing is) a work in progress.
I *always* prefer honest criticism to feigned praise.

Poems I'm focused on

My Poetry

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  • You're on the other line but I can see the smile in your voice,
    a faint murmur in my ear while I watch the snow
    19 lines, March 4
  • On your thigh, inked lines formed Africa,
    snaking around the Mediterranean Sea
    46 lines, February 11
  • What is this hitched breath, caught like a striped bass
    pried from the Clinch River by hook and line?
    26 lines, February 2
  • sunlight diffuses through warped glass,
    the warmth casting sepia shadows
    8 lines, 4 comments, January 29

My journal entries

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  • Last night I performed a modified version of "En Route to Guinn Road" at a competition. I was super nervous because I didn't realize the competition was considered a "slam" until like...two days beforehand, and I don't consider myself a slam poet at all, nor did I want to write a slam piece. I mean, in class I like t
    January 23, In Competition, Spoken word.  300 words. 3 comments, Add one?
  • Hey guys! So this Friday I'm going to be performing in a poetry reading (it's also a competition, apparently, but I'm more proud of myself for entering something involving public speaking than worried about winning the event...) and I can't decide what to read! I have 5 minutes, so I'm sure length won't be a probl
    January 19, In Advice, Recitation, Slam.  100 words. Make first comment?
  • So I got in a car accident. Skidded on the snow in my mom's van, crashed into a grassy median and hit an oncoming pickup truck. Nothing is broken, but I'm on tons-o'-meds. Fun. So yeah, that's why there's been a lack of posting lately :/ Don't worry though, I'll be back!
    January 10, 100 words. 1 comment, Add one?

Guest Book

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  • Treefingers on November 15, 2009
    Oh! you changed your name......

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