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Ophelia by Millais (1851)
Why does Ophelia look so calm?
Calm in calamity, peaceful in perishing
Why does she look so calm?
She died in a fit, she died in anger
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Mother's Tongue
Quand j'étais petite j'aimais ma mère,
mais maintenant j'adore la langue de ma mere.Elle parle Français. Moi, je parle anglais
Je fais semblant je ne parle pas Français alors
elle ne parle pas avec moi -
In the Sky, Lord, In the Sky
The animals already knew when it happened. They all started dying.
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Parallel
The click, click, click of a camera draws his attention.
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Hovering
a cursor on an empty black screen
an actor alone on stage
there is nothing behind either
one blinks on and off
another blinks rapidly
there is no beginning in this space
before the actor speaks
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Wish on a Star
They didn't say your name at graduation,
there was silence when there should've been you
when we should've been screaming for you
Loves
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Gaea and Her Children
As I sit in the grass a sense of magic overcomes me. The mother of all, Gaea, is here.
I can’t see her, but I feel her presence everywhere. She is crying, sobbing, mourning her lost children, the trees, the birds, the bears, the flowers.
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Vulnerable
At school
we're doing a poetry unit.
"Oh cool, we write poetry all the time!"
My friend says.
What we didn't realize, though,
was that the teacher turned on the tap
to our inner selves
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I'll try.
I have never been a poet,
But for you I will try.
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Technically...
Technically, I’m an immigrant;
I wasn't born here.
Technically, I’m too young,
just shy of a year.
Technically, I’m inexperienced,
barely know the rudiments.
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A tribute to my favorite poem
Based on the poem "This is just to say" by William Carlos Williams.
I have drunk
the tea
that was on
the counter
and which
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A Yellow Violet
Her name was Violet,
but she always wore yellow.
I spied her from across the room as I hesitated in the sun-framed doorway, and she was beautiful.