Dear Anna Akhmatova, I sincerely hope that you are doing well. I’m writing to thank you for creating the powerful piece “Requiem.”” Few works of literature have ever affected my spirit the way your words have. “Requiem” is a monument to the human spirit’s tenacity…

Image Courtesy of Pixabay   In darkest hours when all seems lost and bleak, When shadows cast their shroud on weary hearts, Amid the chaos, hope begins to speak, A flicker in the dark, where despair departs. When tempests rage and tear the world apart,…

Every year around this time everyone starts saying the same things without fail I can hear them echoing in my mind Today is the day that I will get into shape today is the day that I will Start eating healthier I’ll stop that bad…

the still point of the turning gyre that’s where i am when around me chaos reigns the still point of the churning ocean that’s where i am when creation nudges the still point of the mists of time that’s where hope blossoms that’s where i…

Image Courtesy of Pixabay   Beneath the cosmic tapestry, a sight to behold, An alien world in mysteries untold. Its skies ablaze with hues unseen on Earth, A place of wonder, of unearthly birth. A crimson sun, a perpetual twilight’s gleam, Casts shadows strange, like…

marching blood amidst screams and orders the endless fight

BURIED IN TEARS Buried in tears I spread my angelic wings Ready for the unknown Buried in tears My lips let out The dangerously unexpected scream of joy Buried in tears I vowed not to ever take my freedom for granted

I once had a crush on a girl named Hope Brown hair in ponytail reaching her waist I had hoped to somehow get to know her Like a lot of my classmates I had Hope hope But with eighth graders you need to speak to…

That fluttering bird atop the swaying branches hope for the new dawn.

Coffee and Conversations with Whitman   Me: Mr. Whitman, what gave you the idea to start writing poetry? Walt Whitman: My strong ties to people and the environment. Me: Can you describe the underlying principles of “Leaves of Grass”? Walt Whitman: It honours the beauty…