High-GradeAll I can smell is burning. I lie flat, legs hooked apart, and look up at the ceiling, focusing on my rhythmic breathing and the sound of…May 31May 31
Journal Prompt, December 5, 2023: “What is a word you want to eliminate from your vocabulary?”I want to eliminate the word “should” from my vocabulary. It feels like an inauthentic, external imposition. It feels mean and demanding…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Journal Prompt, December 4, 2023: “What is something you want to cut out of your diet?”I want to cut shame out of my diet. I want to cut imbalance out of my diet. I want to cut out the idea of too much or too little. I want to…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Prompt: “Flip the balance of power”I’ve given you everything but the total truth I’ve itched with it, felt it claw up my throat — till fear catches and strangles it.Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
The empty chaircould mean absence — vacant seat at the holiday dinner, a marker of past presence persisting; unsold tickets, unfulfilled potential.Nov 16, 2023Nov 16, 2023
“what is your favorite recipe to make or have made for you”Use the food dish in your poem or the recipe itself / interweave it with experiences you’ve had with the dish or thoughts about the…Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
Opening LinesHowdy Hey what’s up? We should hang out Idk why but you look so familiar What are you doing later? Wanna go for drinks? Typically, what’s…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
“use a text message that you sent or received in the last two weeks in your writing”A compilation of unrelated texts I’ve sent or received in the past two weeks placed together in fun waysOct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023