THERE’S A FAMILIAR FACE BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS

Poem i wrote about my brother and my father’s death. enjoy!

YOU WILL FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN SWANTON

 poem about my wonderful friends that i love so much

WHERE THE HEART IS

 poem i wrote about my boyfriend before he was my boyfriend. yes

SINKING INTO THE MATTRESS WHILE MY FUTURE BANGS ON THE DOOR

     I have been super into long titles lately. Here is a piece I wrote for last week’s workshop. College is on the mind, the future is on the mind, I am scared but life goes on whether I am sure of it or not. Anyway, read!

Hollow Chest

     I actually didn’t end up reading the Animal Crossing poem for the spring show, I read this instead. Take a look if you’d like.

Ekphrastic Poetry

This is the poem I submitted for the Toledo Museum of Art Poetry Contest, which is a contest where you have to write a poem based on one of the selected pieces. If you win you get a year long membership and a cash prize, as well as your poem displayed next to the piece i think. Included is the tapestry I wrote my poem off of. :)

Spring Reading Pieces: Growth

A couple of pieces I wrote for my spring spoken word show next week. :) Ohio Caverns took a little over a month, the Animal Crossing piece I wrote in one night. The theme is growth, and I've been having a really hard time with it. I'm supposed to write one more piece for it but my mind had been so preoccupied by other things that my poems have constantly just been ending up being about what I've been thinking about and dealing with, which is a little bit of a difficult to thing to fit into the show. I'm sure I can mold it properly, the poem I wrote today was kind of about what I've been going through while also matching the theme. Dunno. We'll see. Enjoy.

Apostrophe

 An apostrophe I wrote for my English class during our reading of Frederick Douglass’s narrative.

Grandfather Poetry

 Two poems about my papa.

11:04PM

Had to be screenshotted due to formatting.

New Year’s Resolutions…

Hey guys what is up…

    For the past couple days I’ve been contemplating what my New Year’s resolution should be. Now usually I am not the type of guy to have a New Year’s resolution, or the type of guy to even think about having one. They always felt useless to me, considering the fact that everyone is always going on about how they usually give theirs up a month or two in. However, this year I’ve decided it will be different   for whatever reason. I’ve compiled a list of things I’d like to do or accomplish this year and now I am going to present it to you. I think the overall theme is structure. I didn’t include things like “getting a job” or “getting my license” because while those are essential and are currently in the works, there is only so much I can do. Thinking about those things brings me so much dread and I want to focus on things that I enjoy.

Birdcage Ver2

 AKA the better one

birdcage

 inspired by an image that immediately brought me to tears the moment i saw it.

Car Accident on Conant Street

 about an open wound that has since healed due to the writing of this piece.

Oscillation Mounds

kind of about autism, mostly just about me being the way i am.

New Mexican Standoff

 A love poem from one cowboy to another.

Richard Siken's "Wishbone"

Just read this. New favorite poem.

Pershing Drive

 New layout—just plaintext instead of a screenshot.

Check-In: More so a Warmup for my CW Workshop, 9/2/25

     At the time of writing it is 9:34pm, I have Hejira by Joni Mitchell spinning on my turntable and I’m slamming my head against the wall trying to write something profound.

Check-In: First Monday of Junior Year, 8/25/25

 At the time of writing it is 10:11pm on the first Monday night of my junior year in high school and the weight is slowly beginning to grace my shoulders, however I know I'll continue to stay afloat.