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Am I in love?
Sometimes we see love everywhere because a quiet part of us is wishing to be loved too.
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Those delightful fruits
However odd, my written expressions for the delicious apricots, with a twist.
Cracked
This poem explains how I feel
Pieces of my heart
Dedicated to Sophia and Rebecca-Lynn
Doubt, Who Kept a Lighthouse
A philosophical allegory where Doubt becomes a lighthouse, guiding those who mistake certainty for safety toward truths they cannot yet see.
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Why do I write? (Late night ramblings; essay)
I enjoyed this quite a lot. I found the voice very familiar: intelligent and self-aware, taking itself completely seriously while mocking itself for doing so. The parenthetical asides, rhetorical ques
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Mourning Akibu (experimental fiction)
I enjoyed this. The in-world academic framing works well; the translator’s notes, references, footnotes, and little scholarly asides make the whole thing feel like a recovered piece of literature ra
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THE WEEK I COULDN'T BEND
The poem has some really strong imagery, especially in the parts with the ticking clock, the endless sheet, and the final bell. Those details make the memory feel much more ...
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The Last Tree That Remembered Winter
I love this and I love this so much. The title, the use of words in your extraordinary poem, the way you build sentences that speak to the heart. I ...
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