I wrote a poem titled, “The Secret to the Garden”, in my first semester at Messiah College. When I wrote it, I was learning two lessons that would be very influential to my life and my writing: one, how to write poetry in certain forms,two, and how to be more selfless with my time. Before... Continue Reading →
Contrast
Tonight, gaze into the fire, an orange tentAssembled from lighter fluid, matches,Pizza boxes and some gathered branches.It’s the house where the heat and embers spentThe whole night dancing with some flitting flames.It was a roaring house party that ragedAs long as oxygen remained engagedIn the action, unwilling to be tamed.A fire should serve to illuminate... Continue Reading →