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NH

15 years old

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  • Lose you to the night

    We talk as the twilight turns to dark ash, 

    sit out on the porch and catch fireflies in mason jars--

    only for a second, then let them fly.

    You tell me about friends I barely know, and I nod and smile at you,

  • The last poem I'll write about you

    Memories frozen in amber

    are dropped on my doorstep like a cruel present--

    your freckles and your smile and your green eyes like grass and summer leaves,

    that nickname nobody had ever called me

    before you,
  • None of the days have passed away

    The stars have yet to fall from the sky.
    They cling to the velvety darkness above them, little silver pinpricks, listening for their cue,
    for when they can explode in a burst of white-hot magnificence
    to lead the way to our cabins
  • Blackberries

    When you look at me like that I feel dumb –
    pretending you didn't make me weak in the knees.
    Pretending I didn't feel them, the zaps of electricity 
    crackling in your laugh.
    Pretending I was ever immune
    to you.
  • i might cry

    It'll be hard to write this poem because
    I might cry
    when the words become jumbled memories
    nostalgia pouring out of the depths of my mind and unfolding on a blinding-white computer screen

Loves

  • when the wind remembers

    I am from mythic hues of orange and blues, 

    Where the setting sun greets the gentle waves.

    From solemn mornings and soft bed sheets,

    To boisterous cackles and tire swings,

    I am from the jostling of jewelry—

  • The Universe of Me

    My body is a universe
    My freckles are the stars
    The planet Venus is my lips
    My teeth, they come from Mars

    Mercury is in my brow
    The furrow that you see
    My thighs are Jupiter, you know
    In the galaxy of me

  • A Sestina

    Somewhere in the summer sun, 

    Where dandelions dance and sing 

    Along with the bluebird’s lonesome cry, 

    Alone, you’ll find me, lying there 

    Between the grass seed and maple leaves,