Poetry

(*This is part of a series of poems I wrote about quantum physics concepts.) Another mundane day, you may …

(*This is the first in a series of poems I am working on about quantum physics.) When we break …

*Link to performance: https://bit.ly/2KtTZZ1 (poem starts at 3:02) The octopus is arguably the coolest organism. And when I say arguably, I …

I have fallen in love with softness (have I done the right thing?) With the pull of the evening’s low …

She drives her Prius backwards. That way, she can live in the wrong half of her timeline Forever, In the …

This is an ode to everyone neither here nor there. This is an ode to indecisiveness, To every high schooler …

In Korea, they call overweight girls unscratched lottery tickets. Because who knows— They might turn out pretty. Apparently, flesh …

I. Come, Lord, let us welcome you home, Let us be shy when you take off your shoes, Let us …

So you felt like kissing yourself in the bathroom mirror, all tongue and all slipperiness and chemicals, all cold-tasting and …

Good girls sometimes don’t feel like going home. They buy cheap microwaved rice balls and sit in the streets. They …

Her dentures have escaped her mouth. Her fingers, Made of canines, Step deftly out of hell; Their devil-given powers do …

Blue whales float in the sky In blithe heaviness. They have beached themselves among the clouds Peacefully, Like an enlightenment, …

(adj.) A word to describe indistinct things; hazy at the edges. A vague silhouette somewhere in the dim past, not …

I know your father’s size, And his closet won’t fit you. Your necks are too different, Oliver. The sleeves …

The air in my room Hangs a static curtain Over hours spent nibbling and chipping. At nighttime it sinks, …

*Inspired by a painting of the same title by Georgia O’Keeffe We were born undeserving But more, unforeseeing This …

A pigeon, Feathers matted And beak burrowing into nothingness, Shallow breath laboring to sustain the dead-weight body. Already giving up. …

My eyes wandered to a Jellyfish And I threw a fit- Please, Let me back on the boat Phantom …

The world thinks I’m a flower. This may sound like a compliment, but I don’t take it as one. For …

I have forgiven myself already For the shortcut I took today And for the honey on my fingers, The crumbs …