A personal poem about inpatient mental health treatment. — The air in my lungs was ice. Icicles were unable to melt even within my body. They always kept it cold. Three below, freezing us all. The clothes were blue like the ocean, But thin and light like a shawl. No one liked the unadorned wrappings. But it kept you clothed…

A poem of self-discovery and acceptance. — Staring into the mirror, All its light is divine. Glistening light rays sparkle. But the image is not me. Who am I? Bits and pieces of bone, A flesh sack with blood that flows. Nothing but a body walking through life. No matter how long I stare, My true self is…

Expressing a secret wish for Spiderman to turn villain in this 100-word story — I stalk the streets and slay evil. I face them, I kill them and mortals are none the wiser. I protect this world for free. I want compensation. Does that make me a villain? Possibly. I enter my home only to be accosted by my aunt. “It’s four in the…

A narrative poem of a natural disaster. — I never thought the day would come, The alarm rang at five in the morning. Before the coffee was brewed and drunk, We left our home. The wind was wild, and debris floated around. No one could see anything but the rushing winds, It was all around. Pulled to the…

The marriage of math and literature through the Fibonacci Sequence — Experimental poetry is about taking risks. Like anything in life, literature has a set of rules. When an author decides to remove the barriers to their creative process an experimental process is formed. It is ironic that in an attempt to remove the rules new guidelines are created that the…