I wake up in the blistering heat of my dorm room. Out of the window Earth is still covered in powdery white. My phone displays a message from last night. “I love you, goodnight.’ She wrote. My body fills with that familiar warmth, and I smile. Most of the day […]
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Four More Haikus: The Love of the Game
Four more Haikus added to the vault! Again, I need to continue to work on the focus of each haiku. As I progress, you’ll see that the focus will gradually become sharper. I’m hoping to get to the point where I can use all three lines to focus on a […]
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How I Write Book Reviews: In the Process of Learning
Currently: When reading physical or kindle books I’ll highlight and take notes as I read. I generally am highlighting or take notes on parts of the story that I like or are important. I don’t focus on how I can talk about certain parts of a story while I’m reading. […]
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Serendipity Entry #7: Love in Sickness
“My skin hurts.” She said. I remember thinking to myself how odd of a statement that was to make. I had never heard anyone say that before. I would only understand her sentiment hours later when she fell asleep on her bathroom floor after vomiting endlessly for the majority of […]
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Blackout Poetry Entry #3: Somewhat of a Short Story
Back with another submission to the newspaper blackout series. This is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. The process of making a blackout poem is so zen. There is something therapeutic about covering the leftover words with a black sharpie. It feels great! This came out as half of a […]
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Serendipity Entry #6: In Pain and In Love
The seasons quickly changed. It went from Summer to Fall to Winter in an instant. Snow now covered buildings, roads, and driveways. A green landscape buried beneath. It was so cold that Icicles had formed on the bumper of my parent’s car. My head was pounding as we pulled out […]
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: A Modern Classic
Piranesi is a mystery/fantasy novel written by Susanna Clarke. This novel is super short. It’s only 245 pages so I have to keep the summary vague and brief to avoid spoilers. This story details a house filled with statues and devastated by ocean currents. The halls of this house are […]
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Serendipity Entry #5: Protesting for No Good Reason
We would take turns going to each other’s dorm room. Most of the time we’d be doing homework or studying. Sometimes we’d watch YouTube, Netflix, or movies. For months I had silently refused to sit on her bed or use her desk chair. I didn’t want to overstep any boundaries […]
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Serendipity Entry #4: Sometimes Good Things Do Happen After Midnight
There was one night when we had to take care of our friends because they were too drunk. Drunk people can be super annoying. Especially people who drink to the point of blacking out which leaves them puking everywhere and basically immobile. We had to drag my roommate all the […]
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Serendipity Entry #3: Simple Miscommunication
It had still been just weeks at this point. I was away for the weekend with my friends. We had been texting back and forth. That feeling of radiating heat was beginning to stick around with me more than not. The place that we were staying was a couple of […]