The Parabolic Flight of the Hummingbird I will hypnotize you With my ecstatic flight, Back and forth, Flashing ruby red. Casting my spell to declare All of this mine-- The flowers,...

Entranced by Fire I light the forest,see what burned looks like,more visceral than AIpictures. Flaking branches,like fish on a grill.Black smoke, crawlingalong acre after acre...

Ocean I’ve got insomnia again. I lay awake for hours, listening to the fan whirl as my thoughts swim round and round to you. You’re six hours behind so when I can’t sleep...

Daydreaming A knife and small plate left in the sinkovernight, next to some Ivory dish soaponly chosen because it was on salefor another two days,...

Maybe it’s a tin ear for poetry. “Do unto others” didn’t balance like a see-saw when you heard it? You were playing with fire while others...

My work involves the suspension of faith in science and organized belief systems; I deal with the beautiful, horrific, and sublime nature of the human body.

Prague Sonata turmeric & ginger copper early dusk along the Vltava faded rose moon reluctantly tendrils across ashened stars autumn cicada murmur & chant cluttered linden grove ancient medlar merely staging poetic lament amongst  branches longing  nightingale I remember sky My...

Insomne Azules sueños cruzan la habitación a oscuras formando el rostro de las noches en un cielo de humedad. Alimenta el viento la voz del aguacero, surca mis oídos y...

This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. When I first...