Art is an ekphrastic poem inspired by an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art titled Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.
Surrealist
Candles
This piece explores what home means, and the different ways it can manifest. I mainly explored how different smells can remind you of home, and what that home looks like for me.
Hope, in my country, is the thing with leaves
Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope” is a thing with feathers”, this poem talks about Hope as a fleeting, never-reaching entity in the Dominican Republic where Hope is a cultural and spiritual value within generations.
Dreamlike Musings and Practicality
This is a set of three poems where I explore little ideas I wished to center poems around through the use of visual language and one poem where I explore getting personal with my writing.
Liminal Spaces
It’s blue
It’s gray
The Beginning
Identical twins Ava and Brin sit in a mysterious restaurant awaiting their order. What they are about to be served will put a cherished twin tradition to a test.
Rich Ghost Town
I knew this place like the back of my hand…
Shopping List
The musty glass doors slid open and half-heartedly welcomed me into my local King-Soopers…
Static
This is a zuihitsu that reflects how overwhelming life is and uses the different meanings of the word “static.”
in sickness and in health
A body in the woods finds meaning within the insects that swarm it.
Prison Break
In the Amazon Rain forest of South America, Larry witnesses his friends get maliciously kidnapped. After the incident, Larry is determined to rescue them and bring his friends back home.
Mutilated Desire
A found poem from “The Great Gatsby” and “Passing,” analyzing the role of women in regards to the American Dream.
Tricolor in Monochrome: How to Bury a Body
This piece is a reflection on estrangement from one’s culture while being a person of mixed race.
Windy City Winters
A brisk night in the city of Chicago and the small moments that reflect the city.
Bloodthirsty Queen
Body horror and glamour intersect to form a monstrous and bloodthirsty being that is both threatening and elegant.