This is a story of a woman, shackled with chains. She tries so hard to break free and be with the one she truly loves, which leads to her demise.
Unsettling
Re-lockdown
It’s been 23 years since the school shooting in Columbine, and such events are still happening today. This is a time capsule following students from two different decades during lockdown.
Shining, Shattering
I wanted to explore the literal meaning behind overused phrases and metaphors, such as “pools of light,” “it was like time had frozen,” and “it felt like flying.”
Bloodthirsty Queen
Body horror and glamour intersect to form a monstrous and bloodthirsty being that is both threatening and elegant.
Story Finds
By buying the church, he bought the graveyard and used his children and grandchildren to become the librarians of the dead.
Bruised Skies
A combination of photos taken this spring, as I prepared to graduate high school, along with poems attempting to capture a range of emotions I’ve struggled to articulate.
I am the Lure to you Lore
Earth is often referred to as Mother Earth. I wanted to explore this idea: how “Mother” Earth would sound speaking to humankind about the atrocities inflicted on her. The use of repetitions appealed to me.
the great jello incident
not your average love triangle… an alien love triangle
Method Acting
Every new hire must don the skin of a beast and perform a violent ritual daily at this family-friendly theme park.
cross stitch
there is something deeply wrong with the body.
Greed
This poem exemplifies how human greed destroys the planet, and the beings that have nothing to do with humans’ actions are the ones who suffer.
meat
This poem is a classic extended metaphor and an angry feminist poem about a woman’s relationship to food and the kitchen.
Oatmeal Cookie
This piece is a very personal reflection of a time in my life where I felt a need to be more grounded and reevaluate my relationship with eating.
Rise for Rohingya
Identify and elaborate on one or more lessons that we have learned from historical genocides or mass persecutions. Can these lessons be applied to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis?
<8 year old>
A poem about witnesses who have kept their mouths shut.