I write about love and loss, strength and violence, and faith and isolation.
“What if writings were like paintings” — I turn a 1000 words into a few verses.
Much of my poetry is inspired by photos and beautiful stills from vacations.
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featured · Strong Girls
Mother
12 November 2024
I now understand the pain of a mother— now that my parents are like my children. There was nobody to look out for my mother, and it must have been so lonely. Because she was our mother, us children could never take care of her. …
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featured · Faith and Isolation
Devotions
26 November 2024
Bare feet on roads covered with cattle dung, move a herd of devotees queued on cold stones. There's a madness in the air that I don't feel part of. …
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featured · Shades of Love
love in a photograph
19 March 2025
Somewhere, in someone's smartphone gallery, perhaps you and I are still in love. Two silhouettes overlain on golden skies, sitting at the edge of a fort by the sea, blending into each other, while the world melts away. …
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featured · Shades of Love
The Stubble
4 April 2017
A sweet diffident lad found a dauntless girl, They made an intrepid pair, And went on adventures around the world, Prancing around without a care, Creating constellations, watching waves, And chasing butterflies on other days; …
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