Sally- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition
Poem Transcribed As Performed Warning this poem contains situations of sexual assault and post traumatic stress disorder. For the things, I left unsaid in my last poem and the chains…
Survival Skills 101- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition
Poem transcribed as performed. I can’t remember the last thing he ever said to me. I’m starting to forget what he looks like, maybe that’s why I decided to write…
Flowers, Bones, and Mothers.
An unnamed gentleman walks into an all-white room with nothing on his body except a dirty discarded robe, dirt underneath his fingernails, and his skin bruised as if his sins…
The Way I Was Made- 2nd place at NEA Big Read
“The worst injury is feeling you don’t belong so much / to you” I am 1 in 4. Not 1 in 4 to rebel against my parents and dye my…
Father’s Day to Little Ol’ Me
“It doesn’t matter,” I tell myself, allowing my thoughts to overwhelm me. But there has to be the reason why I was left to scroll through the…
The Beauty In A Name
You probably do not remember who I am and even if my name means any significance, you probably do not remember the way I look, as it is a few…
My Street- SUHSD Poetry Competition 2016-2017 2nd Place
I won second place at The Spoken Word contest with this piece. Poem Published As Performed. My skin color is one of discussion but my race is one of…
