A person whose life you’re curious about

Sometimes I wonder about front porch sitters and the previous owners of GoodWill sweaters.I wonder if they wonder about me–The car that drives by too slowly because I like to see things that aren’t blurred by speed,The stranger walking down the street with their name on my back.I wonder if other people are wanderers like

Prompt: Imaginary Cities

Imaginary citiesFull of imaginary moments,Handshakes that shed dead skin from hands that haven’t been alive since birth.No one wiggles their fingers anymore.No one kicks their legs out of excitement, or falls down in frustrationBut I have images of imaginary cities ignited with innocence and purity.But not the kind of purity that creates insanity.Not the kind

XYZ

A few friends from Word Hammer, the slam poetry club I’m in at Central came over today for a rainy day full of hot chocolate and writing. One of the prompts we decided on was the ABC prompt. Every line has to start with the next letter of the alphabet. I cheated by throwing in

Misery Speaks

Coming back from Colorado I have noticed that I am significantly more stressed. Even though I had the weight of a camper’s life in my hands at camp I still felt at ease, however, back at school, it’s a different story. I’m bombarded with deadlines, papers, activities, classroom research, projects, emails, and early morning classes.

jjj-challenge

Going from A-Z, once a week writing a post with the corresponding letter. I’ve missed the first 9 weeks but better late than never!   That, right there, on the right, is Justine. She was a fellow counselor this summer and an absolute Joy to be around. Throughout the summer Justine and I cleaned dirty briefs together,

I think I’ve been watching too much HGTV…

Today, as I lazily sat on my couch listening to music, procrastinating the cleaning/unpacking process that is my room, I looked down. What I saw was nothing new. It was nothing I hadn’t seen before. In fact, I’ve been living with this pink and purple pillow for five years now. When I was moving into