Lost in Reflection
She found a pocket mirror in a velvet box, tucked between things she could not remember wanting enough to bring home…
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We Are Little Children, Forever
In relation to the age of the earth and all the centuries of civilization that has come before, everyone is–essentially–a child…
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I’ve written 8,000 words of my first book and have hit a wall
The thing is, I have an outline written for the entirety of the book. I know where I need to go next, but I can’t figure out what words will get me there…
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I’m Obsessed with Abstract Nouns
The best thing about abstract nouns is that they can never be fully and completely described. You can, at any given moment, feel a happiness more profound than you’ve ever felt or expect to feel again, but you’ll never be able to convey to another person…
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Time Doesn’t Exist But Somehow I Do
The themes of my dreams are always much the same. I am chased by ogres. I have guns pointed towards me and must jump out a window. I am stuck on a pirate vessel in the middle of the ocean. But mostly, I lose my teeth…
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Beauty in the Crevices
The things we love are beautiful because we love them. As a people, we assign beauty and give it meaning…
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Life is the Joyful Moment of Finding Your Next Book to Read
Sometimes, yes, I feel sad and like I’m losing a part of my life when I finish a book, especially the ones in which I feel the deepest connections. But, eventually, I get excited to choose my next read…
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What We Already Have
The difference was that she noticed. She found wondrous beauty in the clouds…
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As the days turn cold…
At this time of year, there is no warm air or campfires or woodland hikes to make me feel that my stay on Earth may be infinite…
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I try to be a gentle girl, but this enrages me…
Really, you’d think we were animals, tearing our teeth into creatures made smaller than us…
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The fire is beautiful before it turns grey
The thick, ash-filled air makes grey their clothes and hair, lying, restless until all does stop…
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The Try-Nots
It’s funny how many people don’t try for anything in life. They don’t make it their own. They take it as it comes. ..
A new coat of paint won’t fix anything
Maybe, sometimes, things are just best left…
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On Being Gardeners, Butterflies, and Bees
This summer, I found fulfillment in watching bees and butterflies feed from the flowers I grew from seed in the spring…
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WAKE UP, WAKE UP
I know déjà vu is a genuine feeling everyone experiences, but it has become stronger than that as of late. Anymore, it feels like every day is the exact same, that every moment has been lived…
You are in a plane hurtling towards the ground
Yes, you are. Right this very moment…
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Handwriting vs Typing for Creative Writers: How I Plan to Write My First Book
Is there a reason that one feels most creative when using a pen and paper versus a keyboard?
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Your Belief in Something Higher
Alternate title: On Being Ready for the World to End
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Birth, Poetry, and God as Artist
“…when it was finally ready to see the light of day the poet was delivered of it often with much painful labor…”
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I Sleep in Silvery Darkness
What is it about being bathed in moonlight?
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Mules Who Dream of Becoming Lions: Thoughts on Creativity in a Capitalistic Society
We are told that creatives must work as if they are lions: in great spurts of energy and intense focus when struck with inspiration…
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We’re insane until we’re not
Normalcy is merely created when a majority of people are in agreement. In other words, when enough people think something is right, that thing becomes the socially acceptable version of correctness…
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I’m starting to think there is no such thing as being “too sappy”
When I’m touched with a heavenly warmth in the form of an act of another human being, I start floating. I drift down the hall on tiptoes, a faint smile on my face, my eyes far away…
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Art Romanticizes a Downward Spiral?
The blade of the guillotine falls on us all, and we must depict it as art…
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Does Self-Discovery Ever End?
It is so terribly hard to understand oneself and one’s place in the world. Your inner thoughts are all-consuming and seemingly what determines how you move through life. But what if your thoughts do not align with your actions?
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We’re Going to Die, I Seek Salvation
I want to know with absolute certainty what is going to happen to me after I die. Not my physical body, but my soul…
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Emotionality as an Art Form, a Thing of Beauty
She sees her vulnerability and finds solace in her sentimentality because she knows that freely expressing her emotions is beautiful…
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Panoramic Psychosis: A Poem
Sitting on a porch seeing…
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And She Was
She contemplated defenestration, spontaneous combustion, and drowning like Ophelia; she wanted to go out singing madly…
All we’ll have is wistful memories
Or maybe I’m just feeling extra melancholically sentimental today. Hopefully, I’ll think differently tomorrow…
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Heaven Awaits (it must)
I think we fear death, because we fear the unknown. We can’t possibly imagine what comes after death because all we envision is our own inert form once our heart has stopped…
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ART INSPIRES ART
When something inspires you, words will flow and your mind will be stimulated. As people, we aren’t all that unique in that no two people think in the same frequencies. It’s the exact opposite…
Why are we on this little rock?
Is there no such thing as a feral person anymore?
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EVERYTHING WORKS IN YOUR FAVOR
Oftentimes, the extraordinary comes unexpectedly and much sooner than you could have anticipated…
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My existence is conceptual, but there are glimpses of solidity
There’s just something magical about hearing your name spoken into existence and carried by the wind…
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Is all fair in love and war?
Is there anyone who’s capable of loving another person without–even if subconsciously–seeking approval of their love?
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Persephone in Love
Do you ever think that Persephone eventually fell in love with Hades? And it has nothing to do with Stockholm syndrome or anything similar. That maybe she actually loved him?
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Untitled Ramble II
By default, does girlhood come with perpetual sadness?
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I’m not envious of you.
I’m envious of cats. Their simple life. Their ability to sleep and sunbathe all day…
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Ineluctable Love
A connection between two souls, once formed, becomes an unchangeable, immovable love.
These Wood Entities
It’s the trees that make me cry more than anything…
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